Climate Friendly Homes Project
To register your interest in having your house surveyed, email cfh@cambridgecarbonfootprint.org with your name, address, telephone number(s), and anything else you feel may be helpful, (eg best time to contact you). Please note that the service is only available to householders in Cambridge at present.
This project, in collaboration with the Cambridge University Environmental Consulting Society, provides a free service to householders to help you make practical plans to reduce your carbon emissions.
What the project offers
- Free individualised report offering suggestions and advice about what can be done to cut the carbon footprint of your home, and save on bills.
- Free loan of an electricity monitor, and help installing it – because seeing how much energy you use helps you cut down
- Information tailored to your circumstances on grants, suppliers and discount
- Advice and support from a friendly, trained volunteer.
How it works
- You register your name, address and contact details by email.
- A trained volunteer surveyor gets in contact to arrange a convenient time to visit.
- Your volunteer surveyor visits, installs the monitor, takes you through a simple questionnaire, and books a return visit.
- Our professionally qualified energy expert produces a report, which is sent to you by email or post, as you prefer.
- Your volunteer surveyor returns, collects the monitor (unless you wish to purchase it), and goes through the results of the survey, the energy saving checklist and action plan. and offers ongoing advice and support.
FAQ
Can I become a surveyor?
We hope to run training for new surveyors in the coming months. Email info@cambridgecarbonfootprint.org to register your interest.
Who are the surveyors?
The surveyors are all Cambridge Carbon Footprint volunteers. Many are university students, often studying for an environmental science or engineering degree, with a need to gain an understanding of the human and the practical factors affecting our decision-making about energy use.
How is the service funded?
The project is funded by the Cambridge University Active Communities Fund and Cambridge City Council. All of the surveyors and many of the project support team are unpaid volunteers.
What is the Cambridge University Environmental Consulting Society?
CUECS is a student society whose goal is to have a positive impact on environmental problems by helping organisations and individuals (primarily within Cambridge) to alter their practices in cost-effective, efficient and environmentally sound ways. .
