About Us
Bath & West Community Energy’s independent, not-for-profit Home Energy service offers a hub of impartial, expert advice to get you retrofitting your home with confidence.
From initial home energy assessments to retrofit coordination, we offer a range of services to help you understand your options and find the right solutions for your home. We also offer support and inspiration through talks, events and other activities, helping local people share their experiences and learn from each other.
The goal of our service is to support local people at each stage of their journey to achieving low carbon, comfortable and affordable homes.
Where We’re Helping
Our Home Energy service is currently available to residents living in Bath and North East Somerset. We hope to expand our coverage to a wider area soon. If you’re outside this area, we can signpost you to other local partners who can help, so get in touch.
Our team
Our team includes energy experts who combine deep technical expertise with local knowledge of the housing stock.
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Sara Grimes
HEAD OF COMMUNITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
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Cathy Crozier Cole
HOME ENERGY SERVICE MANAGER
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Jonathan Logsdon
RETROFIT COORDINATOR
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Sally Merrett
LEAD ASSESSOR
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Stephanie Butler
COMMUNICATIONS & CUSTOMER LIASION OFFICER
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Benny Talbot
TECHNICAL LEAD, COMMUNITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
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Mike Andrews
RETROFIT ASSOCIATE
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Alex Bell
RETROFIT ASSOCIATE
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Rowena Bashforth
RETROFIT ASSOCIATE
ABOUT BWCE
INVESTED IN
Local Energy
Bath & West Community Energy (BWCE) is a not-for-profit community business committed to putting people at the heart of the energy transition to zero carbon. We are a member-led organisation where the majority of our members are local people.
Through our renewable energy projects, we place ownership and control of energy in the hands of local people and actively benefit local communities.
Find out more about BWCE and how to invest and become a member by heading to bwce.coop.
Our Partners
Helping deliver our surveys
BWCE is proud to be partnering with Retrofit West and the Centre for Sustainable Energy (CSE) to deliver it’s Home Energy Efficiency Plans, and with CSE’s Futureproof scheme for its Futureproof surveys.
Funding supporters
BWCE Home Energy is part-funded by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero working with the South West Net Zero Hub to deliver the Local Energy Advice Demonstrator Programme (LEAD), also by the Energy Industry Voluntary Redress Scheme and by Retrofit West.
GREEN HERITAGE HOMES PARTNERS
BWCE is also proud to be working in partnership with Bath & North East Somerset Council, Bath Preservation Trust, the Centre for Sustainable Energy and People Powered Retrofit for its Green Heritage Homes project,
GREEN OPEN HOMES PARTNERS
BWCE is also proud to be working in partnership with Bath & North East Somerset Council, Bath Preservation Trust, Transition Bath and Buro Happold for its Green Open Homes B&NES project.
