The Community Energy Fund supports public institutions and not-for-profit organisations based in Hackney, such as schools, faith groups and charities, to partner with community energy groups to improve the energy efficiency of public buildings.
We’re now taking formal expressions of interest for round 4 of our Community Energy Fund.
The Hackney Community Energy Fund (HCEF) supports community-led innovative energy projects that:
reduce carbon emissions
improve the energy efficiency of buildings
Improve understanding of climate change across the borough
grow the local community energy sector and green economy
The fund enables Hackney not-for-profit and charitable organisations to:
reduce their energy costs
create warmer and more efficient buildings for residents
tackle climate change
engage with their communities on topics relating to their project
Energy use in Hackney’s buildings is responsible for 21% of the borough’s total emissions. This includes the electricity powering lights and appliances, and the heat for warming water and spaces. The HCEF helps local not-for-profit organisations to look at:
how to reduce their emissions, including improving the thermal performance of buildings to reduce the amount of energy required to heat and cool them
how to reduce energy demand, including by changing lighting systems for example
opportunities to generate renewable energy
Projects must:
benefit and engage the local community
show a demonstrable carbon-saving opportunity (either through generating renewable energy or reducing consumption of energy)
encourage energy-saving behaviours
Our Climate Action Plan commits to delivering annual rounds of Hackney’s Community Energy Fund to support and develop multiple community groups. We expect to award the majority of funds towards capital projects.
Installation: solar panels, heating controls, LED lights and radiator fluid
CREW Energy
Hoxton Hall and Hoxton Works
Installation: heating controls, radiator fluid, destratifiers, LED lights
CREW Energy
London Fields Primary School
Installation: solar panels
Friends of London Fields
Centre 151 – Community Centre for Refugees from Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia
Assessment: whole-building
Home Energy Action Lab (HEAL)
Round Chapel Old School Rooms
Assessment: whole-building
Home Energy Action Lab (HEAL)
Grasmere Primary School
Assessment: energy usage and heating controls
Retrofit Action for Tomorrow (RAFT)
Hackney Playbus
Installation: solar panels and batteries
Stokey Energy
Betty Layward Primary School
Installation: solar panels
Stokey Energy
Jubilee Primary School
Installation: solar panels
Stokey Energy
St Paul’s Church, West Hackney
Installation: solar panels and heat pumps
Stokey Energy
St Monica’s Catholic Primary School
Assessment: energy usage and heating controls
Retrofit Action for Tomorrow (RAFT)
Our Lady’s Catholic High School
Assessment: energy usage and heating controls
Retrofit Action for Tomorrow (RAFT)
Beis Chinuch Lebonos Girls’ School
Assessment: energy usage and heating controls
Retrofit Action for Tomorrow (RAFT)
Projects that successfully secured funds in round 3
Benefiting organisation
Project type and focus
Partnering organisation
Hoxton Trust legal advice charity
Assessment: solar panels, heat pump, heating controls and lighting
CREW Energy
North London Mosque Trust (Masjid-e-Quba)
Installation: underfloor heating and panels
CREW Energy
Acme Artist Studios
Assessment: whole-building
Home Energy Action Lab (HEAL)
London School of Architecture
Assessment: whole-building
Home Energy Action Lab (HEAL)
Shoreditch Town Hall Trust
Assessment: whole-building
Home Energy Action Lab (HEAL)
Comet Nursery School and Children’s Centre
Installation: solar panels
Home Energy Action Lab (HEAL)
Core Clapton/Collective Act
Installation: internal wall insulation and window replacement
Home Energy Action Lab (HEAL)
Art Services Grants Ltd. (t/a SPACE)
Installation: LED lights
n/a
Waterside Secondary Academy
Installation: LED lighting
South East London Community Energy (SELCE)
Burma Court Playgroup
Assessment: solar panels
Stokey Energy
Eastside Educational Trust
Assessment: solar panels and ASHP
Stokey Energy
Laburnum Boat Club
Installation: solar panels and ASHP
Stokey Energy
Leaside Trust
Installation: double-glazing, doors and ASHP
Stokey Energy
St Thomas’ Parish Church
Assessment: solar panels and ASHP
Stokey Energy
Community Energy London
Hackney Light and Power is working with Community Energy London to bring groups together and grow the sector in Hackney.
We are also working with Community Energy England to identify further funding sources to help Hackney organisations in their net-zero journeys.
We encourage you to contact us if you would like support to set up a new community energy group in Hackney. We are particularly interested in hearing from young people and those who identify as being from the global majority.