After a successful fifth year of ECOE’s Community Fund, it is now open for applications again. The fund is available for local community projects to apply for financing that help to address the climate emergency and promote social justice. This time, for 2023/2024, we have up to £10,000 available. In detail, £5,000 comes from income […]
01/09/2023
Major funding win for home retrofit advice services
South West consortium one of six successful bids for new government funding ECOE is pleased to announce our participation in a new project being delivered over the next two years in Devon and Cornwall. We are collaborating on developing new retrofit services in the region. Read on to learn more… Plymouth Energy Community and partners […]
29/05/2023
ECOE held its AGM on July 11 – watch the video here
Exeter Community Energy (ECOE) held its Annual General Meeting on Tuesday July 11 at the Exeter Community Centre. We reviewed the year’s activities, and showed how our fuel poverty work and solar PV installations are supporting our efforts to help the community in Exeter and Devon. Also, we discussed our new retrofit and solar PV […]
18/05/2023
Meet the new people at ECOE: Giles Booth, marketing director
We love it when people step up to join the ECOE team, and also love introducing you to the new faces to you so that you don’t wonder who they are when you meet them. Our latest new recruit is Giles Booth, our new marketing director. What is your role at ECOE? I’m delighted to […]
27/02/2023
ECOE starts 2023 with more award success
Exeter Community Energy (ECOE) started 2023 with a ‘highly commended’ award for Fuel Poverty Action at Community Energy England’s awards. Four members of the ECOE team were at City Hall in London on January 20th to collect the award. Healthy Homes for Wellbeing Project Manager and ECOE Director Tara Bowers also told 150 attendees about […]
17/01/2023
New roles at ECOE: Solar PV Project Manager, Operations Manager, Debt and Benefits Adviser and Home Energy Adviser
Exeter Community Energy has four new roles open to applicants! They are: Solar PV Project Manager Renewable energy project management skills needed to expand Devon-based organisation’s generation assets principally in the Exeter area. What will you be doing? Exeter Community Energy (ECOE) is looking for a new Solar PV Project Manager. The successful candidate will […]
13/01/2023
Healthy Homes’ fifth birthday celebrates £2.6m contribution
Exeter Community Energy (ECOE)’s Healthy Homes for Wellbeing project turned five in November 2022, but the twist was that it is celebrating what it has given the local community. It has supported over 5,000 households, including 2,400 home visits. In total it has saved them more than £2.6 million and prevented more than 1,000 tonnes […]
02/12/2022
You can soon help ECOE deploy new rooftop solar
Exeter Community Energy (ECOE) is moving towards rolling out at least two new electricity sites in the city. We have surveyed roofs owned by a large local institution before starting legal talks. The surveys have shown that the roofs should be strong enough to hold the solar panels we want to put on them. There […]
27/11/2022
ECOE wins Exeter Sustainability Award 2022
Exeter Community Energy (ECOE) is the winner of the Community Group/Charity/Non-Profit category in this year’s Exeter Sustainability Awards. The awards follow Exeter City Council declaring a commitment to make Exeter carbon neutral by 2030. In particular they recognise and champion those who are making strides in this area. Princesshay Exeter, Exeter City Futures, Exeter City […]
25/11/2022
ECOE community fund warms Exeter and enters virtual reality
Exeter Community Energy (ECOE) has awarded £5,307 in grants to five local groups to make buildings greener – including virtual reality energy efficiency education. ECOE’s community fund provides grants to groups in and near Exeter working on clean energy and fuel poverty. The fund draws on the income from our ten solar power sites, donations […]
