Green Doctors

Green Doctors are energy efficiency experts who visit residents in their homes across the UK, helping vulnerable households to save money on their energy bills, stay warm and improve their living conditions. With 1 in 10 households in the UK experiencing energy poverty, the service is a crucial lifeline for many residents. The service also helps reduce carbon emissions. The service offers a set of free services when someone signs up for a Green Doctor consultation that aim to: Identify causes of heat loss in the home. Help identify and tackle damp or mould problems. Offer useful tips for saving energy and water whilst ensuring your home stays safe and comfortable. Install small energy and water efficiency measures, such as draft excluders. Facilitate switching energy providers to save money. Facilitate accessing support, such as emergency heating, government subsidies or grants, advice on energy or water debt. Local authorities are part of the service partnership, and the initiative stands as an inspiring example of a long-term service that supports people in need with hands on solutions while taking into account the challenges of communities living in energy poverty. The project started in 2000 and is ongoing. Main beneficiaries: the energy poor and low income people. It addresses the topics of: health, behaviour, heating and cooling systems, household appliances, indoor comfort, information and awareness, energy access and consumption, energy audits, energy efficiency, energy prices and social support. The partners of the project are: Groundwork UK (charity), Cadent Foundation Green Doctor (charity), housing provider (public, social and cooperative) and local authorities.  

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  Countries impacted:
  

  United Kingdom
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  Geographical scale:
  

  Regional and Local
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  Energy poverty phase:
  

  Implementation
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  Intervention type:
  

  Household energy efficiency and refurbishment
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  Professionals involved:
  

  Social worker
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  Type of funding:
  

  Private funds, national, regional, local funds by the 'Cadent Foundation Green Doctor’
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