01592 858458

254a High Street, KY1 1LA

info@greenerkirkcaldy.org.uk

Are your fuel bills too high?

Let us help you get your heating and electricity bills under control. We can

• help you access free or subsidised insulation or heating improvements
• check that you are getting the best deal from your energy supplier
• carry out simple energy saving improvements in your home, free of charge to eligible people
• advise on other ways you can save energy and do your bit for the environment

Our advice is free and impartial. Pop in for a chat and a cuppa to find out more. If you are unable to visit our centre we can arrange a visit to your home.

Home handyman service

Home handyman Sandy on left, plus assistant

Our handyman provides simple measures to reduce your heating bills. These can make a real difference to your comfort too.

What will the handyman do? Things like draughtproofing doors and windows, insulating pipes, putting an extra jacket round your hot water tank or fitting low-energy lamps. The measures will be agreed at an initial visit, and we will also offer advice on other ways to get your bills under control.

How much will it cost? The service is free of charge to those who struggle to pay high fuel bills. For other people we charge £15 per hour and materials at cost.

To find out more call 01592 858458, email info[at]greenerkirkcaldy.org.uk or pop into our Advice Centre at 254a High Street.

Greener Kirkcaldy wins Comic Relief funding

Some great news – we have been awarded £8,000 by the Comic Relief Local Communities fund, to help older people to stay warm and comfortable while reducing their fuel bills this year.

The Greener Kirkcaldy energy advisors will work with older people who are struggling to pay high fuel bills, giving help from our High Street advice centre, at community events and by visiting people in their homes. Electricity and gas bills keep going up, and more and more households, especially older people living alone, find it difficult to pay them. Greener Kirkcaldy’s advice helps people stay warm while saving on bills. The advice centre welcomes older people, and visitors can have a cup of tea while chatting to the energy advisors.

To book a home visit simply call us on 01592 858458, pop into the advice centre at 254a High Street (its open Friday 12-5 and Saturday 10-5), or email info[at]greenerkirkcaldy.org.uk.

Energy saving, fuel discounts and solar panels

A number of useful news items which may be of interest to you have scrolled off our main news section, or will do soon. Here they are, gathered together. Get them while they are available.

Free cavity wall and loft insulation is available in Glenrothes.

An interest free loan is available for solid wall insulation. This offer is only available in NE Fife, except for the area around and between St Andrews and Newburgh.

Discounts off utility bills for the vulnerable.

A discount scheme for installing solar PV panels.

Solar PV scheme in Fife

Solar PV panels produce electricity from sunlight. They reduce your greenhouse gas emissions immediately and have a financial payback over the medium term.

The Energy Saving Scotland advice centre South East has been running a promotional offer in partnership with an installer and Fife Council. They wrote to households within target areas who they thought might be likely to be interested in PV, and offered them PV panels at particular prices.

About a week after the launch the UK government announced reductions to feed-in tariffs, which caused a rush to install before mid-December.

This offer is now extend to all of Fife, with new lower prices (to be announced on the 10th of January). The installer is also happy to take on community buildings, businesses and installations larger than 4kW, the price depending on the project.

Despite the lower rate of feed-in tariff, because the price of PV has come down such a lot in the past year, the payback time on a 4kW setup is about the same as it was a year ago – between 10 to 12 years.