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Environment
What is the Green Homes Grant?
As business leaders in our local community, we are often the standard-bearers for progress and development not just in a professional setting but also in our homes.
LBW’s climate emergency declaration is an excellent opportunity for the business community to lead by example, by improving the sustainability of our business premises but also our homes. The good news, at least domestically, is that the Government is offering some generous support in the short term.
Next month, BEIS is launching the Green Homes Grant, up to £10,000 of funding for home efficiency improvements and renewable heat measures. Everyone (homeowners, private rental landlords and social landlords included) qualifies
GreenZone, an already award-winning commercial cleaning company with sustainability and social impact at its core, has just scooped bronze at the international Global Good Awards for both ‘Company of the Year’ and ‘Employee Engagement and Wellbeing’ categories. No mean feat considering the prestigious, corporate company it found itself in.
The Global Good Awards were set up to recognise the work that organisations are doing in their communities, for their people and for the planet. They reward all aspects of sustainability and social impact in business of all types and in all industries, not just commercial cleaning. Entries are from across the globe and range from small independent business through to global multinational companies. Such strong and high profile competition makes GreenZone’s success even more striking. Judging was delivered by a broad independent panel of experts across all industries, specialising in sustainability and social value. for grants of up to £5,000 of support on a match-funding basis, where BEIS will cover two-thirds of the cost of a project. However, if you qualify for benefits, you could be entitled to up to £10,000 of grants with no need to provide match funding! So, what is covered under the scheme? A range of insulations measures including loft, underfloor, cavity wall and external wall. Low-carbon heating also qualifies, which includes air-source and ground-source heat pumps and solar thermal. If you install one of those technologies you can also fund secondary measures such as draft-proofing, window upgrades and smart heating controls. To achieve bronze in the ‘Company of the Year’ category is a phenomenal recognition of the overall success GreenZone have achieved in developing and growing the business into the successful, dynamic, economically, socially and environmentally responsible business it is today. These values have been at the core of the business since it started ten years ago and remain the key factors that drive everything GreenZone do. The ‘Employee Engagement and Wellbeing’ bronze award acknowledges the activities and practices developed within GreenZone to enhance employee engagement and well-being both in and out of the workplace. Since day one, wellbeing has remained vitally important to GreenZone, recognising the importance its people play in contributing to its overall success. They are dedicated to ensuring all members of the business are engaged and valued and this award is testament to the hard work put in over the last ten years nurturing this approach. That’s where CREW comes in! CREW Energy has qualified domestic energy assessors and retrofit assessors who can help you identify the right technologies for your home. We also have a renewable heat team who can advise you on heat pumps as well as helping you with design and financial modelling. But be aware, you will need to move fast; this funding is only available from September 2020 until March 2021, by which time your installs would need to be completed.
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Please keep an eye out for CREW’s first-ever community share offer! We will be raising money to install heat pumps at Devas Club, a wonderful youth centre on Battersea Rise. You can register your interest here: http://www.crewenergy.london/invest.html
GreenZone scoops two bronze awards at the International Global Good Awards
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Steve Trew Managing Director at GreenZone Cleaning and Support Services Ltd, said of the awards: ‘We are absolutely delighted to have achieved bronze in both the Company of the Year and Employee Engagement and Wellbeing categories at the international Global Good Awards. It’s an amazing testament to our people, who are at the centre of our business, and independently verifies how ten years into our journey, we continue to keep sustainability at the core of everything we do.’
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