Local Energy Advice Demonstator Learning Resources
The Local Energy Advice Demonstator or LEAD Programme closed on 31 March 2025.
The Hub has worked with the six projects involved to create a shared learning toolkit of resources as a legacy of the programme.
This toolkit is aimed at local authorities, community energy groups and advice organisations.
It provides insight into each of the pilot projects and evidenced best practice for delivering in-person local energy advice. More resources will be added to this page as they become ready.
LEAD Toolkit
Method summaries
Providing householders in listed buildings with early-stage advice from a Conservation Officer trained in retrofit for traditional buildings.
Recruiting volunteers to share experiences and provide information and advice to their own networks.
Going into the community to find your audience at events, public spaces and through existing groups.
Giving householders the opportunity to ask questions of experts in a group setting.
Visiting people in their homes to better understand their circumstances and provide face-to-face advice.
Supporting householders along their retrofit journey, from initial engagement and advice all the way to post-installation support.
Using real-life examples in the community of retrofitted homes (Green Open Homes) or homes that are not yet retrofitted.
Upskilling people working professionally and in the community to ensure better outcomes for retrofit
Using visual tools and real data to help householders better understand how their home is performing.
Providing easy resources for self-led home energy surveys, helping young people become ‘energy detectives’
Project summaries
Delivering a Home Energy Survey service in Gloucestershire and South Gloucestershire, with particular focus on landlords and driven by an effective marketing campaign.
Providing advice to older people and families living with disadvantage and low incomes, and helping them access grants and retrofit services across Southampton and the Isle of Wight.
Providing home visits and Whole House Plans to under-served households through an ambitious regional partnership enabling hyper-local advice across Devon and Cornwall.
Delivering home energy retrofit services to households in Swindon and Wiltshire, free advice at events, and training and mentoring for local groups to give advice in their communities.
Increasing rates of retrofit in listed buildings by developing confidence and understanding among homeowners and buildings professionals, showcasing positive examples in Bath & North East Somerset.
Supporting Green Open Homes and Not-Yet-Green Open Homes events in the West of England, and self-led home energy surveys for young people.
