We help customers meet the financial and environmental costs of their energy
Embrace the energy revolution – join as a new investor or improve the energy performance of your home or business with a BHESCo energy survey.
Earn attractive financial returns and use your money to develop community owned energy projects in Sussex
Reduce monthly energy bills and enhance warmth and comfort by improving the energy efficiency of your home
Meet financial, regulatory and stakeholder expectations when you install energy saving and renewable energy technologies
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BHESCo are seeking community investment to complete several new low-carbon energy projects across Sussex.
All investors are eligible for 5% annual interest and have an equal say in how our co-operative is run.
Shared Ownership – all of our projects are financed through a community share offer where investors become part-owners of our co-op and have an equal say in our governance
Be part of a thriving community– join hundreds of other members who are uniting to build the sustainable future we all know we need, with profits shared fairly and decisions made equally
Earn attractive financial returns – shareholders receive 5% annual interest and have a direct say in how our business is run
Join as an individual or as an organisation – we welcome individual investors as well as clubs and businesses to become members of our co-operative
Making energy efficiency improvements to your home is quick and easy with Warmer Sussex.
Register your interest today for a home energy survey.
We are delighted to announce our new partnership with Co-op Energy.
Co-op Energy is the UK’s largest independent co-operative, built on co-operative values. They are committed to fair pricing, honesty and simplicity.
Co-op Energy have recently launched the UK’s only Community Power tariff powered by 100% community-owned electricity. This tariff features community generated power from local suppliers all over the country generating green energy from wind, sunshine and water.
By switching to this tariff, you will be helping localise your energy supply as well as supporting BHESCo’s community energy initiatives.
Switching is easy. Simply click below to complete a comparison or to find out more.
As a result of the challenges posed by Covid-19, Brighton and Hove Energy Services Co-op (BHESCo) have closed our office and all staff are now working remotely from home.
Please note that in the interests of both our staff and our customers we will be using a new socially distanced methodolgy for completing home energy surveys.
We will continue to offer free telephone advice to local residents looking to saving money on energy bills.
We are very proud to have partnered with eight local schools and colleges in Sussex to collectively install over 1,000 solar panels. Added together these projects have a combined generation capacity of 414kWp and will save the schools an estimated £423,951 on energy costs over the operational lifetime of the technology.
Furthermore, by enabling schools to generate their own on-site solar power, we expect to reduce carbon emissions by 2,442 tonnes of CO2 over the next 20 years – enough to offset more than six million miles driven by car.
Our Unique Business Model
All of BHESCo’s energy projects are financed through a community share offer paying investors a 5% return.
The upfront cost is repaid by the project customer over a number of years using a portion of the savings achieved from their monthly energy bill.
By meeting project costs in this way we are able to remove any financial obstacles that can prevent property owners from improving the energy performance of their buildings.
Community investors buy shares
Investments are used to develop clean energy projects
Project customer repays cost + interest using savings from energy bills
Interest is passed on to investors
For the past two years BHESCo have been designing a low-carbon heat network for the village of Firle in East Sussex
There are an estimated 16,000 households in Brighton and Hove who are unable to adequately heat their homes over winter and who may be forced to choose between heating and eating.
BHESCo provides a number of free services to help keep residents of our city warm and healthy.
If you’ve worked with BHESCo to cut the cost of your energy and reduce your carbon footprint then we’d love you to leave a review. Whether we helped you install renewable energy or energy saving equipment, conducted an energy survey, or switched you to a cheaper tariff, we value all of our customers equally and would be delighted to hear your thoughts.
"BHESCo improves the quality of life for local families by reducing their energy use and encouraging the uptake of clean renewable energy"
"Our relationship with BHESCo helps lower our emissions and improve the atmosphere of our office buildings"
"I love this vision and would encourage everyone in Brighton & Hove to buy shares in BHESCo"
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