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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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
Over summer and autumn 2019 BHESCo are looking to raise £500,000 through a community share offer so that we can complete seven new community energy projects around Sussex
We are currently raising funds for the following community energy projects:
VARNDEAN COLLEGE - BRIGHTON
During the 2019 school summer holidays BHESCo will be installing a 49.5kWp rooftop solar array at Varndean College.
Lifetime Savings: £98,370 271 Tonnes CO2
BRIGHTON ROAD BAPTIST CHURCH - HORSHAM
BHESCo is helping to make Brighton Road Baptist Church into a Gold Rated Eco Church by installing a 30kW system on the roof of their premises in Horsham.
Lifetime Savings: £30,600 160 Tonnes CO2
THE UNITY CENTRE - LEWES
BHESCo are delivering the heating and ventillation needs for this brand new community wellbeing centre in Lewes, which will include a 22kW heat pump and underfloor heating.
Lifetime Savings: £27,420 68 Tonnes CO2
BRUNSWICK PRIMARY SCHOOL
BHESCo is installing a 71kWp solar PV array for this school which educates over 900 pupils each year.
Lifetime Savings: £87,189 399.86 Tonnes CO2
SALTDEAN PRIMARY SCHOOL
We are helping Saltdean primary to reduce their energy bills by installing a 50kW of rooftop solar PV.
Lifetime Savings: £52,261 338.96 Tonnes CO2
TARNERLAND NURSERY
BHESCo is installing a 14kW solar PV array at Tarnerland Nursery 'open air' nursery.
Lifetime Savings: £7,351 93.28 Tonnes CO2
PATCHAM JUNIOR SCHOOL
For Patcham Junior BHESCo will be installing a 30kW solar PV system on the roof of the school.
Lifetime Savings: £13,060 145 Tonnes CO2
BHESCo want to bring together our local community with one goal in mind – to help us put as much solar power as possible on local schools in Brighton and Hove.
We’re raising funds to install over 700 solar panels on five local schools which will save hundreds of thousands of pounds on bills as well as reducing planet warming carbon dioxide emissions by over six hundred tonnes.
770 solar panels
£170,972 savings
639 tonnes CO2 savings
We believe in the power of community.
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For every customer who switches to Co-op Energy a donation is made to BHESCo’s fuel poverty fund so that we can help those who struggle with their energy bills in Brighton and Hove.
Brighton & Hove produces hundreds of tonnes of food waste every day. Why not use it to create clean biogas for local properties?
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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