We help our customers meet the financial and environmental cost of their energy use
At BHESCo we embrace innovation and community ownership to bring fairness and equal access to sustainable heat and power for everyone.
We invite you to take action on climate change and partner with BHESCo to reduce carbon emissions produced from your home, your business and your community.
Our services include:
Quickly identify where you are wasting heat and power and develop an effective energy improvement strategy
What cost and carbon savings will your project achieve? Are you installing the right technology? Ask our energy experts
Let the BHESCo team take care of every aspect of your energy project, from design to installation to performance monitoring
BHESCo’s outstanding technical knowledge and passion for green energy has already delivered over fifty renewable energy and energy saving projects across Sussex, from Brighton Beach to Lewes, from Hove to Horsham.
Over their operational lifetime, these projects will lower costs on behalf of our customers by nearly £2 million and reduce carbon emissions by over 7,000 tonnes.
As a not-for-profit co-operative, BHESCo remain accountable to our customers long after the project installation, because all of our customers become members of our co-op and have a say in how we are run.
Our mission is to empower everyone in our community to meet their heat and power needs with efficient buildings and locally owned low-carbon energy.
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To avoid 4°C of global warming and the worst-case scenarios of runaway climate change, communities across the UK must work in partnership to achieve net zero carbon emissions as soon as possible. Together, we can demonstrate what can be achieved when people are united in their ambition.
Community owned energy systems will be a key factor in avoiding catastrophic climate change, by enabling towns and villages throughout England to live and work in buildings that are affordable to heat and powered from locally generated renewable sources.
BHESCo is partnering with a number of communities across the South East to develop local, sustainable microgrids and heat networks that will deliver multiple benefits to local residents while preserving our natural environment.
Become a member – Got money sat in a low interest savings account? Join hundreds of other shareholder members who are putting their money to work developing community led solutions to the global climate crisis.
Partner with BHESCo – our passionate team of experts would love to become your partner in driving down the financial and carbon costs of your home, business, or entire community.
Since 2015 BHESCo have completed more than 55 community funded low-carbon energy projects across Sussex.
Our community energy projects help to drive down fuel costs for our customers and reduce the environmental impact of their premises.
Almost all of our energy projects are completed at no up front cost to customers using our innovative ‘Pay As You Save’ finance initiative.
Read our Impact Report from 2020, with details on the number of new community energy projects completed, estimated tonnes of carbon saved, number of customers advised, estimated financial savings achieved, and more
Our Unique Business Model
All of BHESCo’s community energy projects are financed through a community share offer paying investors a 3% 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
BHESCo partnered with the Montessori Place School to design and install a number of low-carbon technologies which work together to reduce energy costs and environmental impact.
As a result of our interventions, the school has reduced its annual carbon emissions by 80%.
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 safe.
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.
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The UK government is introducing policies encouraging landlords to improve the EPC of their properties. To be confident that they are choosing the most effective improvements that will deliver the best value for money, landlords should partner with BHESCo on their energy improvement strategy.
Developing new nuclear power comes at a staggering cost to customers, and the UK Government's 'Regulated Asset Base' model could saddle energy consumers with high bills for generations
BHESCo are announcing a competition that takes a street by street approach to retrofitting homes, helping to reduce heat loss and drive down energy bills and carbon emissions. If you are interested in taking part and would like to nominate your street for our retrofit competition, please register your interest.
What does the UK Energy Market Crisis mean, what can customers do about it, and how they can weather the storm without suffering a too big increase of their energy bills?
EV owners can use their car to become active members of the new energy landscape, one made up of local microgrids, flexible electricity networks, demand side response, and variable ‘Time of Use’ tariffs.
Community energy groups can deliver low-carbon heating projects at lower cost than the private sector, in addition to bringing benefits such as community ownership, job creation, and reduced energy costs.
