Energy efficiency advice

Improving home efficiency can help you to:

• save money
• enjoy a warmer home
• reduce your impact on the environment

For example, you could:

• improve your home insulation
• see if you could get a more efficient heating system
• follow energy saving tips

Get recommendations for home improvements that could make your home cheaper to heat and keep warm on GOV.UK

For the Warm Homes: Local Grant from Warmer Homes, please see the bottom of this webpage.

Find energy grants for your home (Help to Heat) on GOV.UK

If you're on a low income, you can find out about benefits and financial support to help with heating, housing and other living costs on GOV.UK.

Visit the NHS Keep Warm, Keep Well website for tips and advice to help you in the colder weather.

LEAP (Local Energy Advice Programme) is a free energy and money saving advice service who can help eligible households save money to keep their homes warm and to avoid fuel poverty. They can also check if you're eligible for grant schemes. These can include Warmer Homes: Local Grant (please see below) and ECO 4 and the Great British Insulation Scheme.

Age UK Leicester Shire & Rutland's Warm & Wise service offers a free home energy check, information and advice to Rutland residents over the age of 50, to help reduce their bills.  They can be reached at warmandwise@ageukleics.org.uk or 01162 614 604.

If you’re struggling with bills and the rising cost of living, visit our cost of living support page.

Information on energy saving in historic buildings is available on Historic England's website:

Energy Efficiency and Your Home - Historic England

Adapting Historic Buildings for Energy and Carbon Efficiency - Historic England

You can find ways to save energy at home and other ways to save energy on GOV.UK website or by calling 0800 098 7950 

Warmer Homes

The Warmer Homes programme can offer fully funded measures such as insulation, air source heat pumps and solar panels to eligible households without gas central heating. Substantial funding could be available for customers and properties that meet the criteria.  The Warm Homes Local Grant is beginning from 1 April 2025 (subject to a successful grant application by the Council's partners), which will cover both off-gas and on-gas properties. Enquiries in the meantime may be queued and dealt with when the new scheme begins, so it is still worth visiting their website.

Visit the Warmer Homes website for more information or call: 0800 038 5737.