About the project
The project supported Small or Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) in Leicester and Leicestershire to increase their energy efficiency, reduce their energy costs and lower their carbon emissions, by providing grants of up to £10,000 as match-funding.
Over its 6 years, the project supported 205 SMEs with the installation of measures worth almost £3million, backed by private investment of around £1.8million. This has helped achieve carbon savings of around 1,500tCO2e – equivalent to the total carbon footprint of around 450 typical homes. Businesses also benefitted from creation of 100 new jobs and lower energy bills with support from Green BELLE helping to achieve a total estimated reduction in operating costs of almost £700,000 across the project.
The types of measures included solar photovoltaic panels, low-energy LED lighting, insultation, double glazing and energy efficient heating.
Case studies from the project are provided below to help give you insight in to the steps taken by some of the SMEs on their decarbonisation journeys.
Case studies
Summative assessment report
For more information and insight in to the Green BELLE project, please read the Summative Assessment Report:
Find out about the simple steps you can take as a business to help Leicestershire become net zero by 2045 or before.