Energy costs are increasing and show no sign of slowing. This impacts everyone, but for those on lower incomes, the negative outcomes can be significant. In England, more than one in ten households experience fuel poverty, meaning 2.5 million families cannot adequately heat their property without falling below the poverty line. In Scotland, over 600,000 households experience fuel poverty, equating to 25% of the total.

Fuel poverty is created by three contributing factors:

• Household income
• Energy efficiency of the property
• Energy costs

Household income is hard to change in any means other than policy change. However, progress can be made by generating energy onsite resulting in energy cost savings.

That’s where OnGen can help.

OnGen’s digital tools identify potential cost and energy saving solutions for properties that can help tackle fuel poverty while lowering carbon emissions.

The traditional methods that involve engaging expensive consultants using complex Excel spreadsheets to assess renewable technologies are often inaccurate and hard to keep up to date. That is why we have developed our online services to provide you with easy-to-understand information which will help you make the best decisions for your organisation.

Consider onsite renewable energy and battery storage: With OnGen Expert, we can help you explore the feasibility of generating and storing your own energy via a range of onsite renewable energy generation sources, like solar and heat pumps.

Switching to generating renewable energy onsite reduces the demand for grid-supplied energy, lowering the cost of energy bills and reduces carbon emissions.

Numerous housing associations have retrofitted new and existing housing portfolios with energy efficiency measures in accordance with the Energy Efficiency Standard for Social Housing, but improvements can still be made for further financial reward. Meanwhile, onsite renewable technologies have allowed housing associations to saving cost by becoming generators themselves.

If not supplying residents directly, additional income can be generated from connecting renewable generation technologies to the grid which can be reinvested into providing tenant benefits.