Happy new year & hoping you had a restful break.

See all out latest updates below - and watch this space for news on our latest share offer - if a building you use could work find out all you need to know here.

In 2025, we continue to work towards a more sustainable energy future, which all can afford and everyone has a voice in.

- the Selce team :)

Energy Price Cap

The energy price cap rose by 1 per cent at the start of 2025, meaning an average household on Direct Debit is now set to pay £1,738 annually.

Analysts predict a further increase in April, before a small decrease in July - read more here.

Organising an outdoor event in or around Greenwich this summer? Make it Solar

The Selce Solar Roller is a flexible, silent, affordable and emissions-free generator for your next outdoor event!

It comes with or without PA Sound System, is perfect for community events, music festivals and outdoor parties/fêtes.

Find out more and get in touch here to book your dates in the Solar Roller’s diary.

Upcoming Events

In-Person Workshop - Future-Proofing your Home

Taking place on Thurs 16 Jan 2-4pm at Manor House Library, this free workshop will take you on a tour of energy efficiency upgrades. We’ll cover common issues caused by poor building stock, the improvements that can be made to address these & the steps that can be taken to access available funding and support.

Our resident expert will also be on hand to answer your questions on the practical elements of upgrading your home, offering 1:1 advice. Secure your free place here.

Our Next Eco Home Tour - 2 February, 11am-1pm

Join us to hear about Anna & Shelagh's experience of managing a deep-retrofit in a Victorian property. Our hosts will take us through their retrofit journey and explain their experience of living with new technologies - find out more & book.

Empowerment at Home: Financing Options for Retrofitting your Home

On Tuesday 4 February 7-8pm, our latest webinar will cover the different grants and innovative funding solutions available to retrofit your home and community - Book your place.

Festival of Retrofit: Full Catchup Videos

Missed the event? Catch up with full videos of our two panels at the Festival of Retrofit on Selce’s YouTube Channel:

1. Housing, Health & Climate - featuring Giovanna Speciale, CEO of Selce, Maria Salaru, Lewisham Council, Tamasin Rhymes, homeowner & Greener Greenwich Community Network.

2. Working Together to Retrofit our Homes and Communities - with Nadia Smith, Co-chair of Selce & Community Energy London, Keith Ison, St Alphege Eco-church, Harry Paticas, RAFT and Madeleine Pauker, EDRC, University of Sussex. Both sessions were chaired by Flavia Bertram of Selce.

3. Alternatively, read our article for a detailed summary of the full day.

Become a Selce Champion

Are you keen to help your friends, neighbours and community understand how they can improve their homes for health, wealth and planet?

We’d like to hear from you!

We are looking to join forces with individuals across Greenwich and Lewisham to help create a local knowledge network around retrofit and community energy.  

We’re looking to team up with local people who have done retrofit themselves, who are local retrofit professionals or who are enthusiastic about the subject and would like to work with friends and neighbours to retrofit it together.  

Activities might include hosting an eco-home tour or building tour, creating a case study of your home or project, sharing your knowledge and experience at talks, webinars and interviews, or contributing to information packs.

Or, it might mean getting your neighbours out to events or helping us organise events in your community to enable retrofit.

If you would like to find out more and how to get involved contact flavia@selce.org.uk

Current Support Services 

Love Lofts, our programme to help for homeowners insulate their lofts in Greenwich and Lewisham, will close at the end of February. The service provides free loft assessments, quotes from trusted contractors, free help clearing the loft if needed and £200 towards the cost of insulation. Request a free callback while you still can! www.selce.org.uk/lovelofts

Grant updates for homeowners: The Great British Insulation Scheme is now open to all homeowners, which is exciting for households with an income above £31,000. The grant can help households that live in houses with EPC D-G and in council tax bands A-D access as single insulation measure, either completely free of charge or with a partial contribution, depending on household income - find out more about current grants.

Community Solar: we have done preliminary surveys of buildings across South-East London and have identified the following buildings as being feasible for solar arrays built by the community for the community - find out more.

Community Lighting Audits: Selce is offering personalised free light audits to 10 Lewisham community buildings to help reduce their electricity bills and carbon emissions - find out more.