Decarbonising
homes, heat, and energy
Campaigns
The UK has some of the highest electricity costs in Europe. There is an urgent need to reform the electricity pricing structure, with the aim of reducing costs for consumers, while still providing enough profit to support investment and growth in the renewables sector.
Campaign to reform the UK’s electricity pricing structure, with the aim of reducing costs for consumers.
Campaign to extend the zero VAT scheme’s duration to 2030, and its scope to cover battery storage and ground-source heat pump works.
Campaign to extend the zero VAT on renewables to 2030.
Campaign to amend planning regulations for onshore wind to make deployment of smaller, locally-owned turbines more straightforward.
Campaign to amend planning regulations for onshore wind to make deployment of smaller, locally-owned turbines more straightforward.
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Projects
This project has been put in place to research and design a permanent, over-arching, not-for-profit service for Retrofit Somerset to promote whole house retrofit to the ‘able to pay’ sector, at scale and at pace, within Somerset.
Research and designing a permanent, over-arching, not-for-profit service for Retrofit Somerset
Development of the Local Area Retrofit Accelerator has been led and funded by the MCS Foundation, a charity whose vision is to make every UK home carbon-free. LARA is a collaboration between the MCS Foundation and Ashden, Connected Places Catapult, National Retrofit Hub and the UK Green Building Council.
The MCS Foundation is working with Local Authorities and Combined Authorities who are wanting to develop a Local Area Retrofit plan.
The Ambleside to Zero (AtoZ) initiative is an ambitious community-led project aimed at transitioning the town of Ambleside towards carbon neutrality by 2030.
The Ambleside to Zero (AtoZ) initiative is an ambitious community-led project aimed at transitioning the town of Ambleside towards carbon neutrality by 2030.
Apply for grant funding
The MCS Foundation is open to funding a range of projects that advance our mission to accelerate the adoption of renewable energy and low carbon technologies.
If you are seeking funding for a project that you think we could be interested in, please see our funding page for details of our grant programmes.
We will be pleased to hear from you.