Get funding for Green Technology

The Low Carbon Buildings Programme is a grant scheme run by the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform.  It aims to fund more low-carbon buildings and all non-profit and community organisations can apply for funding.  You can apply for grants to install various micro-generation technologies in any permanent buildings. 

Grants are currently provided towards the cost of installing the following technologies:

• Wind turbines
• Small scalehydro
• Solar hot water
• Ground source heat pumps
• Air source heat pumps
• Biomass

You can apply for 50 per cent of the cost for installing approved micro-generation technologies. You can get hold of an application form here:

http://www.lowcarbonbuildings.org.uk/how/

This fund was planned to close at the end of June 2009, but has now received extra funding until April 2011.