Energy Plus Academy

On Thursday 1st July 2021, LSE Housing and Communities, with the National Communities Resource Centre launched the Energy Plus Academy; an exciting new knowledge-exchange programme to promote learning, skills, and local actions to tackle climate change. This programme is supported by the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust, and sponsored by L&Q and ECD Architects.

"Energy Plus" considers the wider impacts of intensive energy use and climate change and the community initiatives that tackle energy use, such as retrofitting; food growing; community energy; greening schemes; and energy saving projects. The idea of setting up an 'Energy Plus Academy' builds on our existing project, the Housing Plus Academy, and on our work around social housing and community action.

We aim to bring together people from across the country including community groups, environmental organisations, social housing professionals and residents, construction and development companies, and anyone interested in reducing humanity's impact on the environment. We will run 24-hour, participatory Think Tanks at Trafford Hall, home of the National Communities Resource Centre, to generate know-how, share experiences, and develop action plans to take back and implement in communities and organisations, and to generate a network of environmental actors across the country.

A report of the key headlines from the launch event can is now available: The Climate Crisis: How can we respond.

If you or your organisation would like to be involved in the Energy Plus Academy, or if you would like any further information, please contact Ellie Benton: e.benton@lse.ac.uk