Home energy efficiency publications

HECA reports

The Home Energy Conservation Act (HECA) 1995 recognises local authorities’ ability to use their position to significantly improve the energy efficiency of all the residential accommodation in their areas.

In July 2012 the Department for Energy and Climate Change published requirements under the Act for all local authorities in England to report on the measures they propose to take to improve the energy efficiency of residential accommodation in their areas. The reports set out the energy conservation measures that the authority considers practicable, cost-effective and likely to result in significant improvement in the energy efficiency of residential accommodation in its area.

Croydon submitted the first of these reports (known as a further report) in January 2013.  DECC requires local authorities to report on progress in implementing measures at 2 year intervals via progress reports.

Energy Company Obligation: statement of intent

The Energy Company Obligation (ECO), is a government energy efficiency scheme for Great Britain, administered by Ofgem.

The main objective of ECO4 is to improve the least energy efficient housing stock occupied by low income and vulnerable households. One route that can be used to identify these households is 'ECO4 Flexibility' (ECO4 Flex). Under ECO4 Flex, a participating Local Authority (LA), can refer private tenure households that it considers to be living in fuel poverty or on a low income and vulnerable to the effects of living in a cold home.

The statement of intent on this page sets our flexible eligibility criteria for the ECO4 scheme from April 2022 to March 2026.