FurbNow offers a platform that simplifies energy efficiency projects for homeowners. With a focus on ease and accessibility, FurbNow assists customers from planning to installation and financing, effectively simplifying the journey towards energy-efficient living. 

AliveLabs develops modular Greenwall Cladding Systems that aim to reduce pollution and energy consumption. AliveLabs have created worlds first passive, zero maintenance green cladding solution.

BioTwin is developing wall studs made from Hemp Shiv to reduce CO² just from the stud manufacturing and with better thermal properties than steel studs.

Reulix develops novel technology-based products to improve the carbon footprint of domestic consumers/ households. Thye are at concept stage
for a number of products.

Anzen is a smart heating and ventilation system seamlessly integrated into the building fabric. Designed for prefabricated walls, it extracts stale indoor air and supplies purified air eliminating the need for independent heating and mechanical ventilation systems.

Isometric Outcomes developed Humidex, an energy efficient bathroom ventilation device with heat recovery. 

Moonlight Energy is developing Sand-Dome, a thermal battery which uses sand and glasss for heat storage, which is, in turn, used in district heating for homes and businesses.

Lowen Energy is working with property developers to create a value-engineered alternative to a National Grid connection for their development by developing local community based microgrids.

FurbNow offers a platform that simplifies energy efficiency projects for homeowners. With a focus on ease and accessibility, FurbNow assists customers from planning to installation and financing, effectively simplifying the journey towards energy-efficient living. 

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AliveLabs develops modular Greenwall Cladding Systems that aim to reduce pollution and energy consumption. AliveLabs have created worlds first passive, zero maintenance green cladding solution.

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Anzen is a smart heating and ventilation system seamlessly integrated into the building fabric. Designed for prefabricated walls, it extracts stale indoor air and supplies purified air eliminating the need for independent heating and mechanical ventilation systems.

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Isometric Outcomes developed Humidex, an energy efficient bathroom ventilation device with heat recovery. 

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Founder: Veronica Rocha

Reevo aims to contribute towards affordable warmth by tackling the labour shortages within the Retrofit market, by creating the bridge that connects those seeking to join the Retrofit Industry with those looking to hire skilled workers.

Veronica - “We are currently in the process of validating our Venture and researching aspects such as demand, stakeholder interest, people’s knowledge and understanding of Retrofit whilst working on our approach towards making Retrofit relatable and accessible for everyone.”

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Founder: Neil Wedlake

Terrapin's mission is to reduce the obstacles and frictions impeding the take-up of retrofit and upgrade projects by private property owners. Currently, the customer journey follows a poorly-coordinated path, characterised by a fragmented installation sector and limited assurance as to project quality or eventual savings in energy costs. 

Neil - “Our aim is to improve access to sufficient subsidy and incentives, cheap and long-duration financing, efficient and clear assessment, and coordinated, accredited installation. Our work now is in building relationships with stakeholders to understand their particular needs, be it customer acquisition, accreditation of works or outcome measurement to better translate financial capital to installed assets.”

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Founders: Maggie Ou and James Tang

RetroSet is helping retrofit energy inefficient homes in the UK at scale by helping companies participate in the voluntary carbon market through developing carbon offset projects. 

James and Maggie - “About 164 million tonnes of carbon were offset globally last year, mainly from reforestation projects overseas. We believe we can add to this additionality through locally based projects.”

Ebico Affordable Warmth Incubator member Max Smith has established his new company, ‘Eluxevo’.  This will be the vehicle driving the development of his revolutionary idea for low-carbon and affordable home heating. 

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Max Smith has won a place on Phase 2 of the Ebico Affordable Warmth Incubator along with a £15,000 investment.

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In July ‘21 the candidates took part in the Bootcamp stage of the incubator programme and five candidates were selected for the Phase 1.

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The Ebico Affordable Warmth Incubator programme has shortlisted candidates to develop their business ideas for presentation in August 2021.

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The Ebico Trust has partnered with Sustainable Pioneers, CIC, who are part of the Sustainable Ventures group, the UK’s leading cleantech hub, on a mission to develop solutions for sustainable, affordable home warmth.

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Three teams have now been formed and will be working on developing their affordable low carbon warmth solutions.

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The Ebico Affordable Warmth Incubator programme has shortlisted candidates to develop their business ideas for presentation in August 2022.

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The Ebico Trust has partnered with Sustainable Pioneers, CIC, who are part of the Sustainable Ventures group, the UK’s leading cleantech hub, on a mission to develop solutions for sustainable, affordable home warmth.

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LIND has developed a fully recyclable, long life, flow battery which can be installed inside traditional wet central heating systems, enabling safe, long term storage of electrical energy;

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The First Element Group is a newly founded British start up aiming to facilitate a grassroots adoption of Green Hydrogen as a low cost sustainable fuel. Their aim is to enable consumers to safely and efficiently generate green hydrogen at the point of use with their Smart Tank...

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Thermulon is an award-winning, deep-tech company with one mission: to insulate homes in a fire-safe, efficient and affordable manner. To do this, Thermulon has developed a new chemical process to reduce the cost of aerogel building insulation. Aerogels are the most insulating materials in existence, fire-safe when made out of silica and with Thermulon’s new process – affordable...

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Helios was formed to research, develop and commercialise novel concepts focusing on renewable energy generation and storage – particularly thermal energy storage.

The initial project is the Combined Heat Power and Energy Storage System (CHPES) which stores energy in the form of heat. Using our unique patent pending thermal switch, energy can be released with complete control of both outlet temperature and flow rate...

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Partnering with specialist installation companies across the UK for retrofit or new build projects, Window Insulation Ltd offers proven window & glazing refurbishment solutions to reduce energy loss and improve thermal performance. Their products are unique with low disruption as an affordable alternative to costly window replacement. 

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Qube currently manufactures sustainable Structural Insulated Panels (SIP) called Bio SIPs. Bio SIPs have built-in insulation and are constructed in a modular way and are manufactured from PET recycled materials and a compilation of flax/ hemp/ bioresin. They are currently building outbuildings using their Bio SIPs. The company's long-term goal is to build sustainable, passive houses using this system.

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First Thermal Ltd offer a unique thermal survey system which reveals the exact cause of energy loss from homes and their own internal survey protocol, Heatview® software, and bespoke booking/CRM system. About a quarter of their surveys are free for those on low incomes, and most remedial actions cost under £100. Surveys help pinpoint where energy loss is occurring and are designed to inform design and retrofit plans for improved energy performance.

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Flint Engineering specializes in low-carbon technologies based on their patented Isomat technology and has developed two low-carbon heating products. The first product is a radiator replacement that is 150% more efficient than traditional steel radiators at low temperatures, ideal for retrofitting with heat pumps without requiring more wall space and has a faster response time. The second product is a roof panel that fulfils a building's heating and hot water needs while meeting the requirements of a roof, making the property self-sufficient and has the potential to end fuel poverty. 

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Gecko Glazing have developed a UK patent-pending innovative secondary glazing solution that can be easily installed directly on windows without obstructing existing windows. Their solution reduces window heat loss by up to 50% and doesn't damage the windows in any way. Moreover, it is far more affordable than alternative solutions currently available in the market.

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Through the Affordable Low Carbon Warmth – Incubator Programme, meaningful impact in the realm of low carbon home heating affordability will be achieved by increasing the number of entrepreneurs (and the companies they form) entering the sector.

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Commercial & design support to help bring innovative products to market.

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Accelerating Innovation in Low Carbon Home Heating & Heat Loss Prevention solutions.  Support to help bring innovative products to market.

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James is a full stack AWS developer and currently CTO of Scoop. Previously, James was the Co-Founder of food waste startup Greenkode. James enjoys climbing, swimming and boxing.

Maggie comes from a commercialisation and business growth background. She has worked in sales and business development at both early stage startups and Fortune 100 companies. Her passion for technology stems from its ability to solve real world problems in elegant ways. She loves working on “big” problems that have inherent complexity including building accessible solutions to address the climate crisis.

Maya began her career working at an international compliance consultancy, qualifying as an accountant and working her way up. Moving on to a technology consulting business, Maya then worked her way to become the CFO leading all aspects of the firms financial affairs.

Neil brings experience as an investor and equity strategist, both as a portfolio manager and in publishing research for several leading investment banks. His emerging market specialism requires deep understanding of a wide variety of macroeconomic and political environments, and the challenges of low-income demographies.

Rob is a seasoned Product leader who has decided to join the fight to tackle climate change. He spent the first half of his career working for large multinationals in North America, Europe and Russia and the latter half working with startups, including two of his own. His most recent role as VP Product for a FTSE 250 utility provided insight into the decarbonisation of our built environment and the scale of the challenge.

Sam previously worked at Monzo Bank, working from the frontline to managing knowledge management for the Customer Support organisation. This was followed by a stint at payroll tech startup Pento.io as their Enablement Manager, owning knowledge management/internal onboarding/ongoing learning and communications. Sam - "Climate change and the cross-section of 3 things today are my obsession: Startups, Social Impact and Big Hairy Problems".

Veronica is a BIM Engineer at activePLAN and PhD Student researching Retrofit Strategies for Affordable Housing and Sustainable Living in Chile at Sheffield Hallam University.