Business Energy Efficiency (BEE) Anglia was a major project supporting SMEs across Suffolk and Norfolk to cut energy, costs and carbon.
Over 6 and a half years, more than 1000 businesses benefitted from a mix of expert consultancy, grants and Carbon Charter accreditations.
The project closure report summarises key learnings and outputs, and can be read here:
BEE Anglia Final Review.
- 880 business audits
- 249 grants leading to savings of 3,500 tCO2e
- 144 Carbon Charter accreditations
- 97% rate the site visit as Good or Excellent
- 75% of businesses identified Good or Excellent savings opportunities within their operations
- 93% found recommendations easy to follow
“From the support and advice received from BEE Anglia we now have a clearer environmental policy, recycling policy and ‘switch off the lights’ policy! Box-it East have now been awarded Silver Carbon Charter status, and anyone that knows us will also know that Silver isn’t good enough and we will be going for gold!”
Claire Brooks, Box-it East Ltd
BEE Anglia was delivered in a partnership of Suffolk County Council, Norfolk County Council, Groundwork East, and NWES.
BEE Anglia was supported by £4,151,556.49 of funding from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) as part of the European Structural Funds Growth Programme 2014-20. The Department for Levelling Up, Houses and Communities is the Managing Authority for ERDF.
Established by the European Union ERDF funds help local areas stimulate their economic development by investing in projects which will support innovation, businesses, create jobs and local community regenerations. For more information visit https://www.gov.uk/european-growth-funding
