RE:CONNECT analysis: Summary report

This report evaluates and shares learnings from the Mayor’s RE:CONNECT programme. RE:CONNECT aimed to explore new approaches to neighbourhood-scale carbon saving activities that involved communities and businesses in ten Low Carbon Zones across London.

The findings will be useful for local authorities, community groups and others developing local-scale energy efficiency programmes. Headline findings include:

• the programme is estimated to have reduced emissions by 12,600 tonnes of CO2, equivalent to the average annual emissions of around 3,000 London homes
• measures installed in domestic properties resulted in estimated total bill savings of over £1.1 million annually across the ten Zones
• in total, £33.5 million of additional funding was secured across the ten Zones, with an average ratio of £12 of additional funding for every £1 of RE:CONNECT funding
• over 4,000 homes were retrofitted in the Low Carbon Zones