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Contact our Environment Team
Email: Sustainability@Redbridge.gov.uk
Telephone: 020 8708 2036

Using renewable energy helps lower the CO2 emissions and combat the effects of climate change, by reducing our reliance on fossil fuels. Also, with rising energy bills, using renewable energy could also save tenants money.

As part of its sustainability requirements, Redbridge Council encourages developers and householders to incorporate renewables into new and existing buildings.

View Redbridge Council's Sustainability Requirements.
For more information on climate change, visit our climate change page.

What is renewable energy?

Unlike fossil fuels, renewable energy sources are those that are essentially inexhaustible, such as wind, wave, solar and geothermal. Using renewable energy technologies, such as solar panels or wind turbines, to create electricity or heat is known as microgeneration.

The electricity or heat produced by microgeneration is described as low or zero carbon. This is because it creates a low amount of carbon emissions (or none at all) when it is produced.

Types of Renewables

Some of the common microgeneration technologies used in urban developments are listed below. For more detailed guidance on what would be suitable for your development and the permissions needed, please visit our Sustainability Requirements page.