Each year the Homes & Communities Agency (HCA) (the Government's national housing and regeneration body) celebrates projects that have combined innovation and dedication to improve communities, making them more sustainable.

They identify 9 categories which target priority areas in the delivery of sustainable communities and MEA's Low Carbon Communities Project is one of 3 finalists in the "Reducing Carbon" Category that recognises achievements in Improving sustainable living in existing homes and communities.

This is what they say about us:

Low Carbon Communities, West Midlands
Low Carbon Communities is one of only two schemes in the awards to be highly commended by judges. Developed by environmental social enterprise the Marches Energy Agency, the scheme set out to deliver measurable carbon reductions in communities through sustainable energy measures over a defined period of time. The scheme operates by supporting communities to cut carbon emissions in existing developments through changes behaviour and the use of appropriate low carbon technologies.