Business Energy Advice Service (BEAS)
What does BEAS offer?
The Pilot Business Energy Advice Service (BEAS) is offering 4000 free energy assessments to small businesses across the West Midlands, including Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall and Wolverhampton, as well as Worcestershire and the Marches, Warwickshire and Stoke and Staffordshire.
The assessments will provide recommendations for energy reduction, helping to reduce costs. Then after a business has undertaken an energy assessment then there will be an opportunity to apply for a grant for commercial and industrial SMEs to facilitate investment in energy efficiency measures.
What happens after the assessment?
Your business can take a significant step towards enhancing energy efficiencies with the opportunity to apply for grants up to £100,000. These grants will be administered by your local authority.
Whether you consider upgrading to energy-efficient lighting systems or implementing heating and cooling optimisations these grants offer financial support to turn your sustainability aspirations into concrete actions.
How do I register?
If you are an SME who pays business rates to any of the below authorities, please click the relevant link. It is important you ensure to register for the correct authority or this could delay your assessment.
Businesses in Birmingham, Solihull, Sandwell, Dudley, Walsall, Wolverhampton and Coventry come under the West Midlands Combined Authority.
Operating in Birmingham, Solihull, Coventry or the Black Country?
West Midlands Combined Authority businesses click hereWho is delivering BEAS?
The programme has six Primary Delivery Partners (PDP). Warwickshire County Council, Worcester County Council and Staffordshire County Council will deliver a mix of standard and energy-intensive assessments and grants on behalf of the programme in their specific geographic areas.
Aston University will deliver standard and energy-intensive assessments within the WMCA area (Birmingham, Sandwell, Dudley, Coventry, Solihull, Walsall and Wolverhampton). WMG and MTC will deliver energy-intensive assessments as part of the High-Value Manufacturing Catapult programme across the West Midlands region.
