We take a look at different kinds of building maintenance, with examples, to understand the importance of preventative or corrective measures

With energy bills climbing and one in three children growing up in poverty, The CHEESE Project is urging greater support for struggling households on Fuel Poverty Awareness Day this November 27th.

We proudly took home the eco-friendly trophy for Community Energy Organisation of the Year (S/M). Just this past Friday Nov 25th, Community Energy England, the voice for the community energy sector, gathered members, partners and friends at Bristol’s M Shed this past Friday 22 November for its annual, national awards, which celebrate organisations large and small for their contributions towards localised and sustainable energy.

We have appointed a new Business Manager for our project! We very much look forward to working with her as the new season gets under way.  Willow is an experienced company director, specialising in operations, marketing, events, business management and more. She brings 12 years in green … Read more

The Community Energy Awards is a prestigious event; designed to shine a light on community energy and highlight achievements in the wider community energy sector. It’s made possible, thanks to the support of Lendology, Triodos Bank, ES Catapult and the South West Net Zero Hub.  The C.H.E.E.S.E. … Read more

There is no easy remedy for poorly installed dot and dab plasterboards: they need to be ripped off, start again and done correctly. Unfortunately this is a very common problem that we have seen in many extensions and in new-builds.

A critical part of the CHEESE Heatview® surveyor’s training is understanding a set of concepts in Physics and how they apply to building design and building materials. One such concept is thermal mass. To be able to calculate the thermal mass of any given material, we need … Read more

We have conducted thermal assessment on many newly built homes since we launched the project. We use a slightly different approach when we are called out to survey buildings or extensions that are still under warranty. When it comes to “First Retrofit”, also known as “shallow retrofit”, … Read more

The CHEESE heatview surveyor team completed 278 surveys in the Bristol area. We had our first survey on the 1st of November, 2023 and the last one on the 23rd of April, 2024. We worked with seven heatview surveyors, five of them have been with us from … Read more

We’re hiring! We currently have Director level vacancies, follow the link for more details.