Energy Footprint Tool
Work out your church’s carbon footprint to help care for God’s creation. The Church of England’s Energy Footprint Tool is now open for churches to enter fuel and power use from 2025. It closes on 30th June 2026.
The data collected from the tool will help your church understand its carbon footprint and will mean you may be eligible for grants to help kickstart your net zero projects. This work is an essential part of caring for God’s Creation, by helping to combat global heating and climate change. The easy-to-use online tool will tell your church what your carbon footprint is, based on the energy you use to heat and light your buildings.
Please note, completing the EFT for your parish is now essential for your church to be eligible for funding relating to decarbonisation (heating, lighting, draft-proofing and surveying).
What do I have to do?
Simply enter your church’s energy figures from 2025 and separately energy figures for a church hall, if independently metered. Once you have entered all the data, you will immediately receive a report and results on your computer or smartphone. This includes:
- The church and hall’s carbon footprint in CO2e (carbon dioxide equivalent)
- A simple assessment of your buildings’ efficiency, in graphical form
Who can complete the EFT?
Anyone with access to your church’s energy bills can complete the survey, including:
- Clergy
- Treasurer
- Churchwarden
- Administrator / Operations Manager
- PCC member responsible for buildings or finance
It usually takes less than an hour.
What do I need to get started?
You will need your utility bills for the year 2025: electricity, gas, oil, or whichever other fuel you use. If you have solar panels, find information on their generation over the preceding year. If you have a separate church hall you will need to add this building, and enter the bills for this too.
It should only take about an hour to fill the EFT in and the results will really help a church to kickstart carbon reducing projects as we journey together to reach net zero carbon. Detailed instructions are available here.
How to Use the EFT
Login with your Username and Password at the Online Parish Return System. Once in you’re good to go and enter your data.
To request a login contact : reception@southwell.anglican.org
If you need any support in completing the EFT, please contact Sally Dunleavy (Net Zero Carbon Support Officer).
Additional Resources
Paper Copy of the Online Questions for Churches
Paper Copy of the Online Questions for Other Buildings
Climate Action Plans – Low-cost Savings