Community

Saving energy is better together.

Leaderboards from your neighbourhood to the whole UK, challenges to take on, badges to collect and a forum full of people working out the same things you are. Because every point comes from a real smart meter, every win is real.

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Eco Rank

From your street to the whole of the UK.

Five leaderboards, updated every month. Pick a level to see where the example home sits.

Six Eco Rank tiers

The more you save, the higher you climb.

Your tier shows how your energy-saving efforts compare with other homes. Climb from Eco Explorers to Eco Champions by using less, month after month.

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Invite friends and family

Bring them onto the leaderboard and compete together.

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Eco ChampionsLeading in sustainability
Top 5%
Eco WarriorsAdvocates for green living
Top 10%
Eco AchieversMaking great strides
Top 15%
Eco SupportersOn the right track
Top 20%
Eco StartersBuilding momentum
Middle 50%
Eco ExplorersBeginning the journey
Lower 30%
Challenges

Small challenges. Real results.

Take on a challenge on your own or join one with your neighbourhood. Your smart meter checks the result, so nobody can fake a win.

Solo+150 pts

Baseload Buster

Cut your overnight baseload by 10% this week by finding what’s left running.

60% there4 days left
Solo+100 pts

Heating Hour

Take one hour off your daily heating schedule for seven days in a row.

Day 3 of 7This week
Group+300 pts

Peak Dodgers

Your neighbourhood shifts use out of the 4pm to 7pm peak for a month.

Team at 72%12 days left
One-offBadge

Know Your Home

Complete every Eco Boost question so Gen can give you sharper advice.

17 of 20 answeredAny time

Example challenges shown for illustration.

Badges and Power Play

42 badges. 1,000 points. One Power Play Score.

Each badge is worth 9 to 50 points. Unlock one and its points go onto your Power Play Score. Collect all 42 to reach 1,000.

Just for fun, and separate from your score out of 100.

POWER PLAY SCORE · EXAMPLE MEMBER
263/1000

10 of 42 badges unlocked, worth 263 points between them.

Badge names and points as they appear in the SmartGen app.
Community forum
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Is a time-of-use tariff worth it without an EV?TariffsStarted by TerraceSaver · 2h ago
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Our heat pump’s first winter: what we learnedHeat pumpsStarted by HeatPumpHannah · 1d ago
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Overnight baseload of 300W. What’s normal?Saving tipsStarted by KettleKing · 3d ago
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Got my solar assessment back. What should I ask installers?SolarStarted by SunnySide22 · Gen replied
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Peak Dodgers challenge: tips that actually workedChallengesStarted by LoftLegend · 5d ago
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Community forum

Ask Gen. Or ask people like you.

A friendly space to ask questions and share experiences about UK energy tariffs, prices, heat pumps and solar. Learn from homes like yours and share what works.

Example threads shown for illustration.