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Countdown to Low Carbon Homes February 2012

Countdown to Low Carbon Homes February 2012. Catrin Maby Chief Executive Severn Wye Energy Agency. The Countdown partnership. Severn Wye Energy Agency independent non-profit SME & charity Local Authority partners - local delivery Stroud District Council South Gloucestershire Council

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Countdown to Low Carbon Homes February 2012

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  1. Countdown to Low Carbon HomesFebruary 2012 CatrinMaby Chief Executive Severn Wye Energy Agency

  2. The Countdown partnership • Severn Wye Energy Agency independent non-profit SME & charity • Local Authority partners - local delivery • Stroud District Council • South Gloucestershire Council • Wiltshire Council • Global Environmental Social Business: Finance experts

  3. The Countdown partnership • EU partners: knowledge exchange programme • Cyprus Energy Agency • Aristotle University of Thessaloniki • Funding support from: • Sainsbury Family Charitable Trusts • Era-Net Eracobuild

  4. History • Local partnership with track record in delivery • 2001 Affordable Warmth Partnership, 7 LAs and NHS • Warm and Well: 34,000 local homes improved • X-sector cooperation and local targeted outreach

  5. Target 2050 Homes 2007-12 • Stroud District Council Climate Change programme • Integrated approach to achieve deeper cuts in all types of home • Preserve built heritage - future proof buildings by showing how can reduce CO2 sensitively • Supply & demand support – whole chain/journey • Maximise benefits to local economy

  6. Target 2050 Homes – what we did • 250 detailed home energy surveys • Local installer group of 120 companies • 53 exemplar homes: illustrate real barriers & solutions in a range of house types • Behaviour change and outreach programmes • Pay As You Save pilot: 49 long term loans

  7. Target 2050 Homes – results Savings potential in 248 homes surveyed

  8. Lessons we are taking forward • Every home is different • To achieve deep cuts every home is ‘hard to treat’ • Every household is different • Lots of reasons not to do everything at once • Lots of factors affecting order of actions • Different people need different finance options

  9. Lessons we are taking forward • Value of co-learning: home owners, installers, advisers, planners, suppliers • Need right supplies andaccessible info for trades too (marginal up-skilling, don’t patronise) • Installer has direct contact and sells best • Local outreach works well, but need offer for all • Intelligent programmes learn and flex

  10. Next steps: Countdown to Low Carbon Homes A non-profit local partnership delivery model for sustainable energy retrofit of homes, that: • Delivers the full range of retrofit measures • Supports households before and after retrofit • Reaches households at all income levels • Uses local and SME contractors • Is replicable and scalable

  11. How? • Integrated service taking home owner through from outreach to installation and aftercare • Customer led advice, assessments, personalised follow up • Establishment of Revolving Retrofit Loan Guarantee Fund • Help with full range of finance options to suit needs: ECO, GD, RRGF, own savings • Open list of accredited independent local installers

  12. Why choose the RRGF? • Offers the best flexibility – we want to be able to cover all necessary measures: • Insulation • Heating and hot water • Renewable heat and power • Not limited by Golden Rule – complements Green Deal • Learn as we go – scale up gradually • Manage the fund ourselves – keep it local

  13. Structuring the learning • 2 year action research programme with households & installers • Building an evidence base • Road testing processes • Gaining deeper insight into needs, barriers, solutions • Get the perspective of the main players (not just ours)

  14. What we hope to achieve….. • Ensure/enable action on energy poverty • Get best out of GD & ECO for local residents & businesses • Complement commercial Green Deal offers • Provide non-profit, transparent, local alternative • Support local jobs & economy, recycle benefits locally • Enable LA overview of activity, control, involvement • Support forthcoming refreshed HECA role

  15. Retrofit example: 1940s semi • Loft insulated, double glazed, gas central heating already • Identified next priority as wall insulation • Improved comfort • Reduced time heating needs to be on

  16. Retrofit example: stone cottage • Attic rooms, thick stone walls • Hard to heat, unreliable LPG boiler • Wanted pellet boiler, but worried about impact of manual handling on saleability • Compromised with new boiler plus wood stove • Internal insulation, preserves character

  17. Retrofit example: town house • Grade II listed building • Loft and sloping ceiling insulation done • Wall plasterwork in need of repair – IWI opportunity • Replaced old boiler, with solar ready combi • Secondary glazing: professional at front , DIY at back • PV on roof at back

  18. Thank you for listening www.swea.co.uk

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