A presentation by Paul Maplethorpe The Home Energy Conservation Act - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

A presentation by Paul Maplethorpe

The Home Energy Conservation Act (HECA) requires all UK local authorities with housing responsibilities to prepare an energy conservation report yearly

History of HECA

• Introduced in 1995
• Amended 2001 to include fuel poverty

HECA Requirements

• Reduce C02 by 30%against the

1995 base line over 15 years

• Overall improvement in energy

efficiency from 1 April 1996 to 31st March 2005 is 23.75%

The warm front grant for cavity wall insulation loft insulation and heating W arm Front m easures installed betw een 1 st April 2 0 0 4 and 3 1 st March 2 0 0 5 £ 9 4 6 ,7 2 1 .4 6

South Yorkshire Energy Efficiency Advice Centre

• ne of 52 advice

centres around the UK

SAVE ‘N’ WARM provides discounted rates on

• condensing boilers

£200 off

• cavity wall insulation
• loft insulation

Only £109

The following measures were installed in Rotherham between 1/4/4 and 31/3/5: Lofts = 99 Cavities = 292 Boilers 5

Affordable Warmth A Multi Agency Strategy for Rotherham 2003

• Five workshops have taken place

for Rotherham Primary Care Trust front line staff on recognising fuel poverty

• Information Road shows

Held monthly in different locations across Rotherham

The Council under Energy Efficiency Commitment funding

• ver a three-year period has

undertaken 3,400 loft and cavity wall installations in Council properties, The scheme to replace all 1000

• pen fire coal fuelled heating

systems in Council housing across the borough has had significant impact on C02 emission savings of 8,000 tons.

The Standard Assessment Procedure (SAP) is the Government’s standard for home energy

• rating. SAP ratings are expressed on a scale of 1

(poor) to 120 (excellent). Rotherham’s BVPI 63 is 59

which is above national average

BVPI 63

• Energy advice to
• Low energy Light bulbs to
• Energy advice to schools

• The future
• Free insulation and heating for

those who fall outside benefits for three years

• Free loft and cavity wall insulation

to the priority group without restriction

Thank You

Paul Maplethorpe --823426 Norfolk House Walker Place