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Mear Mears s Wor orkshop kshop Friday 4 A riday 4 April pril

2 Today • Introductions Context – ECO Consultation and its potential impact on • rural areas • Delivery – Key Challenges Sustainable Homes Index for the Future (SHIFT) • Taking a step back – how SHIFT are helping social • housing landlords understand their stock, and their tenants’ energy usage

3 Overview of ECO • Energy Company Obligation – 2012-15 ‘Big 6’ energy utilities have to achieve obligated • carbon/financial savings in domestic sector • Obligation linked to customer base Original estimated £1.3 billion cost p.a. • Currently proposed changes going through consultation •

4 Headline proposed changes to ECO • Overall extension of ECO to 2017 CSCO and HHCRO (Affordable Warmth) targets ring- • fenced to original 2015 levels – with introduced 2017 targets in line with these levels • CERO (Carbon Emission Reduction Obligation) target reduced by 1/3 – 2015 target now ‘soft target’ ‘Standard’ Cavity Wall and Loft Insulation introduced as • stand-alone measure under CERO Solid Wall Insulation minima of 100,000 measures for • whole of ECO to be introduced

5 Potential impact for rural areas Possible Positive • Benefit criteria for CSCO Rural removed to enable less stringent criteria CSCO areas increased to most deprived 25% • Standard cavity and loft able to be installed regardless of • geographical area and without ‘primary’ measure Artificial uplift under HHCRO for non-gas properties (non-social • tenure) from April 2017 – 5% insulation, 100% heating Possible Negative • No more defined ‘hard to treat’ cavity wall insulation Availability of standard cavity or lofts in rural areas • • Solid Wall minima will affect non-traditional activity in particular Decreased CERO rates will affect funding proportions requiring • greater customer contributions

6 Delivery Challenges . . . • Funding Levels / Funding Uncertainty Planning • • Logistics Labour / Materials Supply Chain • Archetypes / Non Traditional Properties •

7 . . . But often it comes down to • Understanding your stock Understanding your residents’ behaviour • • Understanding the cost / benefit of the range of interventions available