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03
Apr
North Yorkshire housing association gets £1.8m to improve energy efficiency in homes
A North Yorkshire housing association has received more than £1.8m from the government to improve the energy efficiency of hundreds of homes.
Broadacres, which owns and manages 6,000 homes in Harrogate, Hambleton and the wider North Yorkshire area, will use the money, which it will match fund, for retrofit work to 640 properties across the county.
The improvements will include loft insulation and the installation of solar photovoltaic (PV) panels and air source heat pumps.
The money was provided by the Warms Homes: Social Housing Fund, through the Tees Valley Combined Authority consortium.
The consortium secured £43.9 million in total as part of £1.2 billion given to housing providers nationally.
Solar PV systems will be installed to all 640 properties, with 60 homes to get air source heat pumps, 352 to benefit from loft insulation and 211 to have smart air brick systems fitted.
Helen Ball, Broadacres’ head of sustainability, said:
We are delighted to have attracted this funding through the consortium which will enable us to carry out work on another 384 homes to make them more energy efficient.
When you combine this with 256 homes we are funding ourselves, and with the work already undertaken on hundreds more properties over the last few years, it demonstrates the great strides we are making to decarbonise our housing stock.
In the last wave of funding, Broadacres secured over £5m which was used to fit solar panels to 400 homes add underfloor insulation to 200 homes, loft insulation to 140 homes and air source heat pumps to 70 homes.
Helen added:
This work forms part of our sustainability strategy and the ultimate drive to become a net zero carbon organisation by 2050.
We have received great feedback from the customers who have had work done and their experience helps to shape future work so we can continuously seek further improvement.
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