HECA ACTIVITIES IN SOUTHWARK

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HECA ACTIVITIES IN SOUTHWARK

• Charlotte Maddison
• The Energy Team

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Over view

• Population 244,866
• Dwellings 117,039
• private sector 50
• HA 11
• council stock 39
• Homes served by DH 22,000 of which CHP 1,800

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Stock profile and energy efficiency performance

• Average SAP
• Council 63
• Private 52
• Private rented 49
• HA 62
• Improvement in EE to date 17.27 (baseline figure
  9,232,815 GJ)

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The Energy Team (proposal)

• Team of 6 - ESM, ESO (HECA officer), Admin
  support, EM, PEMO, Technical Assistant
• Delivering HECA and energy management function
  based in Housing Department
• Current all posts vacant apart from ESO

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Resources and commitment

• Capital and revenue budgets
• Current capital budget 300k
• High level profile because of BVPI63
• Some commitment but Decent Homes takes priority
• High level Member interest

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Current activities

• PLEASE
• EAP
• HelpCo
• HelpCo Tenants
• Warm Front/Coldbusters
• Eco-Box
• Concerto (EU Bid)

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Renewables projects

• Renewal areas
• PV/Solar
• Rain water harvesting
• Turbines
• Eco refurbishment

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Monitoring progress

• UNO database
• Linked to APEX (Decent Homes database)
• Regular updates used to inform and calculate SAP
  figure
• Can also be used as investment tool

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Monitoring progress

• HECA annual report
• Annual survey (10,000) analysed through UNO
• No data for HA
• Use a joint UNO/ HECA spreadsheet method for
  percentage improvements
• Council stock data from APEX and separate heating
  database

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External funding

• EEC - just signed up 5 areas (of 8) to EEC
  funders (British Gas/Osborne Energy and
  contractors own choice)
• EU bid 1.7m for Concerto
• Funding from SE London Partnership Board
  (Coldbusters)

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Main partners

• British Gas
• Osborne Energy
• CEN
• SEA (Sustainable Energy Action)
• KEMA (EU bid co-ordinators)
• GLEEN
• EAGA

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Strengths and weaknesses, problems and conflicts

• Big budget - no staff
• Decent Homes vs. sustainability
• Lack of accurate data re Fuel Poverty
• Limited tools especially for able to pay
• Plus side - committed, interested staff, solid
  expert resource

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Continued

• Issues creeping up the agenda
• Corporate lead on Climate Change Strategy
• Aim to retain council stock

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Future projects

• Eco-box scheme
• Council tax scheme
• Website launch
• HECA review
• Finally, any questions?