Twenty-one Yorkshire Housing homes have seen their carbon emissions reduced by up to 80 percent thanks to a successful energy efficiency project.
The £1.3 million project was completed late 2023 thanks to £190,000 in funding from the government’s Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund which provides funding to improve the energy performance of social housing properties.
The work was carried out as part of our commitment to improve the energy efficiency of our customers' homes. The aim is to use the latest technology and fabric-first measures to make homes more energy efficient to reduce energy consumption and cut carbon emissions.
As part of the project the homes in Staxton, North Yorkshire, had their windows and doors upgraded, solar panels and air-source heat pumps fitted, and external wall insulation installed. The project marked the start of our journey to reach net-zero by 2050.
On average there was a 72 percent reduction in energy use across the twenty-one homes. Yorkshire Housing customer and Climate Champion Steve MacKenzie recently met with customers to talk about the project.
He said “Overall the work at Staxton was a good job and customers are glad it was done. Although it’s difficult to talk in terms of cost benefits for each individual because of fluctuating energy costs, for some people they found their energy use had halved.
Our homes produce around 50,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide each year and we are planning on investing £8 million to improve their energy efficiency by 2030 and to make sure all our homes achieve a minimum energy efficiency rating of EPC band C.
Work has already started on our next energy efficiency project in the villages of Duggleby and Amotherby, North Yorkshire, where £887,000 has been invested to install air source heat pumps, solar panels and insulation improvements in 29 of our homes.