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Energy Efficiency, The Guide (Wales version)
Energy efficiency the guide is intended for housing managers in local authorities, housing associations and private landlords across the UK. It aims to provide all the information you require to develop and implement an energy efficiency strategy to improve the energy efficiency of your housing stock. This will enable you to:
- Provide more affordable warmth for tenants.
- Reduce carbon dioxide emissions, one of the major causes of climate change.
- Improve the condition and value of your stock whilst reducing maintenance and other costs.
The introductory document that you can download here explains the background and importance of The Guide for housing managers in Wales.
Click here to download the Introduction.
Energy efficiency the guide was developed by the Energy Saving Trust with the Managed Housing Group of the Energy Efficiency Partnership for Homes. The Guide is endorsed by the Housing Corporation, National Housing Federation and Places for People.
The guide is split into chapters. You can select a chapter to download or click on more info for a summary.
01 Introduction
An introduction to energy efficiency the guide and an explaination of how to use it.
02 Housing energy strategies
Housing energy strategies explains the importance of developing a strategic approach to housing energy efficiency and the steps to creating a strategy.
03 Housing stock assessment
Housing stock assessment outlines the need to assess your housing stock and current techniques.
04 Delivering affordable warmth
Delivering affordable warmth explores how improved energy efficiency contributes to affordable warmth and reduces fuel poverty.
05 Housing energy management matrix
Housing energy management matrix is a practical tool to help you assess the current energy efficiency levels of your stock, set targets and monitor progress.
06 Energy training for staff
Energy training for staff recommends ways of training staff within your organisation to provide advice in energy efficiency.
07 Energy advice for tenants
Energy advice for tenants outlines the importance of providing effective energy advice and provides ideas for developing your own advice programme.
08 Integrating energy efficiency
Integrating energy efficiency contains practical information on how energy efficiency programmes can fit with maintenance and repair activities.
09 Integrating renewable energy technology
Integrating renewable energy technology surveys the most common renewable technologies and assesses their suitability for different housing types and locations.
10 Community heating and CHP
Community heating and CHP is an introduction to the economic, environmental, social and technical drivers behind community heating and CHP.
11 Sources of funding for energy efficiency
Sources of funding for sustainable energy is a review of the major funding programmes currently available which support energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies.
12 Large scale voluntary transfer
Large scale voluntary transfer shows how energy efficiency can be integrated into stock transfer and the key issues faced by local authorities and receiving landlords.
13 Arms length management organisations
Arms length management organisations shows how energy efficiency can be integrated into formation of an ALMO and the key issues faced by local authorities and ALMO management.
14 Hard to treat homes
Hard to treat homes identifies the issues associated with hard to treat homes, improvement measures that may be applied to them and related planning and building control issues.
15 Carbon Emissions Reduction Target (CERT) funding
The Carbon Emissions Reduction Target (CERT) chapter explains how local authorities and housing associations can access funding under CERT 2008-2011.
16 The decent homes standard
The Decent homes standard and the Housing Health and Safety Rating System focuses on how housing management organisations can fulfil the energy efficiency requirements of the decent homes standard and the Housing Health and Safety Rating System.
17 Dealing with condensation, dampness and mould
Dealing with condensation dampness and mould is designed to help technical staff to identify different types of dampness and condensation problems and to implement appropriate solutions.
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