GM Low Carbon Economic Area
for the Built Environment
Michael O’Doherty
Assistant Director Housing Manchester CC
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Low Carbon Economic Area
Vision
“that by 2015 Greater Manchester has
established itself as a world leading city
region in the transformation to a low
carbon economy”
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LCEA - outcomes
- Save 6 million tonnes CO2
- Deliver up to £650m additional Gross Value Add
(GVA)
- Support 34,800 jobs in total (including 18,000 in the
supply chain) and contribute approximately £1.4
billion GVA in the built environment in total
- Benefit the North West and UK through developing
and sharing best practice, as well as economic spillover benefits
- To reduce CO2 emissions from the existing domestic
sector by 26% by 2015
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Low Carbon Economic Area
Residential
Skills
NonResidential
Products &
Services
New build &
Infrastructure
Warm Homes Greener Homes: by
2020..
• every home where it is practical will have loft and cavity
wall insulation - by 2015;
• every home in Britain will have a smart meter and
display
• up to 7 million households will have had an ecoupgrade including advanced measures (e.g. solid wall
insulation)
• landlords – private and social – will take action to
improve the fabric of properties; Warm Homes
Standard
• wider take up of district heating in urban areas, such as
in blocks of flats, in new build and social housing,
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Warm Homes Greener Homes: by 2020..
WP1 Housing Retrofit Programme
• Gather and manage GM housing stock
Information
• Roll out delivery of basic energy efficiency
measures to homes–
– e.g. loft and cavity wall insulation to 75% of all
remaining homes by 2013.
• Develop programme of advanced interventions
(eco-upgrades)
– ‘GM Retrofit’ standard
• Make in-depth behavioural change energy
advice available to all households by 2015.
– Roll out programme of Smart Meters
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Housing Retrofit.. Delivery Partners
•Local Authorities
•Energy Savings Trust
•Utility companies
•Social Housing Providers
•Construction and design
sector
•Jobs Skills sector
•Fuel Poverty Sector
•Homes and Communities
Agency
•Public and private
investment organisations
•.... Households and
communities
Behavioural Change..
Challenges
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High Capital Costs
Supply Chain bottlenecks
Quality Assurance
First mover risks
Realising benefits of scale: procurement
Market segmentation – targeted and timed
incentives
• Households’ investment and lifestyle
decisions
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Opportunities
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Scale – 1.1M GM homes; 262,000 in the social sector;
Utility/Supplier obligations; CESP; CERT
European funding
HCA investment in existing social stock
‘Pay as you save’ schemes
‘Feed in tariffs’ from renewable energy
Institutional Investment models
LA and other public sector grants and loans
Economic benefits – new and retained jobs; local labour
Health and Fuel Poverty drivers
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