Investment and Standards in Local
Authority Housing Stock
Seán Armstrong, Advisor,
Architecture/Building Standards Section,
Department of Environment, Community
and Local Government,
Investment, Regulation and Standards in
Housing
NZEB New Social
Housing.
Social
Housing
Retrofit
Investment
Improving
Energy
Efficiency
of Housing
Standards for
Retrofit Works
Part L for New
Dwellings and
Works to Existing
Housing
Social Housing Investment
• 2004 to 2008, Local Authority Central Heating
Programme
• Central Heating to 25,100 homes,
• 2009 to 2012, Local Authority Voids
Retrofitting Programme
• Improved 7,762 dwellings to target BER of C1.
• Released housing stock which was not available
due to poor condition.
Social Housing Investment
• In 2013, low cost measures prioritised in Local
Authority Stock,
• 2013, 13,107 Dwellings received measures (300mm attic
insulation, cavity wall insulation, draught-proofing,BER)
• Assistance from 4 Participating Energy Suppliers in
exchange for energy credits.
• 2013 Jobs Stimulus package -Provision of €50M over 3
years 2013 to 2015, €10m, €25+5m;€15m
• Plan to improve 25,000 units and create 1000 jobs
• Participation of Energy Suppliers and Community Based
Organisations
Social Housing Investment
• Bids for European Regional
Development Co-Funding;
•Southern & Eastern Regions
€100M for flats
•Border, Midlands & Western Regions
€30M for disadvantaged estates
Energy Efficiency Standards for Housing
• Part L Building Regulations for new
dwellings & works to existing
dwellings
• NSAI SR 54 Retrofit Code of Practice
(DECLG,DCENR,SEAI)
• Recast Energy Performance of
Buildings Directive, Nearly Zero
Energy Buildings from 2020
• Building Energy Ratings
• NSAI Agrement Certificates and
NSAI Certified Installers
• NSAI Window Energy Performance
Scheme
NSAI Standard Recommendation (SR 54) Retrofit Code
of Practice (DECLG,DCENR,SEAI)
• Published March 2014, Free to download
http://www.nsai.ie/S-R-54-2014-Code-of-Practice.aspx
Example Dwellings
Scope
• Technical guidance on
energy efficient
retrofit/refurbishment of
low-rise dwellings
Audience
• Designers, specifiers and
installers, property
managers
Use
• Fabric, ventilation and
services
• Building Science
• Considers refurbishment
holistically
Fabric Measures
Services
Social Housing Examples
•
Terraced House-Dun Laoghaire
Rathdown
Cost of energy works €15,000
BER Improvement G to B3
Scope: Replacement
doors/windows,
roof insulation
and internal wall insulation,
installation of
gas condensing boiler
• Semi Detached Laois
Cost of energy works €9,142
BER Improvement G to B3
Scope: Roof insulation
and cavity wall insulation,
installation of
gas condensing boiler, zoned
controls, room stove
Social Housing Examples
Before
• Mitchells Crescent Tralee,
External Insulation, Biomass
district heating.
After
• Johns Gate, Wexford
External Insulation, upgrade to heating
and controls. Energy retrofit €8000 /unit
BERs G to C1/C3
Renewables
•
Renewables trialled by LAs:
•
Heat Pumps
• Biomass Boilers
• Photovoltaics
• Solar Thermal
• Biomass District Heating
• Smart Electric Storage
• CHP
Nearly Zero Energy Buildings (NZEB)
•
New Dwellings
EPC=0.302
•
Existing Dwellings
125 kwh/m2/yr to 150 kwh/m2/yr without renewables
http://ec.europa.eu/energy/efficiency/buildings/implementation_en.htm
Nearly Zero Energy Building (NZEB)-Austria
Before-BER C2
After-BER A1
NZEB-Austria
External Insulation, Photovoltaics roofs/walls,
District Heating, New Lift shafts, balconies
and roof terrace - €160,000 per unit
Quality Housing, Sustainable Communities
Sustainability
Social, Environmental, Economic
http://www.environ.ie/en/DevelopmentHousing/
• Building Standards
• Housing
• Planning/Development