Sustainable Energy
Action Plan
March 2013
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Tamworth's Sustainable Energy Action Plan
This Sustainable Energy Action Plan meets the requirement
under the Home Energy Conservation Act (HECA) for all
English authorities to prepare reports by 31 March 2013
setting out the energy conservation measures that the
authority considers practicable, cost-effective and likely to
result in significant improvement in the energy efficiency of
residential accommodation in its area. The Council is
submitting this initial report by 31 March 2013 and then will
submit further reports at two-yearly intervals (by 31 March
2015, 31 March 2017, 31 March 2019 etc.) up to and
including 31 March 2027. This report is available
electronically on our website.
Tamworth in context
Tamworth Borough Councils Healthier Housing Strategy sets out the Councils
commitment to improving the energy efficiency of properties across all the housing
stock in Tamworth. The Council recognise the benefits of this in reducing carbon
emissions, enabling affordable warmth, alleviating fuel poverty and improving the
condition of the housing stock as well as improving the health and wellbeing of our
residents and we will continue the good work undertaken in recent years by
implementing the actions set out in this plan. For more information on this go to:
http://www.tamworth.gov.uk/pdf/Healthier%20Housing%20Strategy.pdf
Tamworth in context
There has been sustained action over the years across all the sectors. Home
Energy Advice Tamworth (HEAT) was set up in 2009, a dedicated advice line for
all residents across the Borough to access advice and energy information related
to improving the energy efficiency of their homes, giving advice and assistance on
affordable warmth and assisting with alleviating fuel poverty.
Tamworth in context
Until December 2012 the Council worked with partners to fully
utilise the remaining Carbon Emissions Reduction Target
(CERT) funding by running a project through HEAT to raise
the profile of energy efficiency and providing over 3000 free
Cavity Wall and Loft Insulation measures resulting in a
significant increase in the number of properties insulated in
Tamworth, in all tenures, regardless of age, disability or
income.
The Council as a landlord
We have invested in heating and insulation improvements to
our own stock …
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The Council has achieved the Decent Homes Standard
across all of its stock and is currently working on maintaining
and improving this
Our Climate Change Strategy
Tamworth's Climate Change Strategy developed with key
partners sets out
“our “road map” as to how people, partners and businesses in
Tamworth can work towards reducing their impact on our
changing climate”
This plan contributes to the goals and aspirations contained
within this document linked to the reduction of Carbon
Emissions
Our challenge …
However Tamworth recognises that it still faces a number of
challenges around energy efficiency across the borough and
fuel poverty. The Council can see the opportunities offered by
schemes such as the Green Deal and the Energy Company
Obligation and in response to the introduction the Council is
currently considering its options and approach to this and how
we work to maximise the opportunities this provides for
residents and the potential improvement of all housing stock
in the Borough.
Tamworth – An affordable, energy secure and low
carbon Borough
So how will we meet these challenges . This Household Sustainable Energy
Action Plan for Tamworth Borough seeks to build on the good work that has
already been undertaken. It outlines how Tamworth has performed to date
with respect to household energy and proposes a series of simple targets and
actions through to 2020. The actions are set out in the Sustainable Energy
Dashboard - twelve areas of focus with 42 actions to be led by Tamworth
Borough Council and partners. At the heart of all of the actions are things that
make a difference to the lives of citizens living in the Borough. Warmer more
comfortable homes; lower energy bills; job opportunities; cleaner air.
Collectively addressing the energy ‘trilemma’ of affordability; reliability and low
carbon.
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Tamworth – An affordable, energy secure and
low carbon Borough
Thankfully in this ‘age of austerity’ most of the resources
needed to deliver the actions are ‘out there’ in the form of a
range of energy company obligations and other long term
programmes that are mostly simple to draw down. If
Tamworth Borough doesn’t benefit from these resources, then
other communities will. This plan seeks to ensure that the
residents of Tamworth Borough benefit from the opportunities
available as a result of Green Deal and the Energy Company
Obligation.
Why have a plan?
Energy Affordability: The relentless rise in the cost of energy
to heat and power our homes is becoming a very significant
challenge for many families – notably disadvantaged and
vulnerable households.
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Why have a plan?
Economic Opportunities: Tamworth has real and
significant economic opportunities from the low carbon
and sustainable energy economy. Tamworth must deliver
sustainable energy jobs and new economic opportunities
Why have a plan?
New Policies & Programmes: At the start of 2013 two
new and potentially transformational policies went live.
The Green Deal and Energy Company Obligation. The
Councils role in relation to these are currently under
consideration with any decisions made to work for
Tamworth.
Why have a plan?
Investment in Energy Infrastructure: OFGEM talk of
some £200 billion of investment in energy this decade.
Tamworth needs to secure a proportion of this.
Why have a plan?
Core City Fixation: Smaller communities seem to be out
of the spotlight when it comes to the low carbon and
sustainable energy economy. With Government’s focus
on Core Cities and some ambitious low carbon plans
coming from the likes of Liverpool, Coventry, Birmingham
and Milton Keynes, Tamworth could be at significant risk
of being left behind. Tamworth must develop a louder
voice and more compelling vision to counter the City
fixation, policy blind spot and delivery challenge.
Why have a plan?
Delivery Challenge: The evidence of transformational
change in the way we use and generate energy is very
limited. Mainstream, on-going activity at the required level
isn’t emerging. Most activity seems to occur as a result of
one-off funding opportunities that are rarely sustained
when the money runs out.
Why have a plan?
Who’s Accountable: Accountability for sustainable
energy and fuel poverty is unclear in many places. It’s an
economic, health, housing, social and environment issue.
Effective delivery requires a bit of lots of people. The
complexity of what needs to be done makes progress
tough.
So how are we currently performing?
Tamworth has been performing well on a range of indicators
relating to Fuel Poverty and Sustainable Energy indicators.
The following slides look at performance relating to
Excess Winter Deaths
Numbers in Fuel Poverty
Average cost of energy per household
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Excess winter deaths (Aug 05 – July 10)
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S taff ordsh ire
S taff ord
S taff ordsh ire Moo rlan ds
Lich field
N ew cas tle-un de r-Lym e
Sou th S taff ordsh ire
E ast S taff ordsh ire
C ann ock C h ase
Tam w orth
0%
5%
10 %
15 %
20 %
25 %
30 %
35%
Exces s w inter mortality ind ex (perce ntage)
Sou rce: P ublic He al th Mort ali ty Files , Off ice fo r Nat iona l Statis tic s an d m id -year popu la tion es tim ates , O ffic e fo r
Na tion al S tatistics , Crown c op yrig ht
Analysis of total annual cost of Staffordshire household energy
using DECC data
Analysis of total annual cost of Staffordshire
household energy using DECC data
Good news for Tamworth …
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Lowest level of Excess Winter Deaths in
Staffordshire
Lowest numbers of people in the County in
Fuel Poverty
Lowest annual cost of household energy per
household and person in the County
Why?
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Relatively new housing stock – Tamworth Stock compared to
the national picture
Tamw orth HCS 2010
50%
English HCS 2007
39.2%
40%
30%
24.6%
20.4%
18.1%
20%
10%
8.8%
16.9%
16.0%
11.3%
17.9%
11.5%
8.5%
6.8%
0%
Pre 1919
19191944
19451964
19651980
Construction date
19811990
Post 1990
Why?
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Relatively young population
2001 Census
2011 Census
Age
Number
%
Number
%
0-4
5,007
6.7
5,061
6.6
5-14
10,703
14.4
9,331
12.1
15-29
14,556
19.5
14,717
19.1
30-44
17,449
23.4
16,164
21
45-59
15,229
20.4
15,409
20.1
60-74
7,966
10.7
11,497
15
75-84
2821
3.9
3460
4.5
85+
800
1.0
1174
1.6
All ages
74,531
100
76,813
100
Source – Office of National Statistics
Why?
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Urban Area
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Tamworth is 12 square
miles
Why?
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Concerted effort by Home Energy Advice
Tamworth – co-ordinating Energy Efficiency
advice and working to alleviate fuel poverty in
the Borough since 2009
Tamworth Borough Domestic Energy and CO2 targets
Carbon Reduction:
To reduce carbon dioxide emissions from the domestic
sector by 34% by 2020 based on 1990 levels. This target is
deliberately in line with National Government targets. For
Tamworth Borough this implies a 2.5% year on year
reduction in carbon dioxide emissions through to 2020.
(1990 Domestic Baseline: 190,681 tonnes CO2 2020
Target: 124,312 tonnes CO2).
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Tamworth Borough Domestic Energy and CO2 targets
3-year carbon reduction targets
Monitor progress against this target by introducing new,
building on the end of the National Indicator 186 reporting
period.
TARGET I: 1st April 2011-31st March 2014 = 11,527 tonnes
reduction of CO2.
TARGET II: 2014-2017 10,694 tonnes reduction of CO2
TARGET III: 2017-2020 9,922 tonnes reduction of CO2.
Tamworth Borough Domestic Energy and CO2 targets
Fuel Poverty Target:
Adopt the Government’s Fuel Poverty Target and seek to
deliver in the Borough of Tamworth the current Government
Target:
By 22nd November 2016, as far as is reasonably
practicable, no person should have to live in fuel poverty.
Tamworth Borough: Remove 5,000 households from fuel
poverty by 2016. 1,670 per year on average.
Tamworth Borough Domestic Energy and CO2 targets
Microgeneration Target:
To support the growth of local small-scale renewable energy
– especially that which supports the reduction of fuel poverty
and household carbon emissions.
Tamworth Borough Domestic Energy and CO2 targets
Distributed Influence:
To champion and develop a ‘distributed influence’ function
for sustainable energy in homes across the Borough. This
role would be to ensure that carbon reduction and energy
targets and delivery strategies for the domestic sector are
ambitious, coherent and deliverable - and to stimulate and
coordinate activities, so that Borough partners deliver
domestic carbon reduction and sustainable energy
outcomes for the collective benefit of Tamworth including
wider benefits such as economic and health.
Tamworth Borough Domestic Energy and CO2 targets
To continue to monitor Government Policy and wider
practice with regard to Local Carbon Budgets, Green Deal
and Fuel Poverty along with other measures to ensure that
Tamworth Borough’s policies are timely and well informed.
Tamworth Domestic 1990-2050 Carbon Descent
250,000
Carbon Dioxide tonnes
200,000
150,000
100,000
50,000
0
Year
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Tamworth Borough Domestic Budgets 2011 –
2020
The following table states Tamworth’s 3x3-year carbon budgets
for the domestic sector starting April 2011. This is the estimated
total reduction required over each 3 year period to deliver a 34%
reduction in domestic carbon dioxide emissions on an estimated
1990 baseline.
3 Year
Timeframe
Domestic Carbon Dioxide
Reduction Budget/tonnes CO2
April 11 – March
14
11,527
April 14 – March
17
10,694
April 17 – March
20
9,922
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Meeting the first Tamworth Domestic carbon
budget
Tamworth Borough’s first three-year domestic carbon budget from 1st April 2011 to 31st March 2014 is a
reduction of 11,527 tonnes of carbon dioxide.
It is proposed to deliver this 3 year target in the following way:
1.
2.
3.
4.
CAVITY WALL INSULATION (1,986 installations saving an average of 560kg CO2 /annum/measure)
= 1,112 tonnes CO2)
LOFT INSULATION (1,302 installations saving an average of 234 kg CO2 /annum/measure) = 305
tonnes CO2)
NEW GAS BOILERS (6,480 installations saving an average of 762 kg CO2 /annum/measure) = 4,941
tonnes CO2)
TO BE CONFIRMED (5,169 tonnes of CO2/annum – to include microgeneration, behaviour change,
solid wall insulation etc.)
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Tamworth Boroughs “Top 10” domestic
sustainable energy actions
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Domestic Measures: Other Measures/Actions to be confirmed: Including solid wall insulation, microgeneration,
behaviour change and fuel switching. Develop portfolio of measures in response to latest published carbon emissions
data for Tamworth Borough expected October 2013.
Home Energy Advice: Advice Target: 3,100 households in the Borough of Tamworth to receive high quality sustainable
energy advice per year. Aim to provide sustainable energy advice to every household in Tamworth once every 10 years.
(Delivered by Home Energy Advice Tamworth, Energy Saving Advice Service, Utilities and other providers of high quality
sustainable energy advice).
Social Housing: Belgrave Gas Extension: Work with the social enterprise Affordable Warmth Solutions to deliver a fuel
switching project in Belgrave (electricity to gas).
Health: Data Sharing: To explore how information on the most vulnerable can be shared to maximise the uptake of
support measures. E.g. Primary Care knowledge of those most at risk of cold homes; benefit data sharing protocols to
maximise the uptake of the Home Heating Cost Reduction Obligation.
Economic Opportunities: Local Enterprise Partnership: Securing commitment and funding to the local economic
opportunities of housing sustainable energy refurbishment and retrofit.
Planning & New Build: Solid Wall Insulation: Develop skills and capacity of Tamworth Development Control team to
be able to progress predicted increase in solid wall insulation workload to give projects certainty.
Affordable Warmth: Develop a new Affordable Warmth plan: Building on the Healthier Housing Strategy, Public
Health changes and Home Energy Conservation Act duties.
Keeping Score: Maintain Tamworth Borough’s Sustainable Energy Dashboard: Use the Tamworth Borough
Sustainable Energy Dashboard for keeping score. Develop simple reporting mechanisms from ‘service providers’ and
‘solutions providers’ including partner organisations to track progress.
Publicity/Communication: Publicity and awareness campaign to ensure that organisations, communities and
individuals throughout the Borough are aware of sustainable energy/low carbon opportunities:
Securing Funding|Resources|Investment: Energy Company Obligation: The Borough should secure around a £1.6
million ‘fair share’ each year. Important to develop an early dialogue with the Obligated Parties and their delivery partners.
Tamworth Borough Sustainable Energy Dashboard 1.0 March 2013 (Priority Actions)
A. Domestic Measures:
B. Home Energy Advice:
C. Social Housing
1.
1.
Advice Target:
1. Energy Company Obligation:
2.
Maximum support from
Service Providers:
2. Belgrave Gas Extension:
3.
Seek funding to enhance
advice offer:
2.
Cavity Wall Insulation (3 year
target: 1,986 installations):
Loft Insulation (3 year target:
1,302 installations):
3.
New Gas Boiler (3 year target:
6,408 installations): Obligation
support.
4.
Other Measures/Actions to be
confirmed:
D. Knowledge, Capability & Networking:
3. Affordable Warmth Advice:
E. Health:
F. Special Projects
1. Let’s Work Together:
1. Belgrave Fuel Switch:.
2. Data Sharing:
2. Cheaper Energy Together
Collective Switch:
1.
Council Officers & Elected Members:
2.
Public: (see Communications & PR
strategy)
3.
Social Housing Providers:
4.
Schools & Colleges:
3. Falls in Cold Homes:
5.
Voluntary & Community Sector
6.
Staffordshire County:
4. Frail & Elderly:
7.
Energy Utilities & their delivery
partners:
8.
Funders:
9.
Mr Christopher Pincher MP:
3. District Heating:
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G. Economic Opportunities:
H. Planning & New Build:
I. Affordable Warmth:
1. Green Deal:
1. Solid Wall Insulation:
1.
Maximum Home Heating Cost
Reduction Obligation Investment:
2. Energy Company
Obligation:
2. Area Based Planning:
2.
Maximise other Affordable Warmth
Elements of Energy Company
Obligation:
3.
Government’s Response to Hills Fuel
Poverty Review:.
4.
Warm Homes Healthy People
Funding:
5.
Develop a new Affordable Warmth
plan:
3. Renewables:
4. Local Enterprise
Partnership:
3. Government Review of
Building Regulations and
Zero Carbon Homes:
5. South Staffordshire
College:
J. Keeping Score:
K. Publicity/Communication:
1. Maintain Tamworth
Borough’s Sustainable
Energy Dashboard:
1.
2. Explore Borough Wide
Property Database:
Publicity and awareness
campaign to ensure that
organisations, communities
and individuals throughout the
Borough are aware of
sustainable energy/low carbon
opportunities:
L. Securing
Funding|Resources|Investmen
t:
1.
Energy Company Obligation:
2.
Special Projects:
3.
Prepared for Final Quarter Rush:
4.
Energy Utilities:
5.
Funding for Regional Growth &
Local Enterprise Partnerships
(LEPs):
6.
Other:
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A. Domestic Measures
Background Installation Target: The ‘Great British Refurb’ calls for every UK home to be ‘zero carbon’ by 2050.
To meet this target Tamworth must deliver ‘zero carbon‘ refurbishments in around 850 homes a year on average
for the next 37 years. Given that the current basic ‘sustainable energy’ measures being installed in homes are
significantly less than that needed to achieve ‘zero carbon’ standards then significantly more homes must receive
measures in the short term. The short term target is to develop a mechanism for maximising the take-up of the
Energy Company Obligation in the Borough of Tamworth followed by selecting a Green Deal delivery partner or
partners.
1.
Cavity Wall Insulation (3 year target: 1,986 installations): Targeting owner occupiers and the private
residential rented sector. Including normal cavities and hard to treat. Focussed on Carbon Saving Community
Obligation areas and those eligible for Home Heating Cost Reduction Obligation support.
2.
Loft Insulation (3 year target: 1,302 installations): Targeting owner occupiers and the private residential
rented sector. Focussed on Carbon Saving Community Obligation areas and those eligible for Home Heating
Cost Reduction Obligation support.
3.
New Gas Boiler (3 year target: 6,408 installations): Will largely occur through the on-going replacement of the
fleet of domestic boilers. Green Deal support helpful. Specific focus on those eligible for Home Heating Cost
Reduction Obligation support.
4.
Other Measures/Actions to be confirmed: Including solid wall insulation, microgeneration, behaviour change
and fuel switching. Develop portfolio of measures in response to latest published carbon emissions data for
Tamworth Borough expected October 2013.
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Proposed measures to meet the first Carbon Budget 2011 - 14:
Measure
CO2
/measure
(Ref: EST)
Savings
£/measure
(Ref: EST)
Installation
target over
first 3 year
carbon
budget
Total CO2
savings
over first 3
year
carbon
budget
Total
financial
saving per
year from
2014
Cavity Wall
Insulation
0.56
tonne/year
£140
1,986
1,112
£278k
Loft
Insulation
0.23
tonne/year
£56
1,302
305
£73k
£194
6,408
4,941
£1,257k
Boiler
0.76
replacement tonne/year
To be
confirmed
5,169
11,527
£1,608k
Total
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B. Home Energy Advice
1. Advice Target: 3,100 households in the Borough of Tamworth to receive high quality
sustainable energy advice per year. Aim to provide sustainable energy advice to every
household in Tamworth once every 10 years. (Delivered by Home Energy Advice
Tamworth, Energy Saving Advice Service, Utilities and other providers of high quality
sustainable energy advice).
2. Maximum support from Service Providers: Ensure that Tamworth Borough secures
as much support from Sustainable Energy Service Providers as possible and quantify
the support that the Borough receives whenever possible.
3. Seek funding to enhance advice offer: Explore new ways of providing advice to
increase the reach of HEAT. For example through large employers, schools, colleges
and mobile advice provision in communities and at events. Seek funding for example
from BIG Lottery Reaching Communities. Social media advice. Publish an advice
booklet. Text advice service. Web-based ‘real time’ ask a question service. Advice
leaflets (e.g. www.cse.org.uk/resources/energy-advice-leaflets). Train ‘Community
Energy Advisers’.
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Mobile Sustainable Energy Advice Service
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C. Social Housing
Tamworth Borough Council retains its own social housing stock. Of the total 31,617 households in
the Borough some 19.3% or 6,108 are social rented. Some 4,482 from the Council and 1,626 from
other social housing providers. Source ONS 2011.
1. Energy Company Obligation: The Energy Company Obligation provides some excellent
opportunities for improving the energy efficiency of social housing in Tamworth. Notably the Carbon
Emission Reduction Obligation & Carbon Saving Community Obligation (CSCO). Hard to treat
cavities, solid wall insulation and district heating are the key areas of opportunity. See CSCO maps
below for details. The Asset Manager (or equivalent) for Tamworth Borough Council’s Social
Housing stock should explore the opportunities for supporting investment through ECO. They
should also meet with their equivalent from the other social housing providers to share insights and
coordinate activity. The social housing sustainable energy works can provide opportunities for
private sector tenures and this should be explored.
2. Belgrave Gas Extension: Work with the social enterprise Affordable Warmth Solutions to deliver a
fuel switching project in Belgrave (electricity to gas).
3. Affordable Warmth Advice: Deliver a programme of ‘Affordable Warmth advice to social housing
tenants in the Borough replicating best practice such as Live4Less or Aspire Housing’s ‘Embedded
Adviser’ programme.
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D. Knowledge, Capability & Networking
The sustainable energy landscape changes with new policies and programmes (Green Deal and
ECO); rising energy affordability challenges; new local economic opportunities; and public health
responsibilities moving to sit more effectively with housing. It is key to ensure that all those with
capacity to act and make a difference are given the opportunity to do so. To develop a ‘distributed
influence’ function for ‘sustainable energy in homes’ across the Borough. To stimulate and
coordinate activities, so that Borough and partners deliver warm, secure and affordable energy
homes for Tamworth’s collective benefit.
1. Council Officers & Elected Members:
2. Public: (see Communications & PR strategy)
3. Social Housing Providers: (Tamworth Borough Council stock and other Registered Providers with
significant stock in Borough
4. Schools & Colleges: Economic opportunities of sustainable energy.
5. Voluntary & Community Sector
6. Staffordshire County:
7. Energy Utilities & their delivery partners:
8. Funders:
9. Mr Christopher Pincher MP: Member of the Energy & Climate Change Committee.
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E. Health
1. Let’s Work Together: To ensure that the health impacts of cold homes are a core part
of the Let’s Work Together initiative in Tamworth
2. Data Sharing: To explore how information on the most vulnerable can be shared to
maximise the uptake of support measures. E.g. Primary Care knowledge of those most
at risk of cold homes; benefit data sharing protocols to maximise the uptake of the
Home Heating Cost Reduction Obligation.
3. Falls in Cold Homes: Use the support from the Energy Company Obligation to target
those most at risk from falls in cold homes.
4. Frail & Elderly: How can the Energy Company Obligation be used to target the frail and
elderly in the Borough.
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F. Special Projects
1. Belgrave Fuel Switch: Deliver gas supply to electrically heated
homes in Belgrave.
2. Cheaper Energy Together Collective Switch: Be an active
partner in DECC’s Cheaper Energy Together collective switching
project.
3. District Heating: Develop a plan to maximise the opportunities
from district heating under Energy Company Obligation.
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G. Economic Opportunities
1. Green Deal: Maximising the local job opportunities from Green Deal in the
Borough.
2. Energy Company Obligation: Maximising the local job opportunities from
ECO in the Borough.
3. Renewables: Maximising the local supply chain opportunities from
renewable energy and low carbon energy sources including district heating.
4. Local Enterprise Partnership: Securing commitment and funding to the
local economic opportunities of housing sustainable energy refurbishment
and retrofit.
5. South Staffordshire College: Green Deal career path? Solid wall
insulation skills. Micro-generation.
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H. Planning & New Build
1. Solid Wall Insulation: Develop skills and capacity of Tamworth
Development Control team to be able to progress predicted
increase in solid wall insulation workload to give projects certainty.
2. Area Based Planning: Develop understanding of area based
planning approval for community projects (e.g. Stoke City
Council’s approach)
3. Government Review of Building Regulations and Zero Carbon
Homes: Maintain watching brief of Government review of Building
Regulations and Zero Carbon Homes http://bit.ly/Zv642E
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I.
Affordable Warmth
Tamworth has 5,000 households in fuel poverty. 2016 target to eradicate fuel poverty. PLAN:
Remove 1,670 families/annum from fuel poverty.
1.
Maximum Home Heating Cost Reduction Obligation Investment: Tamworth Borough’s ‘fair
share’ of the Home Heating Cost Reduction Obligation (HHCRO) is around £400k/annum (about
160 boilers costing £2.5k each). Tamworth can get much more of this pot if it helps the Obligated
Parties spend their money simply and effectively. Develop plan to maximise HHCRO investment.
2.
Maximise other Affordable Warmth Elements of Energy Company Obligation: Carbon
Emissions Reduction Obligation: Initial focus on electrically heated solid wall properties. Carbon
Saving Community Obligation: Focus on eligible Lower Super Output Areas. Develop plan to
maximise alleviation of fuel poverty through Carbon Saving elements of ECO.
3.
Government’s Response to Hills Fuel Poverty Review: Maintain a watching brief to ensure
that Tamworth Borough can benefit from the new Government strategy as it develops.
4.
Warm Homes Healthy People Funding: Clear evidence based plan for winter 13/14.
5.
Develop a new Affordable Warmth plan: Building on the Healthier Housing Strategy, Public
Health changes and Home Energy Conservation Act duties.
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J. Keeping Score
1. Maintain Tamworth Borough’s Sustainable Energy Dashboard: Use the Tamworth
Borough Sustainable Energy Dashboard for keeping score. Develop simple reporting
mechanisms from ‘service providers’ and ‘solutions providers’ including partner
organisations to track progress. Data from the Department of Energy & Climate Change
and OFGEM will enable Tamworth Borough to see the impact of activity and measures.
The complexity of energy and climate change and the cross cutting nature of the
agendas means that certainty will be elusive. Keeping the system simple is crucial – the
dashboard approach aims to achieve simplicity.
2. Explore Borough Wide Property Database: Local Authorities have a key role in
coordinating the delivery of the Energy Company Obligation and Green Deal. Good
data will be key in identifying individual dwellings and areas that have most to gain. It
helps to target measures and organise, plan and implement programmes, monitor
progress and evaluate outcomes. What data does Tamworth have and how can it be
brought together so the Borough is ready for the new programmes.
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K. Publicity/Communication
1. Publicity and awareness campaign to ensure that organisations, communities
and individuals throughout the Borough are aware of sustainable energy/low
carbon opportunities: Tamworth should promote opportunities widely and with
confidence. There is much to be celebrated in the Borough and there are many
opportunities for Tamworth still to take. Publicity and communications around
sustainable energy should form a small but significant part of many communications
from the Tamworth Borough Council and Partners. This isn’t about energy as a
standalone issue, but about cosy and comfortable homes, pensioners slashing their
energy bills, new job opportunities for local people, children doing homework in warm
rooms, people making a 10% return on their photovoltaic panels. Develop a PRESS,
PR & COMMUNICATIONS STRATEGY. To include social media, events, blog, policy
and practice update. See http://bit.ly/WUAxJX for ideas.
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L. Securing Resources|Funding|Investment
1.
Energy Company Obligation: The Borough should secure around a £1.6 million ‘fair share’ each year.
Important to develop an early dialogue with the Obligated Parties and their delivery partners.
2.
Special Projects: See above.
3.
Prepared for Final Quarter Rush: Increasingly Government is making significant resources available in the
final quarter of the financial year (Jan – March). It’s important for Tamworth to have ‘oven ready projects’ and be
‘ready to deliver at scale’ to ensure that at least a fair share of these resources are secured. Includes DoH’s
Warm Homes Healthy People, Department for Energy & Climate Change’s Fuel Poverty Funds, Collective
Switch, Local Energy Assessment Fund, Green Deal Pioneer Places.
4.
Energy Utilities: The Energy Companies hold significant resources to deliver a sustainable energy future in
homes in Tamworth. Developing a positive and productive relationship with a number of the ‘Big Six’ energy
companies is critical to ensure that Tamworth does not get left behind in the focus on ‘core cities’. Tamworth
should take a proactive role in ensuring that an ‘unfair share’ of the utilities’ resources benefit the Borough. A
Southern Staffordshire partnership approach should be encouraged. The new Energy Company Obligation
(ECO) is worth £1.3bn/annum.
5.
Funding for Regional Growth & Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs): The delivery of secure, affordable
and low carbon energy services and infrastructure is a key outcome for Local Enterprise Partnerships. Lord
Heseltine's ‘No Stone Unturned: In Pursuit of Growth’ calls for an end to centralisation and a major devolution of
resources through the LEPs.
6.
Other: A diverse range of existing, new and emerging opportunities for financing the transformation to low
carbon, sustainable energy homes in the Borough exist. Regular reviews (3 monthly) of funding/investment
opportunities and innovation should be carried out and reported to those who have the capacity and power to
act.
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TOP TEN Funding Opportunities for Tamworth Borough:
1.Energy Company Obligation: A £1.6 million a year ‘fair share’. More is available if Tamworth Borough acts ambitiously
and effectively.
2.Green Deal: Likely to grow in demand over time. Really important as ‘match funding’ for Energy Company Obligation
funded measures especially Carbon Emission Reduction Target.
3.Low Carbon Network Fund: The Low Carbon Network Fund allows up to £500m of support to projects sponsored by the
distribution network operators (DNOs) to try out new technology, operating and commercial arrangements. The objective of
the projects is to help all DNOs understand what they need to do to provide security of supply at value for money as Great
Britain (GB) moves to a low carbon economy. http://bit.ly/15p3qwf
4.Big Lottery: Various programmes to support civil society organisations and the most disadvantaged groups and
communities. Reaching Communities and Awards for All worth exploring.
5.Feed in Tariff: Dramatic falls in the capital costs of photovoltaic panels and associated equipment makes Feed in Tariffs a
good funding opportunity for the domestic sector.
6.Renewable Heat Incentive: Worth exploring for the significant number of Tamworth’s electrically heated homes.
Especially if a district heating solution can be made to work with the Energy Company Obligation.
7.Local Enterprise Partnership: Increasingly the Local Enterprise Partnership has resources to deliver local economic
opportunity in the Borough. Solid wall insulation is a significant job opportunity in the early years of ECO. How can the LEP
support local job creation.
8.Fuel Poverty &/or Health Funds: Including Warmer Homes Healthy People, Warm Homes Discount, Public Heath
resources.
9.Charitable Trusts: For ‘civil society’ led projects tackling climate change, fuel poverty and the health impacts on the most
vulnerable.
10.Householders own resources: How can the savings of householders be invested for excellent returns in sustainable
energy.
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Annual estimated NHS cost
of cold related ill-health prorated based on population.
The Economic Opportunity of Refurbishment
•85%
of existing houses will be standing in 2050
•Government commitment to reduce emissions by 80% by 2050
(25% of emissions from housing).
•31,617 homes across the Borough of Tamworth – most do not
meet thermal targets. These must be refurbished to a ‘zero
carbon’ standard in the next 37 years (by 2050).
•The retrofitting market amounts to 855 homes a year on
average, or c. 70 per week across the Borough.
•For Tamworth this is a £13 – 18 million per annum market.
c. £1.3 billion a year TOTAL
Tamworth’s ‘FAIR SHARE’
£1 in every £813
(0.123%)
£1.6 million/annum (c.£31k/week)
(of national pot)
Remember: Tamworth domestic energy spend £40m/an. Tamworth NHS Cold Home Costs £2m/an.
Affordable Warmth Obligation (25%)
Target
Eligibility
Size of Market
Potential
£4.2 billion notional space and water heating cost reduction (lifetime) by March 2015
Based around Super Priority Group in receipt of qualifying benefits or tax credits
2.7m homes – Private sector only
Full Heating 130k/Replacement Boilers 160k (yr)
Cavity Wall 240k easy & 130k HTT
Loft insulation 1m
Any measure which results in a reduction in the notional heating costs to the household.
Focus is on central heating, loft insulation and cavity wall insulation
Focus
DECC estimate of mix and
quantity of measures to meet
delivery (Jan 2013 – end March
2015)
DECC cost estimate
Measures include: New gas heating, new electric central heating, new oil central
heating, gas, oil and LPG replacement boilers
Up to 5% of target can be delivered through boiler repairs to A&B rated boilers must
include 1 or 2 year warranty
Credit can be claimed for AW eligible households on a new District Heating Scheme
260,000 Heating measures
45,000 Cavity wall installations
90,000 loft installations
£325m/year
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Carbon Saving Target (60%)
Target
Eligibility
Size of Market
Potential
20.9 Mt CO2 lifetime savings to March 2015 – reduce CO2 emissions by 0.52 Mt
CO2
Unlimited
7 million solid walls & private sector
Circa 3m hard to treat cavities
Market relies on financial support from Green Deal or other sources of finance
7 million solid wall properties
Circa 3m hard to treat cavities
Solid wall insulation or hard to treat cavities
Focus
DECC estimate of mix and
quantity of measures to meet
delivery
DECC cost estimate
Further measures which accompany either solid wall or hard to treat cavity wall
insulation which reduce the heat loss from a property such as loft insulation,
glazing and draught proofing will also score
147,000 solid wall installations
446,500 hard to treat cavities
Plus accompanying measures such as loft insulation, glazing and draught proofing
£780m/year
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Worked example: ECO Carbon Emissions Reduction
Target: External solid wall insulation……
3 Bed Semi on mains GAS
3 Bed Semi ELECTRIC
HEATING
9,111 kWh of heating energy saved/year
9,111 kWh of heating energy saved/year
Less 33% ‘IN-USE’ FACTOR: 6,104kWh/yr.
Less 33% ‘IN-USE’ FACTOR: 6,104kWh/yr.
0.198kg CO2/kWh Gas = 1,209kg CO2/yr.
0.517kg CO2/kWh Elec = 3,156kg CO2/yr.
Lifetime of Solid Wall Insulation 36 years.
Lifetime of Solid Wall Insulation 36 years.
Total CO2 savings lifetime: 43.5 tonnes
CO2
Total CO2 savings lifetime: 113.6 tonnes
CO2
Value of 1 tonne of CO2: £80 - 120
Value of 1 tonne of CO2: £80 - 120
Contribution towards work from Obligated
Party: £3,480 - £5,221
Contribution towards work from Obligated
Party: £9,088 - £13,634
Carbon Saving Community Obligation (15%)
Target
Eligibility
Size of Market
Potential
Focus
DECC estimate of mix and
quantity of measures to meet
delivery
DECC cost estimate
6.8m tCO2 lifetime savings to March 2015
Area based approach targeting all households in the lowest 15% Index of Multiple
Deprivation of Lower Super Output Areas.
80% of savings must be delivered within qualifying areas
15% of target must be delivered to Affordable Warmth eligible homes living in rural
settlements of 10,000 people or fewer
4 million homes defined by IMD data plus Affordable Warmth eligible households living
in rural settlements of less than 10k homes with homes suitable for CSCO measures
360k Easy to treat cavities, 370,000 hard to treat cavities, 1m solid walls and 660,000
loft insulation opportunities
Focus is on cavity wall and loft insulation but includes solid wall insulation
Cavity wall and loft insulation or solid wall insulation to 180,000 homes
Try and deliver Affordable Warmth heating alongside these insulation measures
wherever possible
27,000 of these homes will need to meet the Rural Safeguard Target
£195m/year
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Opportunity from collective switching:
Recent OFGEM research stated that 60% of households have never
switch
(http://bit.ly/10lDtNy)
For the Borough of Tamworth this would mean that 18,970 (60% of
31,617) households could get serious benefits from switching energy
suppliers.
If they all saved £206 each/annum, that would result in a first year
saving of more than £3.9 million. (9.7% of total domestic energy spend)