Greener Herts has applied to the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund (SHDF) to make energy-efficiency improvements worth £40 million to its housing stock.
Greener Herts is a collaboration between housing associations B3Living, settle and Watford Community Housing, with a shared ambition to achieve a completely net zero carbon footprint by 2050. It has submitted a bid in partnership with Dacorum Borough Council, which could fund home improvement works on over 1400 social housing properties.
The bid submitted to Wave 2 of the decarbonisation fund could see homes across all four organisations receive energy-efficiency improvement works including loft insulation, external wall insulation, draught proofing, installation of PV panels and low-energy lighting.
The funding bid reflects a combined pledge of £25 million from B3 Living, Dacorum, settle and Watford Community Housing, with the aim of securing an additional £13.5 million from the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund.
Gavin Cansfield, Chief Executive at settle, said:
Greener Herts and Dacorum Borough Council have come together to submit this bid as part of our work to improve homes and meet our targets to be net zero by 2050, or before. No-one needs me to tell them how important this area is. The benefits of lower carbon homes are numerous, including many benefits to those living within them, as well as to the environment.
Working in partnership is vital – the more we join forces, the more influence we have. We look forward to hearing if our bid has been successful in the new year and will continue to focus on producing energy-efficient homes whatever the outcome.
