… highest uptake of energy efficiency grants nationally, working with landlords to improve quality and energy efficiency of buildings and supporting low carbon retrofit for off gas homes. A building being retrofitted with insulation as part of the low carbon depot project. Back to contents Heat Decarbonisation Emergency Response Plan Introduction Burning natural gas and other fuels to heat…
… efficiency grants nationally, working with landlords to improve quality and energy efficiency of buildings and supporting low carbon retrofit for off gas homes. The Council is developing a new Council House programme of 500 units, ensuring the buildings are designed with high levels of insulation and heated by air source heat pumps, powered, in part, by solar PV. This will ensure that heat demand…
… way to transition to net zero heat for all communities. Insulation The retrofit of homes with wall, loft, and floor insulation, and other improvements to the fabric of the building, not only creates better quality homes but reduces heating costs and reduces carbon emissions. There are health advantages to improved energy efficiency too: cold homes can exacerbate existing poor health conditions…
… the remaining technical measures for the retrofit of homes with energy efficiency measures in County Durham: Measure County Durham (number of Homes) Heating Fuel Savings (GWh) Annual Carbon Savings (ktCO2) Lifetime Carbon Savings (MtCO2) Annual Fuel Bill Savings (£m)4 Lifetime investment (£m) Solid Wall Insulation 58,000 353 72 2.8 22 501 Cavity Wall Insulation 43,000 152 30 1.2 8.8 116…
…. It is generally much easier and more cost effective to fund technologies on new builds rather than retrofit technologies onto older, more complicated buildings, many of which will have only been designed with gas boilers in mind. Electricity New developments will require additional electricity to run. The provision of green electricity for such developments, and the challenges this brings, is discussed…