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Lewisham Sustainable Development Partnership BoardReducing Lewisham’s CO2 footprint through insulation
21 April 2009
Martin O’Brien, London Borough of Lewisham020 8314 6605 martin.o’[email protected]
Statistics
• Lewisham’s CO2 emissions: 4.77 tonnes per person.
• 44% of the borough’s CO2 is from the domestic sector.
• Half the heat lost in a typical home is through its walls and loft.
• Loft insulation can save £150 and 1 tonne of CO2 a year. Cavity wall can save £120 and 800kg of CO2 a year.
Funding
• National funding for insulation comes through the ‘CERT’ scheme (Carbon Emissions Reduction Target).
• Grants offer free loft and cavity wall insulation to homeowners over 70 or on income-related benefits.
• Other privately owned properties get discounted insulation, typically £200 for loft or cavity wall insulation.
• London gets less than its share of CERT funding.
• New Community Energy Saving Programme, ‘CESP’, a £350m fund targeted at deprived communities and ‘hard to treat’ properties.
Current and planned activity
• Maximise take up of grants through events and general advice.
• Additional targeted activity, including the Energy Action Zone.
• ‘Self-generation’ scheme with London Warm Zones
• Direct mailing to all residents receiving income-related benefits.
• Free self-install loft insulation.
• Pilot social housing insulation retrofit.
Potential new initiatives
• Extend the pilot social housing insulation retrofit in partnership with ALMO and housing associations.
• Establish a locally-based insulation contractor increasing capacity within the borough and creating a source of local employment.
• New grant for ‘hard to treat’ properties aimed at the over 70s and people on income-related benefits.
• ‘Kirklees style’ mass insulation scheme offering free insulation across the borough.
• Retro-fit insulation to solid wall Council properties.