RE:NEW phase IIMaximising London’s take-up of CERT and Warm Front

Leah Davis12 June 2012

Overview

Summary of RE:NEW so far

RE:NEW phase II

Next steps and getting involved

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1. Summary of RE:NEW so far

1. Reduce CO2 emissions- Cost effective (area based)- Draws upon existing funding streams- Can be scaled up

2. Pan London delivery model - simplifies the London market

3. Secure a higher share of nationally-funded energy efficiency measures

Phase I objectives

Customer journey

Delivery – Creating & proving the model

· Summer 2009· 3 trials in areas in:

Croydon, Hillingdon and Southwark

· 817 homes treated· ~575 tonnes CO2

saved

· November 2009 to July 2010· 9 boroughs· £1.24m funding· 8,119 homes visited

· ~3,000 tonnes CO2 saved per year

· ~43,400 tonnes CO2 saved over the lifetime of the measures

· ~£900,000 funding levered· ~£700,600 saved on Londoner’s

fuel bills per year

· July 2011 – March 2012

· An area in every borough

· £5.8m funding to boroughs for 2011/12

· ~57,000 homes visited

Technical trials Demo projects Pan-Londonroll-out

2. RE:NEW Phase II

Phase II: Introduction

· £3.3 million secured for RE:NEW phase II

· Context- CERT and Warm Front until December 2012/ March 2013- Green Deal and Energy Company Obligation (ECO) from October 2012

· Primary aim- Maximise the installation of loft and cavity wall insulation- (Primary source of funding until the end of 2012 = CERT. Therefore correlate with groups

CERT is currently funding, i.e. focussing the Super Priority Group and cost-effective measures)

· Secondary objectives- Maintain RE:NEW brand awareness and engagement of London boroughs- Maintain demand in London to help sustain supply chain opportunities and jobs - Develop networks and activities that can be maintained and developed to support Green

Deal and ECO

· Delivered by GLA directly procuring from RE:NEW framework

· Aim for delivery to start from July 2012

RE:NEW intensive areas- 11 ward-sized areas- Offer to all households in area

RE:NEW pan-London offering - Sub-regional- Targeted at the SPG- Promoting to other households

RE:NEW phase II

Primary criteria1. Comparatively high concentrations of uninsulated cavity walls2. Comparatively high concentrations of households eligible for CERT

Priority Group3. Comparatively high numbers of owner occupier and private rental

sector4. Comparatively low numbers of flats5. Not targeted in previous programmes

Phase II intensive areas

1. GLA London housing stock database- 36 wards ranked in order of potential

2. Borough input- Comment on wards- Suggest new wards- Outline borough networks to target SPG and PG, increase uptake and remove local barrier to delivery

3. Final selection- Primary criteria- Borough commitment- Google street-view to corroborate

The OfferSurvey Easy

measures and advice

Additional measures, e.g. CERT or Warm Front

Subsidy for loft top-up

Support to take up all further measures

Support for virgin loft take-up

Intensive RE:NEW area

SPG (not social housing)

Y Y Y Y Y

Intensive RE:NEW area

PG (not social housing)

Y Y Y Y

Intensive RE:NEW area

Able-to-pay Y Y Y Y

Intensive RE:NEW area

Social housing Y Y Y

Wider Sub-regional offer

SPG (not social housing)

Y Y Y Y Y

Wider Sub-regional offer

PG (not social housing)

Y Y Y Y

Wider Sub-regional offer

Able-to-pay Y YWider Sub-regional offer

Social housing Y

- Delivery agents are set CO2 emissions reduction targets and targets for number of homes retrofitted- Separate targets for intensive areas and sub-regional offer- Not prescriptive about how to reach households in sub-region or achieve insulation levels

3. Next steps and getting involved

Next steps

Procure sub-regional delivery agent(s) – June 2012

Programme delivery starts – July 2012

Programme delivery completes – March 2013- Clearly aiming to have much of the activity undertaken in 2012 to

maximise CERT

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Getting involved

Delivery agents likely to work in areas/ boroughs with most potential and commitment from boroughs and networks- Submitting bids Wednesday 13th June

Boroughs- Boroughs feed in information through templates (networks, tackling local barriers, and potential projects)- Contact delivery agents once confirmed to discuss

Third sector and networks- Approach boroughs with how your networks could be used- Approach delivery agents with how your networks could be used

Other projects….

Green Deal implementation project – completing June 2012- 3 delivery models for London borough delivery of the Green Deal- Boroughs supported to develop businesses cases

Green Deal transition delivery project – late 2012- c. £300,000 to test on the ground delivery of Green Deal and create early demand in London

Supporting boroughs to tackle local barriers (TBC)

Attracting ECO funding in London – social housing (TBC)

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Thank you

Leah DavisEnvironment Programme Officer

020 7983 4615leah.davis@london.gov.uk