Leonie Cooper. Sustainable Homes

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1 Sustainable Homes Leonie Cooper Sustainable Homes Quality homes, quality lives

2 Agenda Introduction to Sustainable Homes Benchmarking - SHIFT Training Making stock energy efficient, cost-effectively - CROHM

3 Sustainable Homes Ltd Established in1997 A subsidiary company within the Hastoe Housing Group We assist housing associations, ALMOs, local authorities, architects, residents, developers, planners, self-builders, to improve their organisational sustainability, and to build or refurbish sustainably We deliver training and consultancy We work with/are involved with: London Climate Change Partnership, WWF-UK, UK Government, Building Research Establishment, the UK Green Building Council, Existing Homes Alliance, Greater London Authority, CIH and a range of corporate partners

4 Sustainable Homes Ltd 150+ landlords assessed 400+ Code Assessors trained Homes 40,000+ risk assessed for fuel poverty 250,000+ energy efficiency improvement strategies 2,000,000+ represented in Govt consultations Research: National Energy Study One and Two Research for LCCP: Your social home in a changing climate Guide to the Green Deal for the HCA Dealing Green Training: Energy Efficiency for Asset Managers, Energy Awareness / Fuel Poverty For frontline staff / residents Lobbying: 250 organisations signed our letter re ECO

5 Agenda Introduction to Sustainable Homes Benchmarking - SHIFT Training / Assisting residents Making stock energy efficient, cost effectively - CROHM

6 The SHIFT Network - A best-practice group Can t improve what you do not measure A recognised independent benchmark Comparison with peers Proven to reduce impacts and costs Sharing best practice Influence and recognition Consultancy & training at discounted rates

7 Benchmarking can assist with driving improvements The areas we focus on in SHIFT are: Section 1: Strategy & Management Section 2: Office Practices Section 3: Existing Buildings Section 4: New Build With special emphasis on: Adaptation & mitigation Resident & staff engagement Broader issues - materials, waste & water

8 The SHIFT Assessment Service Independent assessment of your sustainability performance A benchmark which allows comparison year on years and demonstrates your direction of travel Comparison with peers Platinum, Gold, Silver or Bronze 50 page feedback report - Recommendations on how to improve

9 Office carbon emissions (kgco 2 /m 2 /yr) SHIFT in detail Relationship management Dedicated specialist to discuss ideas & improvements with. Each quarter Specific comparisons Each measure has: ranking against peers best practice case studies Metrics provide updates on your performance against Government targets for energy, water, waste etc Additional Awards Members requested. We delivered. So we now also award: Most Improved, Best Newcomer, etc Your organisation SHIFT members

10 Members requested 2 years between assessments. This allows time for: Hearing from residents Sharing latest expert research Sharing best practice Briefings on Government policy or practice updates Networking: Time for people to catch up (highly valued) Workshops with practical steps for taking action Business planning Anita, a resident shares, what the energy efficiency improvements meant for her

11 Event example: Flooding & Adaptation Event Drought Overheating Protection Prevention Water conservation Foundation design must reduce heave risk, protecting against subsidence (due to clay shrinking and expanding due to water content) Set up maintenance regimes and infrastructure to enable reclaimed water (grey water recycling and rainwater harvesting) for non-potable uses to be used Ensure plant selection is drought resistant and conservative in water requirements Think through water features in periods of low flow. Avoid potential for stagnant water. Materials for surfaces and built infrastructure must function in higher temperatures Planting & temporary structures for shading Access to open space for overheating relief Identify potential community cool rooms particularly for older residents/those with hot homes and little outdoor space Replace paving and roads with cool porous materials enables evaporation and convective airflow Use plant selection to provide microclimatic cooling via transpiration -urban greening Create breeze pathways to enhance natural ventilation Orientate streets to optimise solar gain Avoid high glare facades and finishes

12 Event example: Flooding & Adaptation Event Case study analysis: What Orbit are doing to manage the risk of flooding Context: Climate change and policy Past: How Orbit residents have been affected by flooding Present: Future-proofing Barriers encountered Future: what next? Questions?

13 Event example: Fuel poverty & engaging with residents In association with HCA & CIH Resident involvement Examples of approaches to the Green Deal Case studies of: Fuel poverty proofing homes Engagement with residents Brenda Boardman Emeritus Professor, Oxford University Joseph Rowntree research launched DECC, SHIFT members Events in Manchester & London

14 Office carbon emissions (CO 2 /m 2 /yr) SHIFT is the methodology registered providers are using to prove their environmental credentials Peter Marsh, Former CEO, Tenant Services Authority Anonymous SHIFT member

15 SHIFT: Helping you achieve sustainability Range of services at discount Training Energy Efficiency Tackling fuel poverty Consultancy Carbon assessments of homes Profile SHIFT Certificates launched at 700 person dinner with CIH and Inside Housing (HOMES Conference) Growing membership: Now 75 involved Bespoke for regions or countries: AGMA I m delighted to see SHIFT members taking action to understand their impacts and, through independent assessment, working to reduce them. Rt. Honourable Greg Barker MP, Former Minister of State for Energy & Climate Change

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17 Summary of SHIFT: A recognised, independent benchmark Comparison with peers Use of the SHIFT membership logo Measurably reduced environmental impacts The opportunity to attend SHIFT events, meeting experts & leaders in the field A robust framework to drive improvement across a wide range of environmental issues Consultancy, training & specialist advice, free or at discounted rates

18 Agenda Introduction to Sustainable Homes Benchmarking - SHIFT Training Making stock energy efficient, cost effectively - CROHM

19 Training to suit you Highly interactive At your location Tailored to your needs Targeted to frontline staff & contractors - or directly to residents Excellent resident feedback, increasing take-up by HAs/LAs

20 Training Options 1-day: How to save money in your home Capacity-building: Equip residents or staff to train other residents Green Deal Advisor: ABBE and City & Guilds accredited Topics Understanding energy use in homes Using your controls Condensation Solar panels & heat pumps Understanding energy bills Other topics/issues of your choice

21 Training Course on: Measuring your environmental performance 10:00 Introductions Sustainability and housing Setting environmental performance targets 10:20 Strategy Establishing environmental strategies learning from best practice 11:20 BREAK 11:30 Offices KPIs for measuring the environmental performance of your offices Calculate and compare your office carbon emissions Engaging staff on office environmental issues best practice on gaining buy in 12:30 LUNCH 13:00 Existing homes Calculate carbon emissions from maintenance fleet Compare your average SAP rating with others Calculate water efficiency of your stock Compare ecological enhancement with others Typical barriers to making improvements 14:30 BREAK 14:40 New build An easy way to get data from development departments See how many homes are built to code 4 and above Home User Guides and their importance Flood risk zones

22 Agenda Introduction to Sustainable Homes Benchmarking - SHIFT Training Making stock energy efficient, cost effectively - CROHM

23 Carbon Reduction Options for Housing Managers (CROHM) Assess homes Assess measures Assess potential income streams Which measures are most cost effective for my stock- investment planning Four key stages

24 Stage 1: Data analysis - & data cleansing EPC CP12s Street survey Archetype analysis

25 fills in any potential gaps up to date costing information you have use of the database. Can amend costing measures Collect all existing house data from RSL Model the energy consumption Identify all possible measures at dwelling level Estimate cost and calculate the potential benefits of each measure per dwelling: SAP improvement CO 2 reduction Fuel bill reduction (fuel poverty)

26 Stage 2: Understanding your priorities Workshop with your selected key people Asset management, residents, corporate or strategy representatives Understand your goals, constraints and opportunities

27 CO 2 Stage 3: modelling Tenant fuel bills SAP Details of: savings (bills or CO2) by measure (solid wall, cavity walls, etc) savings reductions over a year CUMULATIVE reductions across stock

28 Investment planning: total costs relative to improvements

29 Stage 4: Present the findings Workshop with your selected key people Report back on the impact of the analysis What this may mean for your investment programme & residents

30 Feedback on CROHM Latest feedback report 5 out of 5 for all measures of customer satisfaction "This research is proving highly valuable. It has highlighted the measures which have the greatest potential for carbon savings. This work is helping Merton focus on the most appropriate solutions for the area" Jon Buick Climate Change Projects Manager London Borough of Merton The carbon assessment has given us a much better understanding of how to deal with our hard to treat stock both efficiently and cost-effectively. We are now in a position to translate our strategy for these properties into a deliverable programme, including how we might integrate funding from the Green Deal into our plans. Iain Henderson Programme & Planning Manager Catalyst Housing Group

31 Summary of CROHM Covers CO 2, SAP and fuel poverty Can include analysis & impacts of behavioural change Workshops make it integral to client s business Archetype analysis provides bespoke results Scenarios allow consideration of your selected potential solutions Investment planning consider costs default costs available Actual costs you use can be incorporated

32 Summary Introduction to Sustainable Homes Benchmarking & learning for continuous improvement - SHIFT Training Existing stock understand which works are the most cost effective CROHM Thank you for your time