Innovation in Wales February Nick Huston (Director of Special Projects)

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1 Innovation in Wales February 2017 Nick Huston (Director of Special Projects)

2 Health and Innovation Programme 26.2m fund Recap Commenced April 2015, 30 month programme Completion September 2017 Funds will provide heating improvements and energy efficiency measures to over 6,500 householders Training, energy advice, benefit advice and related support to be provided to over 5,000 residents and front line workers

3 High level Principles Funding targeted at vulnerable and low income households EPC band D and below No overlap with ECO or any other energy efficiency schemes administered by Ofgem To benefit at least as many households as did not benefit from CESP schemes To deliver innovation and new approaches

4 Programme Overview

5 Health and Innovation Programme: Three Distinct Funds 1.Warm and Healthy Homes Fund To establish new models of working with colleagues in health and social care sector 2.Technical Innovation Fund To promote new solutions to fuel poverty utilising energy saving measures not traditionally in scope of current schemes 3.Warm Zones Fund Cost effective delivery of energy efficiency and carbon reduction measures and related advice to vulnerable householders

6 - PARTNERSHIPS SMALL MEASURES

7 WHHF Programme overview Designed to align with the recommendations set out in the NICE guidance (NG6) and priorities identified in the Fuel Poverty Strategy Aims to tackle excess winter deaths & the health risks of living in a cold home Aims to develop new ways of working with health and social care practitioners, exploring innovative ways to target fuel poor households at risk of ill health 21 projects awarded funding across England and Wales Overall programme aims to deliver energy efficiency interventions to c. 2,078 households, including Energy Action Scotland 1,436 Health measures have been installed (end of Jan) against a final target of 2,078 Throughout the project period: frontline practitioners will benefit from energy efficiency training resident engagement sessions social evaluation to capture outcomes

8 Partnerships programme Funding 11 health & housing partnerships to provide heating/insulation measures Up to 4,000 per household (exc. gap funding) Eligibility criteria targeting those with a health condition/disability exacerbated by living in a cold home Additional income, benefit and fuel poverty status criteria Provision for at risk intervention based on need Measures include boiler replacement, full heating systems and cavity, loft and external wall insulation

9 Small Measures programme Funding 6 HIAs Aims to identify vulnerable householders to benefit from a range of small measures to help them stay warm at home Health based eligibility criteria Responded to partner feedback made changes to the criteria Types of measures include boiler repairs, TRV s, heating controls, draught proofing, insulation, LED lightbulbs Up to 500 per property (exc. gap funding) Funding 3 partnership small measure projects

10 Innovation Fund Higher Cost (Large Measures) Gas Absorption heat pumps Hybrid ASHP Boiler flue gas heat recovery Micro CHP Air to Air Heat Pumps Battery Storage

11 Heat recovery ventilation Innovation Fund Lower Cost (Small Measures) Radiator Fans Heating Controls Boiler optimisation Voltage optimisation Smart controls

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14 Warm Zones Fund 13 million fund All tenures minimum 65% in private Measures include heating, cavity & loft insulation, solid wall insulation Benefits and energy advice provided 2,200 residents receiving advice to date, securing over 3.7 million of confirmed income gains Match funding to be maximised million has been levered in to date Same timescales as Technical and Health programmes 2,765 measures installed to end December, against a final target of 2,955

15 Issues in Wales High proportion of off gas properties Strong reliance on oil and electricity expensive compared to gas Vulnerable residents struggle with upkeep of coal and wood burners, difficult to clean and maintain Many properties with fire only, no central heating, so have to use supplementary (and expensive heating) Pre 1900 housing stock Solid wall and poorly insulated Fuel poverty stats reducing, 29% in 2012 to an estimated 23% in 2016 still 291,000 households

16 Wales Large Technical Lead Partner: Valleys Coast Housing Ltd (V2C) Technology: PV battery Storage and iboost Summary: Install PV battery storage into 5 x sheltered housing schemes, and install PC Solar iboost into 6 x properties Other Partners: Toby Costin, Social Power Partnerships Ltd. / Jason Hobson, Lobils Ltd. / Mike Eyre, Greenheart Energy Engineering Ltd. Lead Partner: Ceredigion County Council Technology: Various measures Summary: Airtightness Measures and Interventions into C.20 properties Other Partners: None Lead Partner: Ceredigion County Council Technology: Various Heating Systems Summary: Solar thermal & Biomass (6), Solar thermal (9) Other Partners: Tai Ceredigion / Cymdeithas Tai Cantref

17 Wales Small Technical Lead Partner: Ceredigion County Council Technology: Heated Seat Summary: B-Warm Heat Pads (100) Other Partners: None Lead Partner: Hafod Housing Association Technology: Heating System Enhancer Summary: Oxypod(56) Other Partners: None

18 Wales Health Partnership Partnerships: 108 households Location: Cardiff & Flintshire Lead Partner: Flintshire County Council Summary: : This project takes a person-based approach to address peoples needs to improve their health and wellbeing. Healthy Homes Healthy People is a Wales-wide project with hubs in North Wales (Flintshire Affordable Warmth Partnership) and South Wales (Cardiff Affordable Warmth Partnership). Other Partners: Flintshire Affordable Warmth Partnership, Cardiff Affordable Warmth Partnership, Public Health Wales, Environmental Health, Care & Repair North East Wales (NEW), Care & Repair Cardiff & Vale of Glamorgan, North East Wales Energy Advice Centre, North Wales Fire & Rescue Service, Flintshire Flying Start, Warm Wales and 2025 Progress update: Delivered measures to 89/108 homes, split equally between Flintshire/Cardiff, including 13 off gas properties. To be completed by end of March. Used Affordable Warmth Crisis Fund to top up the cost of measures where needed in Flintshire

19 Wales Health Small Measures Small Measures: 50 households Location: Cardiff Lead Partner: Care and Repair Cymru Summary: Consortia - 13 agencies who are able to specify small measures to eligible householders across Wales. Other Partners: Referral partners from Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Cardiff & Vale of Glamorgan, Carmarthenshire, Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire-Wrexham, Merthyr-Rhondda Cynon Taf, Monmouthshire, Neath Port Talbot, Newport, Pembrokeshire, Powys and Torfaen Health Boards Progress update: Delivered measures to 35/50 homes, including 3 off gas properties. To be completed by the end of March.

20 Warm Zone in Wales Specific project set up for Wales 1.2 million budget, made up from 500k WZ fund 600k Welsh Government 100k partner contribution Project covers North to South Wales: Gwynedd Denbyshire (Rhyl) Ceredigion Rhondda Cardiff Local agencies will provide support to Warm Zones and for those homes in the private sector rental market All measures will be heating and conventional installations Work commenced in November and will run to March 2017 Measures have gone into 19 homes to date, with 200+ leads Expect to deliver measures into around 180 homes by the end of March

21 Health Targeted off gas areas New approaches Installed renewable technology (air source heat pumps) to replace electric storage heaters Replaced old and damaged oil tanks, bringing obsolete oil boilers back into use Sought referrals from new areas and partners across the health and social care sector In Cardiff they ve been sending out targeted letters/birthday cards from GP surgeries with some really positive success 13 Care & Repair Agencies have provided a pan Wales delivery of small interventions

22 Technical New approaches Targeted property types that have been ineligible under ECO funding, ie Chalet Homes Carried out air pressure tests to establish heat loss, and then install draughtproofing Multi fuel stoves, with solar thermal resourceful residents using free/cheap off-cuts of wood Combined technologies, maximised existing PV systems

23 Lessons learned Intensive time & resource process to support vulnerable clients Importance of educating residents in the use of technologies Building and maintaining referral routes with health practitioners Greater revenue funding required to support partners Different eligibility criteria to programmes in Wales, ie NEST Maintaining partner engagement with grant recipients Importance of sharing learning a new approaches

24 Case Study Mona Leek is 77, retired and lives alone in a bungalow. She was referred for assistance through her local authority as her boiler kept breaking down and she was often left with no hot water. Mona is living with a heart condition, high blood pressure and osteoporosis. Due to this she requires the heating to remain on during the day, leading to gas bills of 167 p/m. Using the NEA grant, Mona s bungalow was fitted with a replacement condensing combi boiler and new heating controls raising her property s EPC from Band E to D. Mona now feels much happier, is sleeping better and feels more independent.

25 Case Study Mr & Mrs P live with their 2 children. Their boiler was 15 years old and often required numerous repairs, leaving the family with no heating or hot water. Due to the family s low-income, they didn t have the means to replace their boiler and were considering a loan. The family were in a stressful situation having to boil kettles for hot water and use expensive portable electric heaters to keep warm. The difficulty in heating the home was affecting Mrs P and her young daughter who both have Asthma and in particular her son who is Autistic. The family were referred to the project through their district council. Having met the eligibility criteria, a new gas boiler was fitted to provide affordable and reliable heating/hot water. Mrs P stated that the benefit was immediate as the family no longer needed to use any other form of heating, cutting their electricity consumption.

26 Case Study Mr Loveland was referred by an occupational therapist. He had just been discharged from hospital following a circulatory illness and was struggling with the cold. His sold wall property had single glazed windows, no loft insulation and was heated using individual gas fires making it very energy inefficient. Using the Small Measures grant, they also fitted a new hot water cylinder jacket and timer to ensure he only heated his hot water when he needed it. He also received draft proofing for his windows and external doors, loft insulation and energy advice. Mr. Loveland is now living comfortably and independently at home and has saved around 340 a year on his energy bills.

27 Training & Community Engagement

28 Training 1,129 frontline workers have received accredited NEA training as part of the Technical and Health programme Potential reach per year 410,000 people

29 Community Engagement Engaged and supported 1190 residents across England and Wales

30 Wales Training & Engagement Training sessions for front line workers/hia practitioners 3 day Energy Awareness 19 trained Fuel debt 13 trained ½ day Energy Awareness and Health 52 trained TOTAL = 84 people trained PDC Engagement Sessions for residents: Technical - Energy Awareness Bite-size 15 attendees Technical - Energy Awareness Bite-size 14 attendees Health - Preparing for Winter 44 attendees Health - Preparing for Winter 98 TOTAL = 171 attendees PDC Engagement Session for Front Line Workers: WHHF Small Stay Warm and Safe and Home 63 attendees

31 Evaluation Methods Next Steps Mixed methods approach to collect data and measures observations Technical evaluation questionnaires Social questionnaires examining behavioural changes Semi-structured interviews Use of Technical monitoring equipment Case studies Independent & critical oversight from Newcastle University

32 Technical Evaluation Environmental / Thermal Electrical Gas Heat & Flow

33 Reporting & Dissemination NEA currently agreeing reporting structure: Individual Technical Reports Product Reports Technical Summary Overview Warm Zone Summary Overview Health Summary Overview Full Impact Report Aiming to complete reporting over the summer for a September launch at the NEA national Conference Soft dissemination has commenced, full dissemination will start after the launch Project Summaries see NEA s website

34 Key contacts Nick Huston Director of Special Projects David Lynch Project Development Manager (Technical) Michael Hamer Technical Manager (Technical) Heather Critchlow - Project Development Manager (Health) Heather.critchlow@nea.org.uk

35 Questions?? How would you like us to disseminate information? Could we set up new working groups? How can we best get stakeholders together How can we improve awareness of available funding? How can we best share information?