More than £47m in funding has been granted to improve the energy efficiency of up to 4,226 socially-owned homes in the region. The Midlands Net Zero Hub has successfully secured the grants from the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and plans to use The Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund to improve homes.
This will be done by making the properties warmer in the winter whilst also reducing energy bills and carbon emissions. The Hub worked in partnership with 14 housing associations and 10 local authorities and used experience of previous projects to secure the funding.
The grants will be used to issue a ‘fabric-first’ approach, which will involve more than 15,000 measures such as insulation, draught-proofing and double glazing installed to improve the Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) of the properties. This approach also ensures renewable technologies, including heat pumps, are more effective.
