The Housing sector faces more complex and competing priorities than ever before; with some of the oldest housing in Europe, around 20% of dwellings in the UK were built prior to 1920 along with Post war non- traditional construction methods adopted in social housing.
Our homes require significant, targeted investment in order to achieve the minimum insulation, heating and ventilation standards. Landlords and Local Authorities are tasked with balancing their investment plans, and maximising opportunities to secure inward investment in providing healthy and safe homes for residents.
Navigating the different grant schemes available can be somewhat complex; Schemes like SHDF (social housing decarbonisation fund), ECO (energy companies’ obligation) and GBIS (Great British insulation scheme) are all great schemes and can each provide their own benefits in delivering decarbonisation and energy efficiency.
In order to realise efficiencies, It is important to consider how the utilisation of these funding streams can be maximised, and used in conjunction, enable the delivery of a greater number of energy efficiency improvements, to more properties subsequently improving the lifestyle, health and cost of living for more residents.
A common challenge to most housing providers is the quality of their data, and whether it is a true reflection of the energy performance of their housing stock.
Case studies carried out by Broad Oak Group for housing associations have revealed that SAP band ratings on stock data can differ considerably to the EPC register. Studies reveal that on HA housing stock data held, up to 16% of band C’s were actually D’s on the EPC register and up to 25% of band C’s had no EPC at all.
To help support clients with these challenges, Broad Oak have developed strong partnerships over the last 20 years.
Our key to success in delivering decarbonisation and retrofit has been:
Industry Knowledge
Our detailed knowledge and a wealth of experience in determining the criteria of each funding scheme.
By scrutinising the retrofit assessment at the critical time before coordination, we can determine the best scheme/combination of schemes to use at the least/no cost, for maximum benefit.
Turnkey , Quality Assurance & Satisfaction
We pride ourselves on our team of 300 staff who are employed directly, allowing us greater control in quality assurance and programme management. This ensures we have the skills, knowledge and experience in-house to meet the varying needs of our clients.
Innovation
We embrace innovation, for example:
– 12-year warranties and 11-year servicing on air source heat pumps.
– Live data feeds from Solar PV panels & shared Solar PV for blocks of flats.
– Remote fault finding of heat pump installations (manufacturer led)
– Housing Asset stock analysis and scenario modelling.
You can access the services of the Broad Oak Group via the CHIC Healthy Homes Framework & UK Optimised Retrofit DPS.
