HOME ENERGY CONSERVATION ACT (HECA) FURTHERPROGRESS REPORT 2013 - 2015

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Introduction and purpose of the reportLocal Authorities have a key role to play in tackling fuelpoverty. The Home Energy Conservation Act (HECA) 1995recognises Local Authorities’ ability to use their position toimprove the energy efficiency of all residential accommodationin their local area. Under the Act, Local Councils are requiredto report every two years; setting out the energy efficiencymeasures they have adopted to reduce fuel poverty. Thecurrent report is our progress report up to March 2015. It isintegral to our Affordable Warmth Strategy and our overallcommitment to developing strategic links with our health andvoluntary sector partners.

We consider improving energy efficiency to be crucial in Hullnot only to reduce the impact of climate change through CO2

emissions but also, crucially, to reduce the impact of fuelpoverty and reduce the negative health impacts of coldhomes.

Our Affordable Warmth Partnership champions the needs ofHull residents in fuel poverty and draws its membership fromstatutory and voluntary sector organisations with interests inhousing, health and social care, financial inclusion and energyefficiency. It also includes representatives from across HullCity Council services; housing associations, Hull Warmzone(CIC), Hull Clinical Commissioning Group, Fire and RescueService and voluntary organisations including Age UK, andCitizen Advice Bureau and the Council’s Green Deal / ECOPartner.

This report sets out the actions we are taking with our partnersto improve energy efficiency and provision of affordablewarmth in residential accommodation Hull. These activitiescontribute to addressing the issues identified in local andnational strategies.

The Hull Affordable Warmth Strategy (2010 -2016) has fourkey objectives and our HECA further report action plan isdesigned as a short to medium term action plan to deliverthese.• Ensure effective partnership working to alleviate fuel

poverty in Hull.• Increase household income of fuel poor households and

provide financial advice.• Assist fuel poor households to decrease their domestic fuel

costs – provide energy efficiency advice.• Improve the energy efficiency of homes.

The Hull Environmental and Climate Change Strategy(2010 – 2020).This is our response to the Climate Change Act 2008 whichestablishes the legal framework for reducing greenhouse gasemissions. Our response is also aligned to the UK CarbonPlan, which sets targets for moving to a low carbon economywhile maintaining energy security, and minimising costs toconsumers, particularly those in poorer households. OurClimate Local Commitment was made in January 2013 and itis backed by our delivery plan which was produced in July2013; we have also published our Climate Local Annual Report

Hull City Plan developed in partnership by the public, private,commercial and voluntary sectors with the aim is to make Hullthe leading energy city and includes objectives to help Hullresidents to make their money go further and safeguardvulnerable residents.

Hull Anti-Poverty Strategy and Statementpoverty reduction takes into account the established links ithas with fuel poverty. Our Anti-poverty statement sets out aclear vision for a new approach to anti-poverty work. Thisapproach aims to equip the residents with the means andskills to make their money work better for them. The Antipoverty action plan covers all the activities necessary toreduce hardship across the city and effectively supports ourenergy efficiency measures. The action plan supports otherpartnerships that promote wellbeing and financial resiliacross in Hull including : City Centre Farm, Time Banking, HullPeople’s Premium, Community Growing and Food Project,Credit Union Jam Jar Accounts, Smart Energy Saving Project– Green Prosperity.

Health and Wellbeing Strategy – our affordable warmthactivities support the Health and Wellbeing Strategy themes ofensuring:• The best start in life.• Healthier, longer, happy lives.• Safe and independent lives.

Where are we now?This section summarises information about energy use, COemissions, and fuel poverty and health indicators relating to

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developed in partnership by the public, private,the aim is to make Hull

the leading energy city and includes objectives to help Hullresidents to make their money go further and safeguard

Poverty Strategy and Statement Our approach toakes into account the established links it

poverty statement sets out apoverty work. This

approach aims to equip the residents with the means andr for them. The Anti-

poverty action plan covers all the activities necessary toreduce hardship across the city and effectively supports ourenergy efficiency measures. The action plan supports otherpartnerships that promote wellbeing and financial resilienceacross in Hull including : City Centre Farm, Time Banking, HullPeople’s Premium, Community Growing and Food Project,Credit Union Jam Jar Accounts, Smart Energy Saving Project

our affordable warmthactivities support the Health and Wellbeing Strategy themes of

This section summarises information about energy use, CO2

emissions, and fuel poverty and health indicators relating to

cold related illnesses in Hull and is followed by informationabout what we have done to address these issues and wwe plan to do.Energy use and CO2 emissionsThe Climate Change Act sets a long80% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 on 1990levels (Committee on Climate Change, 2014). Hullenergy consumption accounted for 34% of allin the city in 2012 and the table below shows the reduction inemissions from all sources between 2010 and 2012 and isfollowed by a graph showing trends of domestic emissionssince 2005.SourceDomestic emissionsIndustrial and CommercialemissionsTransport emissions

Source: Ricardo-AEA (2014).

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cold related illnesses in Hull and is followed by informationabout what we have done to address these issues and what

emissionsThe Climate Change Act sets a long-term target of at least an80% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 on 1990levels (Committee on Climate Change, 2014). Hull’s domesticenergy consumption accounted for 34% of all CO2 emissionsin the city in 2012 and the table below shows the reduction inemissions from all sources between 2010 and 2012 and isfollowed by a graph showing trends of domestic emissions

2010 2012526.8 503.6

Industrial and Commercial 732.2 665.6

305.1 295.3

Fuel poverty and identification of the fuel poor

Domestic emissions in Hull 2005 -2012

Domestic emissions inHull 2005 - 2012

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The latest Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC)fuel poverty data for 2012 show 11.1% of Hull’s population are

fuel poor based on the Low Income, High cost indicator LIHC)1

and 17.2% based on the 10% indicator2 and the table overleafprovides a comparison with earlier years.

Indicator 2010 2011 2012Low income High Cost N/A 10.6% 11.1%10% 17.6% 16.3% 17.2%

The map below shows distribution of fuel poverty in Hull atlower super output area level based on the LIHC data for2012. The scale of fuel poverty varies but reflects areas withhigher levels of multiple deprivations.

1The LIHC measure considers households to be fuel poor if they require

fuel costs that are above average national median level which leaves themwith a residual income that is below the official poverty line2

The 10% indicator assumes a household is in fuel poverty if they have tospend more than 10% of their household income on fuel to keep theirhome in a ‘satisfactory’ condition

We are working with Hull Warmzone to develop a more refinedlocal understanding of the level and depth of fuel poverty usingthe UNO energy software tool and actual assessments by HullWarmzone of households who have approached them tosupplement the modelled data provided by DECC.

HealthEnergy efficient homes affect the health of individuals,particularly the young, older people, those with long termillnesses especially related to cardiovascular and respiratoryconditions and disabled people.• The Excess Winter Deaths Index (EWD Index) is the

number of excess winter deaths expressed as a ratio ofthe expected deaths based on the non-winter deaths. Thefigure for Hull is 21.6 compared to an England average of16.53.

3Based over a 3 year period 2009 – 2012 (http://www.apho.org.uk)

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• The Hull JSNA toolkit identified that over 19,000 peoplewere admitted to hospital during the period 2008/9-2010/11 because of respiratory illnesses.

• The cost to Hull hospitals of excess winter admissions tohospital as a result of respiratory illnesses was £1 millionin 2010/114.

Public Health England summarises the health of Hull residentsin its ‘Health Profile 2014’ The report highlights that the healthof people in Hull is generally worse than the England averageThis shows that Hull is worse than the rest of England in termsof living longer, child health and adult health. Furtherinformation about health and related issues can be found inthe Hull Joint Strategic Needs Assessment5.Our local health priorities are as set out in the Health andhealth and wellbeing plan. This picture enables us tounderstand the needs of our local residents and where tofocus interventions, while working in partnership with ourhealth colleagues. Consequently, our Health and WellbeingStrategy covers the following three broad themes:

• The best start in life• Healthier, longer, happy lives• Safe and independent lives

What we have achieved and plan to doThis section summaries our most recent successes andchallenges with regard to delivering fuel efficiency in the city.

Green Deal, ECO and Energy Efficiency Partner

4Data Bites issue 13: twin peaks: winter respiratory - YHPHO

5http://jsnaonline.org/

Willmott Dixon has been awarded “preferred bidder” as ourGreen Deal/ ECO partner following a competitive procurementexercise via OJEU for a maximum project threshold of £60million. It is envisaged Willmott Dixon will formally be awardedthe contract no later than May 2015. Our aim is to improveresidents’ homes and regenerate communities throughneighbourhood improvements.

The Green Deal partner will provide job opportunities as part ofthe wider regeneration of our communities which is vital toreducing long term unemployment and so assisting in reducingfuel poverty. An estimated 32.6 per 1000 of the 16-64 Hullpopulation are assessed as being long term unemployedcompared to 9.9 for England as a whole 6 in 2013.

Our partner will deliver structural energy efficiency andneighbourhood improvements to approximately 3,000 Councilowned properties and with the possibility of an additional 1500Right to Buy/Private Properties. Specifically, our GreenDeal/ECO Partner will deliver and draw down ECO funding toprovide energy efficiency measures .In particular, they willinstall External Solid Wall Insulation (ESWI) for properties inour priority areas, along with loft insulation, cavity wallinsulation and other measures as appropriate.

Those living in non-regeneration areas in private properties willbe able to contract directly with the partner for a range ofEnergy Efficiency measures including Green Deals.

We will ensure that small and medium-size local businessesare included in our Green Deal/ECO programme activitiesthrough ‘Meet the Buyer’ events.

6Hull Health Profile (2014 ) Public Health England

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Hull Warm ZoneHull Warm Zone7 is part of Warm Zones CIC (a CommunityInterest, not for profit Company, limited by guarantee) and hasoperated since 2001. Hull Warmzone is an integral part of theHull Affordable Warmth Partnership.

Hull Warm Zone has strengthened its Hotspots ReferralNetwork between frontline agencies and voluntary and ThirdSector staff, with the aim of maximising a single point ofcontact with the residents. This results in referrals being madeto the Hull Warm Zone, the Pension Service, includingHousing and Council Tax Benefit offices. Upon successfulreferrals, clients receive a home visit from the Hull Warm Zonewho will provide energy and grant funding advice. Thereferrals are also made to appropriate agencies for benefitchecks to maximise a household’s income.

Hotspots is an adaptable model that can be developed as astand alone initiative or complement existing referral provision.It relies heavily on in-kind support from local agencies and hasminimal core costs which make it an attractive proposition forpartnerships operating with tight budgets. The cross-referralnature of provision maximises the range of services that canbe provided to households regardless of how they are referredand can also support the achievement of targets across abroad range of local objectives.

Hull Warm Zone works with about 54 statutory and voluntarysector partners to deliver Hotspots training sessions. Thesetraining sessions cover elements of affordable warmth and thecauses and impacts of fuel poverty. At December 2014, a totalof 511 staff from 54 organisations such NHS, Fire Service,

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Pension Service, Job Centre Plus, GP surgeries, Age UK,housing and benefits staff, among other organisations havebeen trained.

The Hull Warm Zone/Affordable Warmth Partnership will lookto use the Energy ECO Home Heating Cost ReductionObligation (HHCRO) subsidy for households in the privatesector. The Hull Warm Zone currently has an ongoingcommitment to deliver improvements through the HHCROsubsidy for households in the private sector on qualifyingbenefits.

Hull’s energy use and CO2 emissions 2012We are assessing and monitoring alternative forms of fuel. Weare actively investigating alternative sources of heat and powerto ensure that residents across the city benefit from moreefficient heat and power and this forms a key part of the CityPlan.

Hull is fast emerging as the investment focus for the energysector with Siemens in partnership with Associated BritishPorts investing £310m to develop an Offshore Wind Turbinemanufacturing facility in the City. This will directly create 1,000new jobs which will also create thousands more within thesupply chain and the construction industry.Nationally, domestic heat accounts for 25% of carbonemissions but 34% in Hull. Hull is one of eleven councilsworking with the Government and Energy TechnologiesInstitute to identify and develop long term heat solutions for thehousing sector so that residents can benefit from affordablelow carbon heat.

District heating network

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The Council is assessing the opportunity for the developmentof a district heating scheme in the City. We are looking atseveral areas in the City to see where a district heatingscheme may be viable. A district heating system providesheating and power to homes in a more efficient way deliveredto homes through pipes from a central energy centre. Thesystem can deliver heat at a lower cost than current heating inhomes from individual gas boilers.

The Council’s appointed contractor, Ramboll, completed initialfeasibility work (Phase 1) around the potential for districtheating in Orchard Park and provided their final report inSeptember 2014.The conclusion of this Phase 1 work is thatdistrict heating is technically feasible but is financiallychallenging and therefore will not be developed at the presenttime in Orchard Park. Ramboll have now begun city-widefeasibility work (Phase 3), looking to see what opportunitiesfor district heating there are in Hull, and to identify those areaswhich might benefit most from district heating.

Photovoltaics130 photovoltaics (PVs) were installed onto Council houses inprevious years and we are exploring options for restarting theproject and this may include broadening options for privateowners.

Focused area activityA key focus of our Housing and Neighbourhood RenewalStrategy is to focus on specific localities identified through arange of indicators as well as improving housing qualitythroughout the city. Priority renewal areas score highly againsta range of indicators which are factors in fuel poverty(including low household income, poorer health, and lowerlevels of employment) as well as including properties with

lower levels of energy efficiency and inherent defects includinghigher levels of homes without cavity walls and non traditionalbuild.

In adopting an Area Based Approach (ABA), we havedelivered ‘whole street’ regeneration improvements to theareas previously identified in our Area Action Plans namely,Newington and St Andrews Area Action Plan in West Hull andthe Holderness Road Corridor Area Action Plan in East Hull.These areas, which were in decline, received help including aprogramme of External Solid Wall Insulation combined with loftand cavity wall insulation to over 700 properties. Thisaccelerated the reduction of fuel poverty through a significantreduction in residents’ energy bills. The programme has beenfunded through a combination of: ECO Funding (npower),Clusters of Empty Homes Funding (DCLG) and Hull CityCouncil funding. The areas also benefited from Boundary WallImprovements. A previous programme of CESP / CERT saw

210 properties in the Boulevard area of Hull benefit from ESWIand boundary wall improvements.

This experience enabled the Affordable Warmth Partnership todeliver outcomes to Hull residents in these areas through thefollowing activities:• Identifying vulnerable groups and provision of assistance

to vulnerable groups who are at risk of fuel poverty;• Undertaking Energy Performance Certificates

assessments;• Undertaking occupancy assessments;

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• Raising awareness about available grants and benefits fortackling fuel poverty such as free loft insulation, and cavitywall insulation;

• Provision of assistance to residents not eligible forbenefits;

• Encouraging Warm Zone referrals to enable residents totake advantage of energy efficiency measures;

• Promoting financial inclusion and payment options.

Improving healthOur activities include working with public and voluntarypartners to deliver our Health and Wellbeing Strategy goalswith a Frailty and Social Isolation workstream establishedwhose work included running a Cold Alarm pilot in winter2014/15.

The Council’s Private Housing team continue to take action toremove category one Housing Health and Safety Hazards; asubstantial proportion of which are due to excess cold.

Development of energy efficient homesFrom 2012/13 to 2013/14 the Council and local housingassociations have delivered 270 new homes and eitherdirectly or through working with partners to improve andbrought backinto use 576 long term empty homes since 2012.

The Council has procured key strategic partners in the form ofdevelopers and registered providers to assist in the delivery of3000 new homes in Hull to meet need and aspiration witharound 40% new affordable homes for rent and 60% openmarket sale housing over a 13 year period.

Addressing Climate ChangeOur Climate Change Strategy Action Plan links to ourAffordable Warmth Strategy and we anticipate this evolvinginto an Affordable Home Comfort Strategy to address the needfor activities to cool homes as well as heat them as result ofincreasing temperatures Hull will experience an element of“heat island” effect but this may be dissipated to some extentby its proximity to the Humber Estuary and its ability to createa cooling effect on any heat island impact.The local authority will seek to work with Hull University tobetter understand how increased heat may affect the city.

ConclusionWe recognise we still have a lot to do to deliver affordablewarmth but will build on the work we have done to date.The action plan in the following pages describes action wehave taken since the 2013 further report and action we areplanning to take in the short to medium term.

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Key facts about people, homes and energy in Hull

Population (Source Census 2011)

• 257,600 people live in Hull in 112,596 households, with a median age of 36.• Largest age group is 20-24 years (24,200 people) One person households are in majority, constituting around 35% across

all age groups with 11.6% of households being single people aged 65+.

Income

• Average mean incomer in Hull based on Experian data is estimated to be £25,241 at 2014.• Around 31% of households in Hull are estimated to have an income of less than £15,000 in 2014 based on Experian data.• 35,770 people were in receipt of working age benefits at May 2014 and 14,080 Pension Credit claimants (May 2014)1.

Tenure

• Council Tax records show there are 118,269 dwellings in Hull at March 15.• Hull City Council provides 25,196 homes for rent but 239 are in the East Riding area, around 85, 000 homes are in the

private sector with the balance provided by housing associations.• The 2011 Census showed 50% of households were owner occupiers with 20% owning outright; 20% private tenants and

28% are social tenants with 21% being council tenants.

Key facts about homes

• Hull Warmzone’s UNO database of 73258 properties show 26,238 homes with solid walls: 17,788 or 68% are owneroccupied, 4,327 or 16% are privately rented, 2,889 or 11% are in Local Authority ownership; around 2% are owned byRegistered Social Landlords (RSLs) and 801 or 3% are unknown.

• No off-gas network areas in Hull but there are some properties which have only electric heating.• 3.9% of Hull households (4431) do not have central heating compared to 2.7% in England. (Census 2011).• Around 2736 or 60% of the 4431 homes without central heating are owner occupied (Census 2011) and 1125 or 25%

privately rented (Census 2011).• All Council homes met EPC rating of D at March 2014.• No Council property had category 1 excess cold hazard at March 2014 (this excludes properties where the tenant has

refused to have a new heating system installed).• Private Sector Stock Condition in 2009 estimated that around 12601 homes in the private sector are likely to have Category

One Housing, Health and Safety Hazards that relate to cold.• Since 2009 the Private Housing team have identified 1096 actual homes with hazards and removed 988 such hazards.

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Action Plan

The activities in our action plan illustrate the challenges we face in increasing energy efficiency in our residential homes. The progress andaction plan set out below detail how we will begin to address these challenges through improving data, accessing funding and working withpartners to identify and facilitate the best approach to our energy efficiency projects.

Objective Action Responsible Completiondate

Progress update Future opportunities

A. Local energy efficiency ambitions and priorities

1. To deliver ClimateLocal objectives

Publish deliveryplan

Hull CityCouncil

Summer 2013and annualupdate

First year report completedon progress of actions andYear 2 Plan produced.Annual Carbon Report areproduced which include theCouncil’s carbon emissionsannual report as well as theClimate Local Annual Report.

The Council’s commitmentto tackling climate changehas a national profile andincreases the Council’sreputation in this area.

2. To continue toimprove qualityand scope of datapurchased andheld by Hull WarmZone to supportdelivery of energyefficiencyprogrammes(EPCs)

Obtain 750 EPCs tosupport Green Dealassessment

Continue to obtainEPCs for anycouncil propertywhen it becomesvacant

Continue to compileand analyse datafrom DECC andenergy efficiencyprojects

Hull WarmZonePartnership

CompletedMarch – April2014

Ongoing

Ongoing

750 full Green DealAssessment completed withDECC funding as part ofGreen Deal Communities.

10,000 EPCs now lodgedwith Landmark (nationalregister of EPCs) for Hullboundary area; EPC analysiswill inform interventiondevelopment.

We will continue to obtainEPCs for any councilproperty when itbecomes vacant.

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Objective Action Responsible Completiondate

Progress update Future opportunities

B. Social housing1. Improve

energyefficiencywithin theHRA stock

Bricknell Avenue ImprovementProgramme - to provideexternal and internal insulationand associated energyefficiency works to 151 nontraditional homes

Future Council ESWI to bedelivered through energyefficiency partner.

To maintain the boiler lifecyclereplacement programmeincluding upgrades to A ratedboilers at a cost of around £3mper annum to 2020

Ongoing loft, cavity wall

Hull CityCouncil

2015 -2020 Contract mobilisation for ESWIto 151 Council properties early2015, with completion June2015.

A total of 3,000 properties havebeen assessed to receiveexternal solid wall insulationbetween 2015 and 2020 byworking together with ourenergy efficiency Partner.

We installed a total of 1220 Arated boilers between April2013 and end of Feb 2014. Afurther 1,600 boiler upgradeswill be completed in2014/15.We will continue witha cyclical programme toreplace boilers every 12 -14years with plans to replace1700 boilers each year from2015 to 2020.

A total of 1,200 loft insulationsand 245 Cavity wall insulationswere completed in the financial

To maximise the useof ECO funding tosupport thecontinuation of ESWIfor non traditionalstock across the city.

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insulation and heatingprogramme to pick up anyempty properties whereprevious tenant refused work

Increased provision of energyefficient homes in the HRAstock be new build andimprovement works to longterm empty homes

year 2013/14. Insulation workcontinues to target the moredifficult to access propertiesand aims to complete a further1,000 loft top ups and 180cavity wall insulations in theyear to March 2015.

We have undertaken work toimprove the energy efficiencyof our permanent gypsy andtraveller sites. As part of thecurrent refurbishmentprogramme each of the utilityblocks has been supplied withnew double glazed windows,new energy efficient lightingand where required, newenergy efficient hot watertanks. All permanent travellerpitches are supplied with mainselectricity only, no mains gas isfed into the sites.

46 new homes were added tothe HRA stock in 2014/15 and127 long term empty homes inthe HRA stock were broughtback into use since April 2013to March 2015

414 new Councilhomes will be builtbetween 2015 and2018 and 200 longterm empty homesrefurbished andbrought back into usein the period 2015-18.

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2. Supportother socialhousingproviders toincreaseenergyefficiency oftheir stock

Local housing associationshave secured funding to deliver1364 new build or refurbishedsocial rented homes over theperiod 2011/12 to 2015/16.This includes over 200 extracare units through aDepartment of Health PrivateFinance Initiative, new energyefficient council homes andrefurbishment work to around265 empty private sectorhomes to then be let as socialrented housing

Over the next two yearspartner housing associationswill deliver:

Riverside Housing Group 28new homes to SustainableHomes Code Level 3

Places for People anadditional 48 homes to CodeLevel 3 between 2012/13and 2013/14Places for People Project tothe Spring Bank Area ofHull. Willmott Dixon is thecontractor and Hull Warm

Housingstrategy andRenewal andregisteredproviders

Summer2015

Between April 2013 and March2015, a total of 270 homeswere completed by our keystrategic social housingpartners at different sites in theEast and West part of the city.This was far in excess of our2013/14 target, which was atotal of 156 homes. All theproperties met Code Level 3standards.

We facilitated the Departmentof Health Care and SupportedHousing grant funding andprovided land to enable anadditional15 homes to be builtto Code Level 3 by Pickeringand Ferens Homes.

At least 1200 newaffordable homes builtto Code level 3 will bedelivered over the 13year period from2015.

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Zone managed the ECOClaims.120 propertiesmixture of ESWI andInternal Wall Insulation (IWI)to ensure sympathetictreatment of propertiesWindows and doorsreplaced with energyefficient alternativesSome new heating systemswere also installed.

Sanctuary Housing Associationto build around 50 new homesto Code level 3 in 2013/14 to2014/15Chevin Housing Group willprovide 30 new homes to CodeLevel 3 in 2013/14 and afurther 26 in 2014/15

Objective Action Responsible Completiondate

Progress update Future opportunities

C. Private Housing1 Access funding

to providemeasures for lowincomehouseholds and

Submit proposals tofuture fundingschemes to improve& increaseaffordable warmth

Warm Zone &HCC PrivateHousing Team

ongoing Approx £2,000,000 fundinghas been drawn down viaECO to support EnergyEfficiency Programmes vianpower.

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areas throughECO etc

2. Continue tosupport effectivereferral networksbetween frontlineagencies

Deliver Hotspottraining to partners

Hull Warm Zone On-going A total of 511 staff fromstatutory and voluntarysector organisations haveso far been trained on howto recognise fuel povertyand its impacts onvulnerable households, aswell as referral intospecialist services.

A new integrated health carecentre in East Hull willfacilitate the strengthening ofthe existing networksbetween Hull Warm Zone andother partners, therebyincreasing the potential for abetter referral process forthose living in fuel poverty.

3. Removal ofcategory onehazards due toextreme cold

160 category onehazards due toextreme coldremoved per year

Private Housing On-going Private housingenvironmental health hasremoved 185 excess coldcategory 1 hazards betweenSept 2013 and Jan 2015.

4 Promotion ofhigher code levelbuild foraffordable homeownership

Facilitate thedevelopment ofSelworthy Close siteto Code forSustainable Homeslevel 5 for AffordableHome Ownership.

Housing Strategyand Renewal -Partnerships andDevelopment.

We are exploring options toensure that this proposalcan be viable andsustainable for the city.

Objective Action Responsible Completiondate

Progress update Futureopportunities

D. Activities across all tenures1. Promote energy Procure a Green Deal Hull City Council Spring 2015 Our Partner will deliver

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efficiencymeasuresthrough GreenDeal and ECO

partner to deliverstructural improvement,where appropriate, andsolid wall insulation to3,000 council propertiesalongside improvement toprivate sector propertieseither fully funded throughECO / Green Deal fundingor a loan product

Approximately 350 councilproperties are scheduledto benefit from ESWI in2015 – 2016 in thePreston Road andOrchard Park areas of thecity. The remainingproperties will bedelivered over the next 5years

Green Deal/ECOPartner and Hull WarmZone partnership (HullWarm Zone to facilitateenergy efficiencyassessments, EPCs,Householder DataNotification Sign up aswell as provide generalcustomer liaison)

2015-2020

energy efficiency andneighbourhood improvementsup to 3,000 Council ownedproperties with the possibilityof additional Right toBuy/Private Properties withinthe programme.

2. Encourage takeup of renewableenergy options

Increase take up of feedin tariff scheme wherethese are financially viable

Hull City Council andpartners

Ongoing 130 domestic PV installationswere made in Council homesand 729 in the private sectorbefore the governmentchanges to feed in tariff. Weare currently exploringoptions to restart theprogramme.

3 Increase number Identify ways to increase Hull City Council and On-going The two area action plans for We will

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of zero carbonhomes anddelivery ofminimum energyefficiencystandard for newhomes asrequired bynational zerocarbon homespolicy andamendments tothe Planning andEnergy Act 2008through theDeregulation Bill2015.

viability in Hull andsupport pilot projects

partners. the Holderness Road Corridorand the Newington and StAndrews areas containadopted policies that apply aminimum code of level 3,working towards zero carbonin parts of East and west Hull.

encourage thebuilding anddelivery of zerocarbon homeswhen viabilityallows andcomply withnational zerocarbon homespolicy to bepublished in2016.

4. Increasehouseholdincome of fuelpoor households

(a) Provide trainingthrough Hotspot project topartners to ensurevulnerable fuel poorhouseholds are identifiedand referred on forassistance(b) Deliver energy bestdeal training so that fuelpoor households canmake informed decisions.

Hull City Council, HullWarm Zone andCustomer Services(Financial Inclusion)

On-going Hull Warm Zone works withapproximately 54 statutoryand voluntary sector partnersdelivering Hotspots trainingsessions which cover fuelpoverty, causes and impacts.

Hull City Council CustomerServices team has beencontracted to deliver ‘BestDeal’ training between

Progress to bemonitoredthrough the Anti-Poverty Group.

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Collective energy switchscheme to enableresidents to accesscheapest energy supplier.

October 2014 and April 2015.The aim is to promotefinancial literacy and bestdeals in energy prices toresidents.15 different voluntary sectororganisations have beentrained under 'Best Deal', anequivalent of 100 people.

Series of Energy Switchevents have been scheduledup to February 2015.

Support is available toresidents to negotiate theirenergy debt.

There are currently 600people on our Energy Switchregister. 1,500 have switched;average savings in Hull is£220.

By providing advice to theircustomers, The GreenProsperity Project reinforcesthe work being done by HullCity Council CustomerServices by supportingresidents to switch to cheaperenergy tariffs. They have

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equally demonstrated that asavings of £96 to £544 perannum is achievable.

5. Roll out of smartmeter installation

Hull City Council andPartners

On-going Smart meters have beenfitted in 2 pilot areas(Southcoates East andLonghill) and there has beena 100% take up of themonitors. We anticipate thatsuccess will be dependentupon the amount of fuel usereduction that it prompts.

Smart meterswill be rolled outnationally from2015 to 2019.

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Signature

Name: Laura Carr

Position: City Neighbourhoods and Housing Manager

Date: 30th March 2015

Submission of next progress report: 31st March 2017

For further information, please contact:Strategy and Renewal TeamNeighbourhoods and HousingHull City ServicesKingston HouseBond StreetHullHU1 3ER01482 300300Housing.policystrategy@hullcc.gov.uk

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Glossary

Term DefinitionArea BasedApproach(ABA)

The Community Energy SavingProgramme (CESP), which was introducedin 2009 had an area-based approach. Thisincluded information on specificapproaches adopted locally to deliver thescheme. It also included Local Authorityrole and expectations; partnerships toinform delivery and other ways of achievingsuccess. This approach has continued toinform subsequent energy efficiencyprogrammes.

Category OneHazard

Housing Health & Safety Rating Systemevaluates potential risk to health and safetyin dwellings. Hazards are scored andgrouped into Category and 2. Category 1hazards include excess cold anddampness/mould.

CommunityEnergy SavingProgramme(CESP)

The Community Energy SavingProgramme (CESP) required gas andelectricity suppliers and electricitygenerators to deliver energy savingmeasures to domestic consumers inspecific low income areas of Great Britain.CESP was designed to promote a 'wholehouse' approach and to treat as many

properties as possible in defined areas.The programme ran to December 2012and is replaced by ECO and Green Deal.

Code forSustainableHomes

The code for sustainable homes is thenational standard for the sustainabledesign and construction of new homes. Itaims to reduce carbon emissions andpromote higher standards of sustainabledesign above the current minimumstandards set out by the buildingregulations.

Coronary HeartDisease (CHD)

Coronary heart disease (CHD) is whenyour coronary arteries (the arteries thatsupply your heart muscle with oxygen-richblood) become narrowed by a gradualbuild-up of fatty material within their walls.

Risk factors include but not limited to thefollowing:

• Smoking• High blood pressure• High blood cholesterol• Diabetes• Being physically inactive• Being overweight or obese

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• Family history of heart disease• Ethnic background• Sex - men are more likely to

develop CHD at an earlier age thanwomen.

The older you are, the more likely you areto develop CHD.

Eco Homes Eco home is the domestic version of aBREEAM assessment which sets thestandard for best practice in sustainablebuilding design, construction and operationand measures of a building'senvironmental performance. Eco homeshave now been incorporated into the Codefor Sustainable Homes.

EnergyCompanyObligation(ECO)

ECO creates a legal obligation on certainenergy suppliers to improve the energyefficiency of domestic households throughthe establishment of three targets:Carbon Emission Reduction Targetaddresses hard to treat homes and,measures that cannot be fully fundedthrough the Green Deal as they do notmeet the ‘golden rule’. Solid wall insulationand hard-to-treat cavity wall insulation arethe main measures under this target. Otherinsulation measures and connections todistrict heating systems can also be

included as part of a package that includesthe main measuresCarbon Savings Community TargetFocuses on the provision of insulationmeasures and connections to districtheating systems to domestic energy usersthat live within an area of low income. Thistarget has a sub-target, which states that15% of each supplier’s Carbon SavingsCommunity Obligation must be achievedby promoting measures to domestic energyusers living in rural areas which do notapply to Hull.Home Heating Cost Reduction TargetRequires energy suppliers to providemeasures which improve the ability of lowincome and vulnerable households toaffordably heat their homes via thepromotion of heat qualifying actions whichare installations of measures that will resultin cost savings; or the replacement orrepair of a qualifying boiler.

EnergyEfficiency

The use of as little energy as possible toachieve heat and power. Minimisingwasted energy and money usingmeasures, which reduce the amount ofelectricity and/or gas, required to heat andpower a home.

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EnergyPerformanceCertificate(EPC)

An EPC contains:

• information about a property’senergy use and typical energy costs

• recommendations about how toreduce energy use and save money

An EPC gives a property an energyefficiency rating from A (most efficient) to G(least efficient) and is valid for 10 years.

Energy Switch Collective purchase of energy by a largenumber of local residents which enablesnegotiation of energy suppliers to providethe best price as a result of masspurchasing. The Council undertakes thenegotiation with energy providers andprovides advice and assistance toresidents.

Excess WinterDeaths (EWDs)

Is the ratio of extra deaths from all causesthat occur in the winter months (December- March) compared with the expectednumber of deaths during non-wintermonths (August – November and April toJuly).

Fuel Poverty Where a combination of poor housingconditions and low income mean that thehousehold cannot afford sufficient warmthfor health and comfort. The widelyaccepted definition of fuel poverty is where

a household needs to spend 10% or moreof income to meet fuel costs. However, arevised definition that compares costrelative to other households in the area isproposed.

Green Deal Energy-saving improvements to homesand businesses without having to pay allthe costs up front through the Green Deal.Energy-saving improvements includeinsulation e.g. loft or cavity wall insulation,heating, draught-proofing, double glazing,renewable energy technologies e.g. solarpanels or wind turbines.

Hot SpotScheme

The scheme is a partnership including HullCity Council, Humberside Fire and Rescue,the Pension Service, NHS Hull, Age UK,and Hull Warm Zone. Hotspots arrangesfor residents to be referred to the HullWarm Zone scheme through which theycan receive grants towards central heating,cavity wall and loft insulation, as well asproviding a range of related support suchas energy efficiency tips and benefitsadvice.

Joint StrategicNeedsAssessment(JSNA)

The Joint Strategic Needs Assessment(JSNA) assesses the current and futurehealth, care and well-being needs of thepeople of Hull, carried out jointly by NHSHull and Hull City Council, the joint

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responsibility of the Director of PublicHealth, Director of Children’s Services andthe Director of Adult Social Services.A JSNA is defined in the Department ofHealth guidance (Department of Health2007) as a “systematic method forreviewing the health and wellbeing needsof a population, leading to agreedcommissioning priorities that will improvehealth and wellbeing outcomes and reduceinequalities”.

Low IncomeHigh Costindicator(LIHC)

This measure considers households to befuel poor if they require fuel costs that areabove average national median level whichleaves them with a residual income that isbelow the official poverty line (DECC,2013).

Photovoltaics(PVs)

Photovoltaics are used to convert solarenergy into electric power. They make useof solar cells to produce direct current soas to power equipment or to recharge abattery.

StandardAssessmentProcedure(SAP)

The Government's standard for homeenergy rating. SAP ratings provide anindicator of the efficiency of energy use forspace and water heating in new andexisting dwellings. SAP 2009 methodologyis based on an assessment of SAP ratingsexpressed on a scale of 1 (poor) to 100

(excellent). SAP assessment methodologyis subject to change

Smart Metersand real timedisplay units

Energy suppliers will fit smart meters tohomes by 2019. Smart meters collectinformation about energy use in the homeelectronically without the need for theoccupier or the energy supplier to takemeter readings. They have a device whichallows data to be read remotely anddisplayed on a device inside the home ortransmitted securely externally. Smartmeters can also receive informationremotely from your energy supplier, suchas updates on tariff information.An in-home display (IHD) unit will also beprovided along with smart meters as part ofthe programme which provides up-to-datereal-time information on how much gas andelectricity used. The display will alsopresent historical information onconsumption so that comparisons can bemade with current and past use.

StandardisedMortality Ratio(SMRs)

The SMR<75 is an indicator of the healthof the whole population, and hence theneed for public health. The SMR<75 is ameasure of how many more of fewerdeaths there are in a local area comparedwith the national average, having adjustedfor the differences between the age profile

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of the local areas compared with thenational average.

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