Social housing case studies
London Borough of Camden
Worcester Environment 2020 winner 2008
With the aim of turning existing homes into energy efficient ones, Camden Council turned one of its existing properties, within the Camden Square Conservation Area, into an EcoHouse to see how other similar properties in Camden could benefit from an eco refurbishment…
Cymdeithas Tai Eryri
Worcester Environment 2020 winner 2008
Cymdeithas Tai Eryri in partnership with Gwynedd Council has developed a series of ‘green’ low carbon terraced houses in Eithinog, Bangor, North Wales…
Stroud District Council
Stroud District Council has recently begun a trialling initiative with a number of its properties using Worcester’s Greensource air to air heat pumps to provide heating for tenants in flats and bungalows…
South Yorkshire Housing Association
Worcester Environment 2020 winner 2007
Canklow is an important regeneration development for 2007 and is being developed in partnership with Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council with work onsite already in progress. The aim for Canklow is to try to change the current…
Bourneville Village Trust
Worcester Environment 2020 winner 2007
Bournville Village Trust and Bournville Architects worked together to bring this project to fruition. As part of Bournville Village Trust’s “Green Team” initiative a sub-group of three volunteers was set up to explore and develop an Eco-friendly…
Birmingham City Council
Worcester Environment 2020 winner 2007
Birmingham City Council is currently seeking the budget to convert hundreds of its homes to using renewable technology as part of a far wider initiative to cut energy use across the region and reduce its residents’ mounting fuel bills…
Neath and Port Talbot Borough Council
Worcester Environment 2020 winner 2007
Warm Wales is a community interest company established to help fight fuel poverty. Working with Neath Port Talbot Borough Council, £11million was secured to undertake an energy assessment of all the homes in the borough, provide a detailed survey of…
Wolverhampton City Council
Worcester Bosch and Wolverhampton City Council have developed a partnership over several years which will see over 1800 boilers fitted year on year until 2008. These boilers are currently SEDBUK Band D but will change up to SEDBUK Band A as part of the partnership in time for the industry Part L regulation changes. Both Worcester Bosch and Wolverhampton City…
Beechdale Community Housing Association
For a manufacturer at the forefront of condensing boilers, Worcester Bosch believes the development of partnerships with Housing Associations is one of the best ways of improving the SAP energy rating of the UK’s housing stock…
Hereford Housing
Like many providers of public sector housing, Herefordshire Housing Ltd, a ‘not for profit’ housing company, is responding to the new building regulations which call for an increase in the basic SAP rating of the UK’s housing stock. It is true that, like some housing providers, it’s due to refurbish many of its properties anyway, including the heating system,…
Newcastle upon Tyne City Council
When the first combination boilers were developed they met with a fair degree of suspicion within the heat system industry. Indeed a number of myths were quickly established about their supposed tendency to cause radiator noise and the ability of condensing models to maintain optimum efficiency. But like any…
HA and manufacturer partnerships do work
Over the last few years Mike Kay, director of asset management at South Somerset Homes, (SSH) has made numerous presentations to other housing associations about the benefits of partnering with manufacturers and plan maintenance contractors. He says: “Unless housing associations are prepared to share examples of best practice it’s impossible to…
Birmingham City Council
Britain’s second city which also has arguably the biggest social housing stock in Europe, has embarked on a strategy of installing solar thermal hot water systems wherever the size of property indicates there is a significant economic and environmental benefit to be derived…
London Borough of Greenwich
The latest figures show that more than six out of ten Greenwich homes now meet the Decent Homes standard. This means they are safer, warmer and more secure than ever before…
Merton rule at Worcester’s environment awards
Earlier this year, we saw the seventh annual Environment 2010 Gala Awards hosted by Worcester, part of the Bosch Group, to reward those in the heating and plumbing industry who are committed to conserving the environment…
Tai Clwyd Housing Association
A joint project between Gwynedd Council and Tai Clwyd Housing Association has seen four affordable homes with Greenskies solar panels completed in Maes y Pandy, Llanuwchllyn (pronounced Schan-ilch-lin) near Bala…
Walsall Housing Group
Walsall Housing Group (WHG) is a group of non-profit making companies providing good quality, affordable housing for the local communities that make up Walsall.
Established in March 2003 as a result of a transfer from Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council following a positive vote by existing tenants, WHG has 20,700 homes located over five local trust areas organised within a group structure, led by Walsall Housing Trust….
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