More than 500 North East Derbyshire Homes are warmer and cheaper after work to improve their energy efficiency.
Rykneld Homes has worked closely with its principal contractor Sustainable Business Services (UK) Ltd (SBS) to deliver the scheme installing external wall insulation and other retrofit measures to homes in North East Derbyshire District Council’s social housing stock.
The outcome is a reduction in the carbon footprint of the homes by 966 tonnes a year – an amount which is the equivalent to driving 8.9 million miles in an average petrol car.
The works are part of a wider Rykneld Homes project that will ultimately see 640 homes retrofitted with external wall insulation. The insulation will reduce the amount of heat escaping homes, leading to a reduction in energy use.
The project is part of a two-year programme to deliver EWI and other works to 640 council owned non-traditional homes, with the support of £8.2m from the Government’s Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund (SHDF).
Non-traditional housing makes up 40% of NEDDC’s stock and incorporates any type of building that is not built with brick or stone walls and with tile or slate roofs. The homes, which are considered ‘hard to treat’ properties have low energy efficiency ratings.
North East Derbyshire District Council and Rykneld capital investment has topped up money received from SHDF, which was set up to enhance the energy efficiency of socially rented homes.
Niall Clark, Director of Customer and Strategic Partnerships and Deputy MD at Rykneld Homes, said: “Improving the homes our customers live in is a priority for us. The feedback we have had from customers so far has been really positive, we are looking forward to making further progress on this and other schemes that will make our properties the best homes they can be.
Further investment from the Council, together with opportunities from the upcoming Wave 3 Warm homes programme and further external funding opportunities, will hopefully allow this type of work to continue through to 2027 for other homes in the district.”
