Mears Group — a trusted provider of specialist housing services in Scotland — announces the acquisition of IRT, which operates in the carbon reduction space.
There are significant opportunities in the structurally growing field of carbon reduction, which will be complementary to the services already provided by Mears. The requirement to decarbonise an ageing housing stock, especially in affordable housing, is accelerating in the current environment given the significant increases in energy costs, and the agenda to meet the Scottish Government’s targets of achieving net zero by 2045.
Key benefits
- The DREam software enables Mears to develop intelligent retrofit plans for its clients swiftly, which means it can reduce the energy bills of vulnerable clients much more quickly.
- By introducing this data-led solution Mears is strengthening its carbon deduction offer with in-house expertise and capacity on stock modelling and Thermal imaging.
- The DREam software helps enable our clients access funding to get works done.
Executive Director Alan Long (pictured above) commented: “Mears are pleased to announce the acquisition of IRT which means we now have the in-house capacity to develop intelligent retrofit plans for our clients whilst meaning we can assess the carbon reduction needs of any new properties entering our management portfolio.
“The technology from IRT was used to win three contracts under the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund earlier this year, highlighting that this is a tested formula for successful future bids with our clients.
“With IRT joining the Mears team we are combining two companies with over 50 years’ experience in their respective markets whilst boosting the Mears presence as one of the UK’s experts in carbon reduction.”
