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Successful Scheme Integration: Learning from Energy Efficiency Partnerships

Explore the key factors for achieving successful scheme integration in the field of domestic energy and fuel poverty. Learn from research commissioned by the Energy Efficiency Partnership for homes, including case studies and discussions on best practices. Discover the benefits of integrating multiple funding sources and services to meet UK targets.

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Successful Scheme Integration: Learning from Energy Efficiency Partnerships

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  1. Impetus Consulting How to Achieve Successful Scheme Integration Bryony Mathie

  2. Impetus Consulting Overview • Learn from research commissioned by the Energy Efficiency Partnership for homes • Guidance on how to achieve scheme integration • Case studies • Discussion – exploring the issues • Summary of recent workshop sessions • The way forward

  3. Impetus Consulting Background • Domestic energy and/or fuel poverty objectives, with funding or services from more than one source • LAOG commissioned research • On-the-ground practitioners • 2 reports produced • Making Integration Work’ • What examples of good practice in scheme integration already exist? • What can be learnt from these cases to facilitate successful integration?

  4. Impetus Consulting Why Integrate? Save Agency • Overcome gaps in provision • A number of benefits • Enable the UK to meet targets Solar Grants Innovation programme SRB Clear Skies EEC Neighbourhood renewal EEACs Objective 1 Warm Front

  5. Impetus Consulting Levels of integration • Fragmentation: • No coordination between schemes • Relationships between streams of provision are random • Signposting Model • Client contacts local coordinating agency • Organisation operating specific scheme contacts client carries out work • Limited integration • Coordinating agency works with providers so that funding or services from different streams can flow into the same household. • Full integration • Coordinating agency manages the total intervention process itself (may be one of the main providers rather than a separate agency)

  6. Impetus Consulting Achieving good practice Research identified that careful attention to design and operation in the following areas : • Management and operations • Quality assurance • Client follow-up • Monitoring and development • Cost and cost-benefit issues • Aims and targets • Coverage • Partnership arrangements • Measures and services integrated • Funding • Marketing and take-up

  7. Impetus Consulting Home Health Initiative • Cornwall Sustainable Energy Partnership (CSEP) • Domestic Energy and Health Task Group • Features: • Multi-agency approach • Strategic approach • High participation rates • Pragmatic approach to roll-out

  8. Impetus Consulting Home Health Initiative • Outcomes: • During pilot 62% homes surveyed received at least one installed measure; • Measures installed for 85% of community referrals. • With rollout: • Estimated over 3000 homes will receive at least one measure April 2003-March 2006; • Annual energy savings over 3.5m kWh/yr; • CO2 emissions reduced by over 211 tC/yr.

  9. Impetus Consulting Investing in Energy • West Lothian Council • EEC social sector combined with private sector home repairs programme • Features: • Significant economies through use of same contractors • Unique advice shop feature with range of services • Highly effective

  10. Impetus Consulting Fenland Integrated Energy Programme (FIEP) • Fenland District Council and Anglia West EEAC • Features: • Progressively expanded • Innovative Energy Tax Credit scheme • Tackles coverage gaps • Wider sustainability agenda

  11. Impetus Consulting Warm and Well • Severn Wye Energy Agency • Features: • Health Practitioner referral • Consortium approach • Emphasis on monitoring and reviewing • Unique GEEG energy grant • Highly replicable

  12. Impetus Consulting Achieving good practice Research identified that careful attention to design and operation in the following areas : • Management and operations • Quality assurance • Client follow-up • Monitoring and development • Cost and cost-benefit issues • Sustainability • Aims and targets • Coverage • Partnership arrangements • Measures and services integrated • Funding • Marketing and take-up

  13. Impetus Consulting Aims and targets • Set clear aims and, where possible, quantitative targets for the scheme overall and for individual interventions

  14. Impetus Consulting Aims and targets Fenland Integrated Energy Programme: • Aims include: • Social, economic and environmental benefits through sustainable projects • Affordable warmth for all throughout the district • Targets set through HECA strategy and include a fuel poverty reduction target of 30% and CO2 reduction of 20% by 2010

  15. Impetus Consulting Coverage • Pay close attention to coverage • Consider: • Geographical level • Eligibility rules • Prioritisation rules • Volume of work • Timeframe

  16. Impetus Consulting Coverage • Investing in Energy Programme • Wide and prioritised coverage • Covering whole region on a roll-out basis • House condition survey overlaid with data from the advice shop • Home Health Initiative • Only eligibility criteria was being resident in the target area • Traditionally hard to reach groups were successful targeted

  17. Impetus Consulting Partnerships • Evolve local energy efficiency and fuel poverty work through nurtured partnerships that involve key local agencies

  18. Impetus Consulting Partnerships • Warm and Well • Origins in the Affordable Warmth Strategy for Gloucestershire and South Gloucestershire • Consortium approach for all seven local authorities • Investing in Energy • Partnership meeting initially every 2 weeks now monthly • Partnership reviews progress, quality and development

  19. Impetus Consulting Measures and services • Design packages of measures and services that are sufficiently comprehensive to meet scheme aims and targets

  20. Impetus Consulting Measures and services • Gloucestershire Warm and Well • Unique GEEG makes range of measures available • Represents a positive step towards a coherent county-wide approach

  21. Impetus Consulting Funding • Make acquiring funding the central priority of any scheme and clearly link it to the scheme strategy

  22. Impetus Consulting Funding CSEP’s Home Health project • Funding from a range of sources e.g. • EAGA Warm Front Grants • British Gas – ‘Here to Help’ scheme • Neighbourhood Renewal Fund • EST’s Innovation Programme • Kerrier Homes Trust • Penwith Housing Association • Home Office Safer Communities Initiative • New Opportunities SEED fund • RSLs contributed 50% to works on their properties

  23. Impetus Consulting Marketing and take-up • Use creative and systematic approaches to marketing and publicity to gain the attention and interest of the target clients. • 3 approaches: • Publicity driven; • Street-by-street personal contact, and • Referral schemes.

  24. Impetus Consulting Marketing and take-up Home Health Initiative • Extensive publicity through local media and community events • Referral network • Result: exceptionally high take up of measures

  25. Impetus Consulting Management and operations • Ensure efficient day-to-day operations • Information systems to track project and keep partners up-to-date

  26. Impetus Consulting Management and operations • Home Health Initiative • Good coordination of referrals with follow up • Database of client contacts and key partners • Key partners in adjacent offices

  27. Impetus Consulting Other Elements • Implement a system of quality assurance to maintain the credibility of the project • Incorporate client follow-up in scheme design and operation to assess impact of intervention • Monitor scheme against aims and targets set and develop in light of this • Invest time in addressing cost effectiveness issues

  28. Impetus Consulting Achieving good practice Research identified that careful attention to design and operation in the following areas : • Management and operations • Quality assurance • Client follow-up • Monitoring and development • Cost and cost-benefit issues • Sustainability • Aims and targets • Coverage • Partnership arrangements • Measures and services integrated • Funding • Marketing and take-up

  29. Impetus Consulting Discussion • Issues? • Solutions? • Barriers?

  30. Summary of regional workshops • 10 regional workshops in England and Wales held at HECA forums • Opportunity to discuss individual schemes • Identifying main barriers, including: • Ring-fenced funding • Lack of resources • Insufficient data • Identifying opportunities • Using the HECA forums • Partnerships • Community Strategies

  31. Impetus Consulting Taking it forward • Review current schemes operating in the local area with energy efficiency/fuel poverty aims; • Identify current gaps in coverage and eligibility; • Raise internal awareness to secure senior level support; • Bring together potential partners, and • Make the most of the guidance available to plan action.

  32. Impetus Consulting Further information For briefing note, case studies and presentation, contact Practical help: T: 0870 241 2089 F: 0870 130 8831 W: www.practicalhelp.org.uk E: info@practicalhelp.org.uk

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