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arbed : Strategic Energy Performance Investment Programme Steven Heath. www.cymru.gov.uk. Strategic Objectives for arbed Fuel Poverty Reduction Carbon Reduction Support all aspects of the energy efficiency / renewables supply chain & contractually oblige targeted recruitment & training.
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arbed: Strategic Energy Performance Investment Programme Steven Heath www.cymru.gov.uk
Strategic Objectives for arbed • Fuel Poverty Reduction • Carbon Reduction • Support all aspects of the energy efficiency / renewables supply chain & contractually oblige targeted recruitment & training Phase 1 £30m funded mostly from SCIF CCW - £20m, Regen - £8m, DECC/SJ -£2m What for? Whole house; street-by-street; whole community/mixed tenure approach to install measures following the energy hierarchy
arbed -Estimated benefits phase 1 • Accurate figures will be available after the March delivery date. • No of households helped through arbed funding –6000 • Leveraged funding c£25m • (inc. c£15m WHQS & c£10m energy supplier obligations, other) • No of households helped including likely leveraged funding – 1750 • a high proportion of the contractors are Wales-based – businesses solely based in Wales and businesses with a large employment base in Wales) • Wales-based businesses are present throughout the supply-chain, from manufacturing to installation and scheme management. • Several Welsh SMEs have become MCS accredited through arbed - on occasion they have been mentored through the process by other SMEs • TR&T reports are encouraging, especially through jobmatch
Geographical limits to Arbed phase 1 • Swansea • Western Valleys • Heads of the Valleys • North Wales Coast • Mon a Menai • Aberystwyth (New) • Barry (New) • + CESP
arbed Phase 2 • Phase 2 is currently awaiting approval from the Welsh European Funding Office • Funding - c£30m ERDF + match over 4 years • Delivery mechanism – Scheme managers + installer framework (WEFO not permit grant funding) • Project identification – LAs after consulting with HAs nominate 2 projects each (programme, but not necessarily individual projects, should be tenure blind) • Project selection –arbed team score projects. Points for proportion of solid walled properties / off gas properties / levels of deprivation etc.
Local Government / Social landlord programmes Welsh Assembly Government UK Government / Energy supplier obligation Demand led Area based Demand led Area based Wales wide Area based Home Energy Efficiency Scheme (HEES) New Fuel Poverty Scheme (April 2011) arbed Phase 1 arbed Phase 2? (April 2011) CERT Feed in Tariff Renewable heat incentive? Green deal? ECO? Local Area Renewal schemes Community Energy Saving Programme (CESP) ECO - Son of CERT & CESP (end of 2012) Welsh Housing Quality Standard (WHQS) Programmes influencing the energy efficiency agenda in existing homes