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Energy Action Conference 2012 Nick Sheward, Technical Director

Energy Action Conference 2012 Nick Sheward, Technical Director. Outline of Presentation. Introduction to Clúid Stock Profile Tenant Profile Problems Solutions. Clúid Housing Association. “Approved Housing Body” Approved status 1994 Capital Grants – over 90% CLSS

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Energy Action Conference 2012 Nick Sheward, Technical Director

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  1. Energy Action Conference 2012 Nick Sheward, Technical Director

  2. Outline of Presentation • Introduction to Clúid • Stock Profile • Tenant Profile • Problems • Solutions

  3. Clúid Housing Association • “Approved Housing Body” • Approved status 1994 • Capital Grants – over 90% CLSS • Tenants referred by Local Authority • Differential Rents – minimum €10/wk

  4. Current Profile of Stock • First scheme into management 1996 • Now manage circa 4,800 properties from 3 regional centers • 3,600 owned and managed • 1,200 managed on behalf of 3rd party

  5. Clúid Housing Association • Variety of procurement paths. • Build – Traditional • Buy – Part 5; D&B; Acquisition • Lease – LA Affordables; PSL

  6. Current Profile of Stock

  7. Tenant Profile • 83% General Needs • 12% Sheltered Housing for the Elderly • 2% “OPD’s” • 2% other Special Needs

  8. Current Tenant Profile (2009) • 21% Unemployed / Available for Work • 21% Unable to Work • 19% Retired • 15% Part Time Employment • 13% Full Time Employment • 5% FAS Scheme/Training • 3% Full Time Education • 2% Self Employed • 1% ‘Doing Something Else”!

  9. Current Tenant Profile (2009) • Summary: • 61% are not in employment • 30% are in employment • 8% in education or training • 1% doing something else!

  10. Current Tenant Profile 2011 • Average rent €47.05 • Average household income of €285/wk • 10% rule indicates significant risk of fuel poverty (Avge weekly spend on energy in 2006 €33.98)

  11. Energy Performance of Stock • Characterized as ‘modern’ • Should be a positive, but…

  12. Energy Performance of Stock

  13. Energy Performance of Stock

  14. Energy Performance of Stock

  15. Energy Performance of Stock

  16. Energy Performance of Stock

  17. Energy Performance of Stock • Should be a positive, but… • Nearly 40% apartments • Nearly 55% stock not designed by Clúid • Expansion at height of boom • Issues with opinions on compliance and regulatory system

  18. Retrofit Programme – Priority? • Age (Access to grant aid) • Comparison between actual BER and Indicative BER • Other? • Programme is a work in progress

  19. 1. Access to Grant Aid • Warmer Homes Scheme • HES / Better Energy Homes • “Low hanging fruit” - • Cavity Fill • Loft Insulation • Lagging

  20. 1. Access to Grant Aid • 958 units 2010 and 2011 • 281 units under BEH in 2012 • 566 units in 2013? • 229 others • Over 1500 not eligible for grant

  21. 2. BER Comparison

  22. 2. BER Comparison

  23. 2. BER Comparison

  24. 2. BER Comparison

  25. 2. BER Comparison

  26. 2. BER Comparison

  27. 3 Tenant Body • Elderly? • Special Needs? • General Needs? • Potentially all at risk…

  28. 4. Form of Heating • Electric • Oil • Gas • Biomass

  29. ‘Deep Retrofit’ • Pilot on 3 properties

  30. Solutions – Issue of Funding? • Mostly “Yes”… • But sometimes “No”!

  31. Issue of Funding? • ‘Pay as you save’? • Feed in Tariffs for micro-generation • Social Tariff

  32. Issue of Funding? - New stock • Revised Part L / Regulatory Framework • Private Finance – Acquisitions • Grant assistance for ‘new technologies’

  33. Issue of Funding? - Retrofit • Mixture of funding - Grants, Clúid and possibly tenant funding • Continue with BEH scheme – not WHS • Cavity fill AND external / internal insulation grants • Review eligibility age • Alternative model to PAYS?

  34. Thank You

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