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Hard to Treat Homes

Hard to Treat Homes. Bracknell Forest Borough Council. Definition. Hard to Treat homes are non cavity wall construction, These homes represent 10% of the stock in our area. These include Solid walls ( pre 1920) Mobile homes- “Cornish” – half cavity top tiled/wooden fascia

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Hard to Treat Homes

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  1. Hard to Treat Homes Bracknell Forest Borough Council

  2. Definition • Hard to Treat homes are non cavity wall construction, • These homes represent 10% of the stock in our area. These include • Solid walls ( pre 1920) • Mobile homes- • “Cornish” – half cavity top tiled/wooden fascia • Wimpey no fines (pebbledash finish) • Bridge Flats- cold under floor

  3. The Scheme • Feasibility funding with EST • Partnerships between • BFBC • WDC • MGC • TVEEAC • Osbourne Energy with EDF Utility

  4. The Scheme • Identify properties • Marketing to householders • Monitor • Install Sempatap • Second monitoring • Evaluate • Disseminate

  5. The properties- Bridge Flats

  6. Wimpey no-fines

  7. Cornish Types These fit the criteria in the too difficult to fill category

  8. Solid Properties

  9. Solid -2

  10. The Lodges

  11. Mobile Homes

  12. Contacts -identified cold homes Staff leads Local press Leaflet drop to identified properties Item in local newsletter- mobile home park Specified letters- highest response rate for least effort Marketing

  13. Marketing

  14. Marketing Response Rate

  15. Before and after SAP reports. Purchased data loggers to record temperature at ½ hourly intervals. Residents perceived benefits. Monitoring

  16. Before

  17. After

  18. After

  19. Timescales – longer that planned Marketing- worked best with letters, needed to master this earlier. Difficult to encourage whole house- introduce room by room Lessons Learnt

  20. Offers improved insulation at reasonable cost. (+3 SAP ) Can be linked to utility funding Designed as DIY basis ,we also trained DLO and a decorator Advantages

  21. Disadvantages • Very slow to start • Needed constant marketing • Difficult to do whole property • Unable to evaluate due to timescale - out of heating season

  22. Further marketing Ideas • Target- Cold Spots • Decorating Season • In BFBC Newspaper- delivered to every household • Incentives • Energy Open Day

  23. Overall There are solutions Sematap, by MGC is only one Insulating paint is also available Benefits- offers a solution for “cold spots”, Best on room by room basis Worthwhile adding to portfolio of measures

  24. Outcome • Aim 10 • Achieved 13 within BFBC • Time consuming • Worthwhile as “ foot in the door” other measures can be “sold”. • Value in “word of mouth”.

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