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Islington HECA: A Perspective
Simon Evans
London Borough of Islington
London 2006 HECA Award Winner
Simon Evans: The HECA Officer
• North & West London Energy Efficiency
Advice Centre (EEAC) - Manager
• Federation of EEACs - London Rep
• London Borough of Islington - Acting
HECA Officer
Islington: The Borough
Tenure: Islington (London breakdown)
Number of Dwellings: 85 626
• Owner Occupied - 35.4% (59.2%)
• Private Rented - 16.1% (14.9%)
• RSL - 20.0% (8.8%)
• Council Stock - 35.7% (17.1%)
Source: London Borough of Islington 2003 Private Sector Stock Condition Survey
Islington: Facts
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10% population change
A quarter consider themselves from a BME background
6 square miles
72% under 45 (60% nationally)
Average House price £300 000
6th most deprived borough in the country
Source: London Borough of Islington, Corporate Plan, June 2006
London Borough Islington Characteristics (1)
SAP Ratings
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Owner Occupied: 53
Private Rented: 56
RSL: 63
Council Stock: 63
Overall Average: 59
Sources: London Borough of Islington 2003 Private Sector Stock Condition Survey & Energy Centre Probase
London Borough Islington Characteristics (2)
Private Sector Type as of 2003:
• Terraced:
• Semi-detached / detached:
• Purpose Built Flat:
• Converted Flat:
24.5%
2.6%
34.5%
38.4%
Source: London Borough of Islington 2003 Private Sector Stock Condition Survey
London Borough Islington Characteristics (3)
Private Sector by Age
• Pre 1919:
• 1919 - 1944:
• 1945 - 1964:
• Post 1964:
64.1%
4.2%
6.8%
24.9%
Source: London Borough of Islington 2003 Private Sector Stock Condition Survey
Council Stock Sector by Age
• Pre-1919
2.7%
• 1919-1944
8.0%
• 1945-64
29.4%
• Post 1964
59.9%
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Sources: Energy Centre Probase
Fuel Poverty: Current Status
• Almost 23 000 would be considered to be in fuel poverty (1 in 4
households)
Source: Camden and Islington PCT, March 2005
• Homes that are “often / always too cold,” or that utility bills are
“difficult / very difficult,” to pay: 21% (2002 - 21%, 2003 - 19%)
• Average fuel bills spend is 2% of income.
• Private sector households with income of less that £10 000 spend
9% on energy costs (2002 - 12%, 2003 - 11%)
Source: New Perspectives, London Borough of Islington, HECA Monitoring Research 2004
Key Facts from LBI HECA report (04/05)
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Overall energy efficiency improvement identified: 30%
CO2 reduction per annum: 113 073 Tonnes
April 1996 baseline energy use: 6 523 250 GJ
Current standing energy efficiency improvement (1996 - 31/03/05): 23.09%
Improvements by tenure (CO2 reduction in tonnes)
• Owner Occupied: 5.0% ( 7630t)
• Council Stock: 4.6% (9 582t)
• Private Rented: 3.6% (2 064t)
• Housing Association: 2.3 (1 240t)
HECA: The Structural Dynamics
Energy Centre is the central node by which HECA activities are addressed.
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Split in to two sections: Advice Section and Technical Section
LBI dynamics:
• Executive Member for Sustainability (Lucy Watt, Lib Dems)
• Energy Centre: HECA Officer - Simon Evans (acting) / Lucy Padfield
• Sustainability Board (Top level buy in)
• Getting Greener Task Force (Management level driving team)
• HfI: ALMO SLA with Energy Centre for energy purchasing, site
surveys, energy reporting
• Sustainability unit created last year
Islington: The Commitment
• LBI has always had good commitment to sustainability
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Advice and Education (1)
• Islington Energy Centre: houses the North West London EEAC
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Joint funded by EST, Islington Council and 3 x SLAs with London Boroughs
Provides free, independent and impartial advice to the public (and SMEs)
Freephone
Drop in centre
Outreach work (Islington and beyond)
Referrals to various energy efficiency and fuel poverty schemes
Also includes a developing programme of renewable energy
Turnover of £500 000 per year
Advice and Education (2)
• Energy Centre advice recall: 19%
• Advice from Council/ Council Branded Service: 3 times
as likely to act than from other sources.
Schemes in Islington: an overview
• Safe and Warm - private sector, heating, insulation and
security
• CHEEP (Council Housing Energy Efficiency Programme)
• Solar Grant (tops up Low Carbon Buildings Programme)
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Warm Front
Other EEC schemes available
DFGs / Empty properties etc
PFI projects for street properties in council stock
Technical Section work for Council property
Islington: An example of recent works
• 05/06 - Technical section oversaw CWI projects in
Council stock (439 units insulated and £80 000 of EEC
funding secured).
• Savings from overall works done on Council stock in
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2% decrease in CO2 emissions
SAP gone up from 61 to 63
External Partners
• London Boroughs - Camden, Harrow & Hounslow SLA + Ealing,
Barnet & Brent
• EST
• HfI
• Peabody Trust
• London Metropolitan University
• EC1 New Deal & NRF
• GLEEN
• Energy Agencies such as SEA, CEN, EAGA & London EEACs
• Age Concern and community groups
• PCT
Islington: The funds
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CHEEP £100 000 - 06/07
Safe and Warm £350 000 - 06/07
Solar Reward 5 X £1000
HfI £157 million on Decent Homes
EEC funding
HECA Monitoring
• In recent years we have used a mixture of HEC data and, more
recently specialised surveys (New Perspectives)
• Probase - Technical Section
• Internal Calculations Methodology
• Awaiting the HECA review before making any judgements on
05/06 report
• Cost of monitoring re: HfI
Islington: Priorities
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General thrust
Schemes: fuel poor
Advice Services: Holistic front end service, so open to all
Movement to bring in fuel rich - I.e. renewables
Strengths and Weaknesses
• Strengths
• Strategic overview / review
• Islington Energy Centre is often in the middle of many
energy related activities
• Weaknesses
• HfI and de-embedding of technical knowledge. Arbitrary
in activities
Islington: The Future
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LAA - Carbon Baseline study
LAA - Climate Change Partnership
Ongoing work of EEAC (Development to SEN)
Increased funding of renewables
CHP project in the south of the borough
Carbon Management Programme
Sustainable Living Centre