Industry Viewfinder: The Decarbonisation Of Social Housing
“What do you believe the main barriers to the decarbonisation of the UK’s social housing stock will be?”
stock, with 76% of respondent’s average EPC bands having improved over the last decade and 12% vastly improved. Asked to list what they believe to be the main benefi ts of this decarbonisation,
chief among the responses was ‘helping to combat climate change,’ at 49%. T is was followed next by ‘reduced fuel poverty’ (24%), ‘the modernisation of older stock (14%), reduced bills (6%) and reduced maintenance (1%). T ese benefi ts were also well understood by our respondent’s tenants. When
asked how important the following benefi ts were among their residents, 62% said reduced bills were ‘very’ important, 29% ‘fairly’, and just 5% ‘not greatly’ important and 3% ‘unimportant.’ Next, energy effi ciency was seen as ‘very’ important by 50%, 38% ‘fairly’, 9% ‘not greatly’ and 3% ‘unimportant.’ Of slightly less concern was the environmental impact of the home itself, at 32% ‘very’, 46% ‘fairly’, 15% ‘not greatly’ and 6% ‘unimportant.’
PROBLEM ASSESSMENT Considering this understanding from housing professionals of the benefi ts of doing so – both to tenants and to the environment – and a majority of whom are already undertaking ecological works, the question remains, why is there still a clear need for improvement in the UK’s stock?
Considering this understanding from housing professionals of the benefi ts of doing so – both to tenants and to the environment – and a majority of whom are already undertaking ecological works, the question remains, why is there still a clear need for improvement in the UK’s stock?
As expected, there were a number of the usual suspects listed among our
respondent’s main barriers when it came to the decarbonisation of social housing. In this survey, we asked respondents to rate their ‘top 5’ barriers, with the 1st being scored fi ve points and the 5th being scored one point.
“Are there any other major barriers to the decarbonisation of the UK’s social housing stock in your opinion?”
30 | HMMFebruary/March 2023 |
www.housingmmonline.co.uk
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52
