Council-owned housing accounted for 39% of our 2022/23 carbon footprint.

New Passivhaus dwellings

Potential Measure: Build 1,000 new Passivhaus dwellings at proposed rate of 500 before 2025, and a further 500 up to 2030 to A++ target standard.

Identified GHG reduction (tCO2e): +861

Lead: Assistant Director Housing / Exeter City Living

Resource required: Part

 

Loft and cavity wall insulation

Potential Measure: Install loft and cavity wall insulation top-up where required in existing homes pre 2025.

Identified GHG reduction (tCO2e): -139

Lead: Assistant Director Housing

Resource required: Yes

 

Improvements in energy efficiency

Potential Measure: Promoting energy efficiency and use of low energy appliances by promotion of /access to good quality guidance.

Identified GHG reduction (tCO2e): -363

Lead: Assistant Director Housing

Resource required: Yes

 

Further deployment of solar photovoltaic panels

Potential Measure: Installation of PV to half of suitable existing and new homes by 2025

Identified GHG reduction (tCO2e): -334

Lead: Assistant Director Housing

Resource required: Yes

 

Solid wall insulation

Potential Measure: Install solid wall insulation in 500 appropriate homes.

Identified GHG reduction (tCO2e): -244

Lead: Assistant Director Housing

Resource required: Yes

 

Replacing fuel fuelled heating with ASHPs

Potential Measure: Install ASHP in 3,510 homes not already heated electrically ensuring that low and zero GWP refrigerants are used.

Identified GHG reduction (tCO2e): -9,871

Lead: Assistant Director Housing

Resource required: Yes

 

Deep retrofit and other energy saving

Potential Measure: Install combination of smart technologies, heat recovery, thermal and electrical storage where a property type is able to achieve Passivhaus/EnerPhit standards of 15kWh/m2 however Government grant funding now requires 90 kwh/m2/year.

Identified GHG reduction (tCO2e): -1,520

Lead: Assistant Director Housing

Resource required: Yes

 

Final deployment of solar photovoltaic panels

Potential Measure: Install PV on all remaining suitable homes by 2030

Identified GHG reduction (tCO2e): -203

Lead: Assistant Director Housing

Resource required: Yes