6. Council-owned housing
Council-owned housing accounted for 33% of our 2020/21 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