London’s low carbon projectsThe role of communities

London’s portfolio of energy efficiency programmes

HomesPublic

buildingsCommercial

organisationsCommercial

landlords

Low Carbon Zones

London’s homes: driving our energy futureThe Mayor’s main programmes:

RE:NEW- Retrofit 1.2 million homes with energy efficiency measures by 2015- All cavity walls and lofts insulated where practical by 2015- A whole-house approach – free upfront

RE:CONNECTTen Low Carbon ZonesReducing CO2 emissions by 20.12% by 2012

The Mayor’s London Housing Strategy and Beyond Decent Homes

RE:NEW customer journey

RE:NEW locations

Technical Trials

Total of 817 homes treated

July – September 2009

Demonstration Projects

Total of 8,119 homes treated

November 2009 – March 2010

Plan-London rollout

Total of c.55,000 homes to be treated

April 2011 – March 2012

Bromley

Bexley

Barking & Dagenham

Greenwich

Newham

Redbridge

Waltham Forest

Enfield

Barnet

Tower Hamlets

Hackney

Islington

WestminsterKen & Chel

Ham & Ful

WandsworthLambeth

Merton

Sutton

Richmond

Upon

Thames

Hounslow

Ealing

Brent

RE:FIT – London’s public sector building energy efficiency programme

• An Energy service companies (ESCOs) carry out the works and guarantee the resulting energy savings

• This guarantees the payback of the initial investment with the delivery risk transferred to the ESCO.

• Hence this is a cost neutral means to reduce energy bills and carbon footprint of buildings

Insulation Building management technologies

Cooling equipmentLow carbon heating

• Energy Performance Contracting approach: The public sector building owner identifies a portfolio of buildings they would like to retrofit, sets a target percentage energy savings and a payback period

RE:CONNECT – 10 Low Carbon Zones

1. Muswell Hill2. Archway3. Queens Park 4. Barking Town Centre5. Ham and Petersham

LCZ programme objectives:

• 20.12% Carbon reduction by 2012

• Focus carbon saving efforts in geographical areas

• Enthuse communities to reduce their carbon output

• Demonstrate behaviour change with physical measures that can deliver significant savings at the neighbourhood scale

• Leverage of significant additional funding

6. Wandle Valley7. Hackbridge 8. Brixton9. Peckham10. Lewisham Town Centre

Example Zone: Muswell Hill, Haringey•Retrofit projects co-managed with local community group

•15 volunteers trained to advise and market energy saving services to neighbours

•Local social enterprise uses Feed-in Tariff revenues to re-invest in energy saving measures + bulk-buying co-op

•£350k investment from government to match LCZ funding for schools and community buildings retrofit/solar + educational projects

•Council is putting forward £300k loan fund (proto- Green Deal)

•657tCO2 saved (9% saving across Zone); 32% (high) uptake of homes retrofit

http://www.haringey.gov.uk/lcz

http://www.en10ergy.co.uk/

http://mhsgroup.org/http://twitter.com/#!/

haringeygogreen

Localism

•Delivered by local authorities and delivery agents

•Recommendations to increase uptake:• Local authority brand more trusted• Local community group involvement is

crucial• Need to generate a community presence• Enable neighbourhood referrals• Use local volunteers

The future

• Local delivery at a community level will continue to be crucial

• Other ways of funding and financing will be needed e.g.:

•Green Deal

•Energy Services Contracting

Thank you

Emma Strain

Senior Manager - Programme Delivery Environment

Emma.strain@london.gov.uk