Social housing: net zero progress report - quarter 2 2024

Project Title: ASHP Programme - 2022

Project Organisation: Berwickshire Housing Association

Technology Type(s): ASHP, Solar PV and Battery Storage

Location(s): Multiple locations, Scottish Borders Council

Grant Value: £756,204

Completion Date: March 2024

Project Headline: Clean heating and microgeneration to 109 properties in the Scottish Borders

Project Description:

This project installed clean heating and microgeneration to 109 properties across the Scottish Borders. All homes received ASHPs and those properties that did not already have Solar PV were given it where suitable depending on property archetype. The project was specifically designed to target tenants in rural areas who had inefficient or carbon-intensive existing heating systems, bringing the potential for energy bill savings while eliminating tenants’ reliance on fossil fuels and electricity from the grid. A number of properties selected for inclusion in this project had existing solar PV panels which were connected to the ASHP technology which further improve outcomes for tenants in terms of reduced running costs, while bringing the properties closer to a net zero solution.

Berwickshire Housing Association developed insulation and airtightness strategies where required for the target addresses, ensuring that heat demand is sufficiently reduced in the properties to allow the heat pumps to work as efficiently as possible once installed.