Social housing: net zero progress report - quarter 2 2024

Project Title: New Scone Sheltered Housing Heating Upgrade

Project Organisation: Hanover Housing Association

Technology Type(s): HHRSH, Solar PV, Battery Storage, EWI

Location(s): Scone, Perth & Kinross Council

Grant Value: £117,512

Completion Date: March 2024

Project Headline: This project involved energy efficiency upgrades to 25 social tenanted bungalows with very low EPC ratings due to lack of insulation and inefficient storage heaters

Project Description:

The project installed high heat retention storage heaters with battery storage and solar PV, alongside EWI and roof replacement. The social housing tenants in these properties are vulnerable elderly people in a rural location largely in fuel poverty, and the project provided a micro-renewable based solution for these tenants. The provision of solar PV and battery storage has the potential to provide a large portion of self-consumption for these tenants.

Hanover Housing Association previously subsidised the heating costs of these tenants due to the very poor performance of the building and the energy efficient approach was designed to dramatically reduce heating bills for tenants and contribute to alleviating fuel poverty.

The project aimed to provide a model which is sustainable and cost effective for rollout throughout Hanover Housing Association’s housing stock in Scotland.