Social housing: net zero progress report - quarter 2 2024

Project Title: Hebridean Zero Emissions Heating 2023

Project Organisation: Hebridean Housing Partnership

Technology Type(s): ASHP

Location(s): Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Comhairle nan Eilean Siar

Grant Value: £778,768

Completion Date: March 2024

Project Headline: Project involved replacing 110 inefficient electric heating systems with new ASHP systems, with system controls allowing tenants more control over their energy use

Project Description:

Hebridean Housing Partnership installed ASHPs in 110 houses and flats in Stornoway, the isle of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides. Surveys in 2017/18 identified 48% of HHP tenants were in fuel poverty with inefficient electrical heating identified as a main cause.

Each ASHP system control allows the tenant to see the exact amount of electricity used per year, per month and per week for both heating and hot water. This allows tenants to budget in advance which is beneficial for those on prepayment meters. All heat pumps were fitted with Wi-Fi adapters to allow for weekly, monthly and yearly monitoring of the costs by the tenant and HHP with consent.

This project is a continuation of a similar project funded by Social Housing Net Zero Heat Fund the previous financial year.