Social housing: net zero progress report - quarter 2 2024

Project Title: Net Zero Fund October 2023

Project Organisation: Orkney Housing Association

Technology Type(s): Triple Glazed Windows, High Insulated Doors, LITU and Hot Water Cylinder Jackets

Location(s): Kirkwall, St Margarets Hope, Orkney Islands Council

Grant Value: £64,926

Completion Date: March 2024

Project Headline: Project involved energy efficiency upgrades to 19 properties across the Orkney Islands

Project Description:

The 19 properties were located across two of Orkney Housing Association’s schemes that included some of the most remote areas of their estate. The properties are a mix of housing types and were completed in the late 1980s/early 1990s and are of an age and time of construction where the fabric components being addressed are inefficient in terms of energy performance.

The upgraded fabric components included high-energy efficiency triple glazed windows, replacement high insulated doors, loft insulation top ups and hot water cylinder jackets. These measures aimed to greatly improve the building performance and the tenant’s experience of living in the properties.

All of these works aimed to efficiently retain heat and significantly improve the thermal performance of the properties. All tenants were offered a home energy check and visit, supported by Orkney Housing Association’s team, and new EPCs will be produced for each property.