Social housing: net zero progress report - quarter 2 2024

Project Title: KHA Pleasance Road Renewable Heat

Project Organisation: Kingdom Housing Association

Technology Type(s): ASHP, Solar PV, Battery Storage, Triple Glazed Windows, LITU

Location(s): Dunfermline, Fife Council

Grant Value: £88,695

Completion Date: March 2024

Project Headline: Project involved the installation of ASHPs, solar PV and battery storage to 6 properties in Dunfermline

Project Description:

The properties are all two-bed, two-storey terraced houses of timber frame construction constructed in the 1990s. The properties were previously heated by inefficient electric storage heaters which were replaced with ASHP systems alongside solar PV, battery storage, triple glazed windows and loft insulation. The properties are all the same layouts which simplified the installation process and therefore allowing the same measures to be installed in each home.

The installation of the ASHPs, solar PV and batteries provide a renewable and stable energy supply for tenants allowing cost savings on energy bills. Fabric upgrades including the installation of new windows and loft insulation further improved the overall energy efficiency of the building fabric thereby reducing heat loss allowing for optimal performance of a low temperature ASHP heating system.

This project enabled a whole house approach to retrofit providing the most impactful way to provide carbon and cost savings rather than implementing upgrades over a phased approach.