2. Setting the scene
• What is important to your organisation?
– Aligning with government targets
– Leading the way/early adoption
– Taking the path of least resistance/following close
behind climate change leaders
– Attitudes of customers/supply chain
– Local communities
– Cost cost cost
– Staff retention & attraction
– Etc……..
3. Understand what others are doing
• Government targets
• Green accolades and awards that are
important to your industry
• Local community projects
• Other local businesses
4. Understanding current position
• Carbon footprint
• Environmental audit
• Staff opinion poll on environmental
attitudes
• Spending habits within industry – is there
shift towards ‘greener’ products or
services
5. For Sentinel……
‘Being a great landlord’
• value for money for residents
• utilising our position of influence to effect change
• Being seen as a leader and innovator within the
social housing industry
• Demonstrating return on investment
– quantitative
– qualitative
6. Government Targets
• Reduce carbon emissions by 18% (on 2008
levels)
• Reduce CO2 emissions from homes by 29%
• 15% of all energy to come from renewables
• 30% of all electricity to come from renewables
• Reduce gas usage by 27%
• Reduce emissions from the workplace by 13%
• Ending of fuel poverty
7. Sentinel’s areas of focus
• Reducing our operational footprint
• Works to our existing homes
• Development & delivery of new homes
• Partnership working and promotion
8. SHA targets 2010-2013
• Reduce operational carbon footprint by
10% per employee
• Reduce the average footprint per home by
15%
• Average home sap score of 74 or C grade
energy rating
• Generate customer energy savings of
£400k
9. Benchmark
• Targets incorporated into corporate plan
• Carbon footprint and targets published
online:
http://www.sentinelha.org.uk/downloads/Carbon%20footprint%20-full%20F
10. Operational Footprint
• Smart metering for real time energy monitoring
• Timer devices to turn off electrical equipment at
night and over weekends
• Boiler controls
• PC’s being replaced with ‘Cranberries’
• Investigating voltage optimisation
• All printers set to print on both sides
• Re-think green branding
• Re-think Green travel league
• Pages on intranet
12. Re-think travel
65 members of staff already have
points
• Each avoided 100 miles of car journeys
saves
–Diesel 34 kgCO2
–Petrol 32 kgCO2
Links through staff Citrix log on
15. Existing Housing Stock
• Programme of Photo Voltaic panel installations to over
300 homes
– £45k residents energy bill savings
– 444 tCO2 savings
– 9% return on projected investment
• Improved insulation to over 500 homes this year
– £82k residents energy bill energy savings
– 439 tCO2 savings
• Pilot programme of CHPower Boilers to 20 properties
– £9k residents energy bill savings
– 59 tCO2 savings
16. • Boiler replacement programme on 170 homes
– £11k residents energy bill savings
– 51 tCO2 savings
• Windows & Door replacements on 39 properties
– £2.7k residents energy bill savings
– 14 tCO2 savings
Overall impact -
Total CO2 savings 1116 tCO2
Total customer savings £153k
Total Homes – 1089
Avg. saving per household - £140
19. Communicating to residents
• Source
• Online content
– http://www.sentinelha.org.uk/videos.html
• One pagers
• Questionnaires
• Schools
20. New Builds
• 338 homes developed to Code level 3
– 25% lower in CO2 emissions compared to non-code
new builds
• 305 of renewables installations on SHA
homes
• Average cost of energy for new homes
• SHA development in Test Valley makes
up 229 of these homes
21. Partnership working
• Hart District Council
– Local Strategic Partnership
– Climate Change Officer role
• NHF Sustainability South Group
• CIH Knowledge share
• Other housing associations
– Retrofit Pioneers South East Group
• Work with our contractors
– Provided Eco-refurb training at no cost to contractors