Crawley Homes - Tenant Conference Decarbonisation Slides

Crawley Homes Decarbonisation Strategy

UK set a net-zero target of 2050

Crawley Borough Council declared their climate emergency in 2021

To achieve 50% net-zero by 2030 and net-zero by 2040. In 2025 CBC changed their climate targets to

Scope 1 & 2 emissions by 2030

Scope 3 emissions by 2040

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) (2023)

• Humans are unequivocally warming the planet raising global temperatures by about 1.1°C

• Humans are very likely causing glacier retreat, sea-ice loss and extreme heat/cold patterns

2023

• Adverse weather in Morocco and Spain caused a shortage of crops on UK shelves

• Europe witnessed the largest wildfire ever recorded

• Hottest year on record for Europe caused 62,775 heat related deaths

• Heavy flooding in Valencia, Spain caused 205 deaths

• 22% decrease in some English crop yields

• Highest average UK temperature

• Record hours of sunshine

• Ardingly Reservoir faced a severe water crisis dropping to critically level of 27%.

The UK’s top five warmest years

• 2025 10.09°C

• 2022 10.03°C

• 2023 9.97°C

• 2014 9.88°C

• 2024 9.79°C

• 1975 8.77 °C

Global Warming

Scoped emissions

• Scope 1 – Direct emissions created from directly releasing Greenhouse Gases.

• Cars

• Gas boilers

• Scope 2 – Indirect emissions created from energy purchased and consumed.

• Household electric

• EV vehicles

• Scope 3 – Indirect emissions created from

• Purchased goods and services

• Leased assets

• Public transport

• Disposal of waste

Crawley

• An Impact Report on Crawley Town has identified each contributor of Crawley’s emissions. Crawley Borough Council will only have a direct & indirect contribution of a small proportion of these emissions, but does take responsibility to influence and reduce all of the emissions.

Crawley Homes Scope 1

Crawley Homes Scope 2

Crawley Homes Scope 3

• England & Wales 43.56% • South East 45.8% • RH10 & RH11 postcodes 59.14% • Crawley Homes 81.35%

Insulation programmes

• Historic insulation - 400 homes

• Wimpy no-fines

• Timber framed homes

• Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund: Wave 1 – 58 homes

• Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund: Wave 2.1 – 408 homes

• Towns Fund: Green Homes Retrofitting – 1800 CBC/Leasehold homes

• Warm Homes: Social Housing Fund Wave 3 – 600 homes

• Net-Zero Homes - 11 homes

The burning questions!

• How do we get to Net-Zero?

• When is your home being done?

Road to Net-zero

• Scope 1

• Communal heating

• Hostels

• Sheltered accommodation

• Scope 2

• PV & batteries to blocks of flats

• PIR lighting

• Scope 3

• Your home will have had a stock condition survey. These are essential for understanding how we can improve your home.

Construction types

• Cavity Wall Insulation

• External Wall Insulation

• Internal Wall Insulation

• Loft Insulation

• Flat Roof Insulation

• Suspended Floor Insulation

Renewable/low carbon technologies

• Gas Boilers 85%

• Air Source Heat Pump 350%

• Ground Source Heat Pump 400%

• Photovoltaic Solar Panels 500w

• Wind Turbines 400w

• Monitoring equipment

Heating controls

• Thermostatic Radiator Valve’s

• Smart TRV’s

• Programme

• Cylinder thermostat

• Room thermostat

Fuel poverty

• “if a household required fuel costs are at least 10% of the households income before housing costs”.

• 2021 Fuel Poverty Strategy – if a home has an Energy Efficiency Rating below band C and has a residual income below the poverty line, once energy bills are paid.

• For Crawley, this would most likely be if you are in a home below EPC C and a household earning less than £25k/year

• Energy Efficiency Officer

• Financial Inclusion Officer

• Local Energy Action Partnership

• Citizens Advice Beaurue

• Home Energy Assessments

• Insulation and Draught-Proofing

• Heating, Hot Water and Controls

• Energy Efficient Lighting

• Renewable Energy

• Low and No Cost Measures

• Southern Water Crawley Homes Energy Advice Free and Impartial Advice For Tenants

• Energy Tariffs

• How to get help with your energy bills

Contact your Energy Efficiency Officer David Howell david.howell@crawley.gov.uk

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Low cost measures

• Energy efficient lightbulbs

• Draught excluders

• Boiler flow temperature

• Home temperature

• tariffs

Money saving tips

Money saving tips

Nesta have tips and advice on boiler flow

Citizens advice have some heating tips