Energy Saving Trust Ready for Retrofit – warmer, greener homes

12th June 2012

Jon Rattenbury

Interim Project Manager

Energy Saving Trust

The housing stock challenge

7million UK homes

Eco-refurbished by 2020

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mes E

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hed

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1

2

3

4

5

6

7

2011 2020

Climate Change Act Carbon Plan

FiT

Apr

2010

RHI

Apr

2011

GD

Oct

2012

ECO

Jan

2013

Smart

Meters

The Opportunities - Refurbishment a massive refurbishment of the UK housing stock

Consumer

awareness

Finance set up

Local Delivery

Programmes

Supply Chain

600,000 SW homes

by 2020

Average 1,100 SW

homes per week

& 13,000

nationally

5 5

Green Deal early adopters

Source; Grand Designs; Great British Refurb Campaign

Nationally early

adopters can account

for up to 13% of the

population – first target

market

Early

adopters

Early

majority

Late

majority

Laggards

The Barriers & Risks

Supply chain

• Size, skills, accreditation etc

• Ability to deliver at scale & maintain sustainable growth

• Quality, reputation, out of area competition

Market

• Lack of awareness, familiarity, trust

• Finance for owner occupiers

• Even with incentives – will market growth be sustainable?

Ready for Retrofit is focused on overcoming these

Our Legacy

A SW sector capable of delivering a massive

refurbishment of the local and UK housing stock.

•Delivering over £2.75 billion of sales

•Creating over £1 billion GVA

•Employing more than 2000 people

Sungift Solar

Creation of a new industry and market in the south west which

will leverage in massive further investment from sources such

as ECO, Green Deal and European Investment Bank

• leading local and national organisations

• delivering innovation and excellence in business support, energy efficiency & micro generation

• long established in the south west

• track record of delivering innovative large scale refurbishment projects

• social housing & local authority partners

• utility support – EON

Who we are

How we will support sector growth

Demand

Stimulation

Business Support

Delivery Capability

@ Scale

£6.5m eco-refurbishment

programme of at least 850

measures focused in 4 areas

of high need and opportunity

Intensive measures to assist

a network of local businesses

+ •Scale

•Value

•Quality

Create a new capability –

quality delivery at scale

Market Development

•Supply Chain

•Finance

•Customer

•Quality

•Technology

Market development to

“unlock” the owner occupier sector

Sustainable Market Programme Legacy

•Delivery capability

•Excellence

•Sustainable Market

•Jobs and GVA

+

Business Support Programme

Delivery Capability

@ Scale

Quality

Value

Target high growth businesses

Support new and crossover

businesses

Leverage construction and trades

Foster collaborative network

Building south west competitive advantage....

Training and skills

Support for accreditation

Quality management feedback

Exemplar, mentoring and coaching

Knowledge and learning

Economies of scale

Best practice and benchmark

Product costs and supply chain

Continuous improvement ethos

Business Support Programme

•Business development voucher to support

improved skills, knowledge and sales and marketing

•Link to training providers: FE colleges, National

Skills Academy for Environmental Technologies ,

Advisor training, ESF

•Training on site, ‘toolbox talks’ &demonstration

homes

•Open source library & link to National

Refurbishment Centre (EST&BRE)

•Feedback based quality management and continuous

improvement programme

•Targeting construction sector for solid wall

insulation

•Working with others to improve access to support

i.e. Green Skills Projects

•Includes whole supply chain – domestic & home

energy assessors, designers and specifiers, installers,

manufacturers, suppliers, wholesalers etc

Market Development

Supply Chain

Unlocking the Owner

Occupier Sector

Creating a

sustainable financial

model

Product evaluation and assessment

Introduce new technology

Whole supply chain development

Manufacturing and distribution

Drive down product cost

Building a sustainable market through innovation......

Innovative finance mechanisms

Advice and support

Neighbourhood approaches

Demonstration Homes e.g Bristol

Green Doors

From grants to private finance

Remove capital barriers from

households

Link FIT, RHI and Green Deal

Funding from EIB, banks, LA led

innovation – e.g. Bristol

Building a lasting legacy Delivery Capability A network of businesses able to compete at

a national level to deliver high quality and

high value whole house refurbishment

Sustainable market A growing market across both public and

private housing sectors, underpinned by

strong demand and supported by

innovative financial measures

Market Readiness Ready to take advantage of the expected

growth in microgeneration and energy

efficiency markets through national

investment in FIT, RHI, Green Deal and

other measures