Animation aims to engage customers on energy efficiency works
Trent & Dove has worked in collaboration with our partners in the Matrix Housing Partnership to create an animation to engage our customers about energy efficiency upgrades planned for their homes.
The Matrix Housing Partnership is a consortium of seven social landlords including Trent & Dove, Green Square Accord (GSA), Black Country Housing Group, Citizen Housing Group, Pioneer Housing and Community Group, Rooftop Housing Association and Trident Housing Association.
Earlier this year, the partnership secured £12 million in funding from the Department of Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ), which manages the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund, to enable energy efficiency improvements to 905 residents' homes across the Midlands and South West.
Members of the Matrix Housing Partnership will deliver retrofit works including cavity wall insulation, installing new windows and doors, loft insulation, and measures to improve ventilation. The works will see older homes upgraded to have an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) rating of at least C.
The funding will enable the works to be completed to 80 of our homes, a majority of which are bungalows and houses in rural areas not connected to the main gas grid. The first of which will start in Stapenhill, early November and be finished by Christmas.
Kevin Donohoe, Head of Asset Strategy, Planning and Delivery, said:
These works will greatly benefit residents by making their homes warmer and more energy efficient. We're working closely with residents living in the first 28 properties to be completed, and encourage them to watch this short animation that explains what they can expect and the next steps.
A further 20 properties will be completed between January and March next year and we'll be contacting those residents in advance to let them know. We're carrying out retrofit surveys to determine the remaining 32 properties."
Residents who have had the works confirmed, can watch the animation, led by our partner GSA, here: