Cheaper bills, warmer homes - good for the planet
Our Warmer, Greener Living scheme is delivering improvements across our homes to make them warmer, more comfortable and affordable for our customers. In line with Government requirements and our sustainability strategy, we are working to ensure all our homes achieve Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) C by 2030.
What is retrofit?
Retrofit is any improvement works to a building that improves its energy efficiency. By adding improvements to your home such as additional insulation we aim to reduce the amount of energy need to adequately heat your home. And because energy use is reduced, this will help reduce carbon emissions.
We’re working with our trusted energy partners, the Low Carbon Exchange (LCX), to install these upgrades which include the following types:
Insulation
Keep more of the heat inside your home with these three different types of insulation.
- Loft insulation - Placed inside the loft.
- Cavity wall insulation - Inside external walls.
- External wall insulation - Applied to your outer walls and finished with a smart render.
Solar panels
Providing free electricity for you to use.
Ventilation
Improving your home’s air quality.
Home energy advice
Any of our customers who'd like to get advice about their home energy use including efficiency tips, managing bills or benefits advice can contact our Home Energy Advice Team homeenergyadviceteam@alliancehomes.org.uk.
Efficiency measures being installed
Our team take great care installing the the retrofit efficiency measures.
External wall insulation first coat of render
Cavity wall insulation being installed
Loft insulation being installed
Our process
Several surveys will need to be carried out on your home, these will be arranged and completed by LCX. When we have the results, we will inform you whether your home will receive the upgrades and if so, what the next steps are.
Before we can start installing insulation at your home, we will carry out essential repairs and alterations, this may include repairing brickwork, completing ground works, installing or upgrading ventilation and altering doors and windows.
This will require a number of visits over a few weeks.
LCX will notify you when your installation will begin. They will provide installation dates and an estimated date of completion.
Some works may take a day or two, larger installations such as cavity wall or external wall insulation may take three weeks or more. LCX will keep you informed.
Once your upgrades are complete, we’ll carry out a final inspection and provide you with a helpful pack full of guidance and tips on getting the most of your home’s new features. guidance and tips on getting the most of your home’s new features.
FAQs
Not a penny. Alliance Homes has been given grant money to do the work.
No, the upgrades will not affect your rent.
You don’t need to understand how they work, once fitted they'll just work. Our teams will offer an explanation of the system.
We understand, fortunately most of the work will take place outside. We will need worker to come into your home for the assessment and for some of the installation. To make sure this works for you, we require that all workers sign up to a code of conduct, to make sure they share our respect for your home.
The work will be done by our expert contractors, Low Carbon Exchange.