Tag Archives: Fuel Poverty

The Health Costs of Cold Dwellings

7 April 2011: Caring for people made ill by living in cold rented homes costs the NHS £145 million a year, reveals new research launched by Friends of the Earth today. The analysis – The Health Costs of Cold Dwellings – carried out for  the Chartered Institute for Environmental Health, found that 655,800 homes in England rented from a landlord or letting agency are so cold they are officially a health hazard, with a bottom-of-the-scale energy efficiency rating of F or G. A regional breakdown of the modelling is provided and suggests that some 82,000 dwellings in private rented dwellings in London are associated with excess cold. The estimated costs to the NHS of not treating these dwellings in London is just under £19m.

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Costing an Enhanced Decent Homes Standard

5 April 2011: GLA commissioned report from the Centre for Sustainable Energy in conjunction with the Metropolitan Housing Partnership (MHP), to estimate the total cost of delivering an enhanced environmental standard for social rented homes in London

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Fuel Poverty in London

March 2011: National Energy Action (NEA) regional briefing on fuel poverty details specific to London, and the organisation’s activities here.

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English Indices of Deprivation 2010

21 March 2011: The English Indices of Deprivation 2010 measure relative levels of deprivation at Lower layer Super Output Areas (LLSOA).

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Southern Housing’s Green Doctors

2 February 2011: Southern Housing Group residents will be trained to provide energy saving hints, tips advice and services to residents in up to 500 of the Group’s homes as part of a scheme aimed at reducing fuel poverty in Hackney. More here.

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Housing and Health

15 January 2011: Briefing note by the Parliamentary Office for Science and Technology (POST) looking at the impact of poor housing on health and examines the implications for housing policy.

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Fuel Poverty Statistics for London

15 January 2011: National Energy Action (NEA) have produced a useful summary in their press pack of key fuel poverty issues, including a regional breakdown – including that for London – of  Excess Winter Mortality Statistics.

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Lowest delivery of Warm Front grants to Londoners

15 January 2011: DECC’s publication of the Warm Front Annual Report for 2009-10 highlights the low level of delivery – the lowest in the country – of the programme’s insulation and heating improvement grants to London. For further information download the DECC report here.

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Warm Front Annual Report for 2009-10

January 2011: Highlights the low level of delivery – the lowest in the country – of the Warm Front programme’s insulation and heating improvement grants to London.

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DECC release on Home Insulation Levels in Great Britain

January 2011: A relatively new set of what DECC call ‘experimental statistics’ on the number of homes in Great Britain with Cavity Wall Insulation and Loft Insulation. Unfortunately not broken down regionally as yet.

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Fuel Poverty in London

July 2009: GLA commissioned report providing a detailed assessment of the extent of fuel poverty in London and key determinants

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Community Energy Saving Programme: Areas of Low Income

June 2009: CESP targets households across Great Britain, in areas of low income, to improve energy efficiency standards, and reduce fuel bills. DECC have produced a report listing the 4,500 areas eligible for CESP – at LSOA – including all of those for London. Download Communities: areas of low income here.

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