Oxford City Council has been awarded £50,000 of government funding to carry out detailed assessment of heating systems at three Council-owned older persons’ accommodation sites.
The funding, awarded through the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero’s Heat Network Efficiency Scheme (HNES), will support technical optimisation studies at:
- Albert House (Central Oxford)
- Bradlands (Marston)
- Cardinal House (Littlemore)
The Heat Network Efficiency Scheme (HNES) is a government grant support programme that supports improvements to the performance and efficiency of communal heat networks.
The funding will enable the Council to carry out detailed technical assessments of the heating and hot water systems at the three sites. The studies will provide a clearer understanding of how the systems are currently performing and identify opportunities to improve efficiency, support long term reliability, reduce emissions and ensure compliance with upcoming heat network regulations.
Albert House, Bradlands and Cardinal House are Council-owned older persons’ accommodation sites which use centralised heating systems to provide heating and hot water to residents’ homes.
The optimisation studies will also help explore opportunities for future low-carbon heating improvements and support wider work to reduce carbon emissions from Council-owned housing.
Following completion of the studies, the Council may be able to apply for further funding towards the cost of recommended improvement works.
Comment
"We want our residents to have warm, comfortable and reliable homes, and this funding will help us better understand how the heating systems at these sites are performing.
"The studies will identify opportunities to improve efficiency and support our wider work to reduce carbon emissions from Council-owned housing, while ensuring residents continue to receive reliable heating and hot water services."
Councillor Linda Smith, Cabinet Member for Housing and Communities
"Improving the energy performance of our housing is an important part of our work to reduce carbon emissions while ensuring residents can continue to live in warm and comfortable homes.
This funding will help us better understand how the heating systems at these sites are performing and identify opportunities to improve efficiency, support long-term reliability and explore future low-carbon heating options for our homes for older persons."
Councillor Anna Railton, Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Zero Carbon Oxford
