An Affordable Warmth Strategy
for Cardiff
Rehanna Chaudhri – Technical Officer
for Energy Efficiency and Sustainability
The Presentation
• Introduction
• Overview of Affordable Warmth Strategy
• Personal energy use in the home
• Questions?
The Affordable Warmth Strategy
• Action Plan details four key aims:
– Improve energy efficiency of domestic
dwellings
– Raise awareness and promote measures
available to achieve affordable warmth
– Identify, assist and advise the households
most vulnerable to fuel poverty
– Promote renewable energy and sustainability
Our Partners…
• NEA Wales
• RSL’s
• British Gas
• Rounded
Developments
• Cardiff Health
Alliance
• Scottish Power
• Domestic and
General Insulation
• Severn Wye Energy
Agency
• EAGA Partnership
• South East Wales
Energy Agency
• EDF Energy
• Help the Aged
• SWALEC
• WLGA
Fuel Poverty and Affordable
Warmth
• A household is considered to be suffering from
fuel poverty if it needs to spend 10% or more of
its income on fuel use to achieve adequate
warmth for health and comfort.
• Affordable warmth is the ability of a household to
heat their home to a satisfactory level without
having to economise on other essential
outgoings.
Causes of Fuel Poverty
• Poor Energy Efficiency
Lack of insulation, double glazing, draught
proofing, up-to-date heating systems
• Cost of Fuel
Increase of 63% in gas and 44% in
electricity between 2003 and 2006
(Energywatch March 2006)
• Low Income
Intensified by rising prices and hard to heat
homes
Who is Affected?
• Fuel poverty affects wide range of
people across all tenures
- The elderly
- Families with children
- Those affected by illness or
disability
- Students
- Increasing numbers of
households are at risk as energy
prices continue to rise
Implications of Fuel Poverty
• Ill Health - Respiratory illness,
hypothermia, cardiovascular problems
and arthritis
• Economic and Social Impact – Financial
distress, isolation and anxiety
Insulation and draughtproofing
Insulation
• Insulating your home can not only save you money in the
long-term but will also increase the comfort of your home
and reduce your carbon emissions
• Cavity Wall Insulation ~ £500 or less
• Annual Fuel Cost Savings ~ £130 - £160
• Payback period ~ 3 years
• Flats / Scaffolding
• Loft Insulation ~ £230
• Annual Fuel Cost Savings ~ £180 - 220
• Payback Period ~ 1 year
Higher cost measures to
consider:
• Solid Wall Insulation
– 2 types
• Individual Renewable Supply
• A-rated Appliances
• Replacement of old boilers
Lower Cost Actions to Consider
• Energy Saving
Light Bulbs
• Energy Efficient
Behaviour
• Changing Energy
Supplier
• Draught Proofing
• Insulate your Hot
Water Tank
• Winter Fuel Payment
(0845 915 1515)
Renewable Energy
• Butetown – Solar
Water heating
• St Mellons –
Photovotaic panels
The Affordable Warmth Strategy
Working to:
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To improve health
To reduce debt
To improve quality of housing
Towards a more sustainable way of life
• To eliminate fuel poverty
Rehanna Chaudhri
[email protected]
029 2053 7364