Environment - working towards a sustainable environment

We have over the past fifteen years been carrying out substantial energy efficiency improvements to the stock. Nearly all cavity walls and lofts have been insulated, over half of homes have high efficiency condensing boilers, nearly all nontraditional stock have high levels of thermal insulation as part of refurbishment programmes and over three quarters of the stock has double glazing. Our average Standard  assessment Procedure (SAP) rating for council housing in Derby has increased from 40 to 67 over the last fifteen years.

This has helped reduce CO2 emissions and running costs by over a third.

We are working with the Council to help them achieve a 25% reduction in CO2 emissions within the next 5 years and have already approved a Derby Homes Environmental Strategy and Green Travel Plan. Both of these plans will be putinto action over the next year.