Issue - meetings

The Cabinet Member for Regeneration and Social Housing introduced a report on an initiative under the Energy Company Obligation scheme to partner with Eon on the development of a two-year borough-wide energy efficiency programme across all housing tenures for qualifying households.  The report also set out proposals for a separate, £2.6m project to deliver a deep retrofitting pilot in appropriate Council-owned dwellings on the Becontree Estate, to coincide with the 2021 centenary anniversary of the Estate’s creation, aimed at significantly enhancing the thermal comfort of dwellings while also cutting carbon emissions and fuel bills.

Cabinet Members expressed their support for the proposals and asked that ward councillors be advised of relevant projects in their areas.

Cabinet resolved to:

(i)  Approve the appointment of Eon as preferred partner to develop a two-year programme of general retrofitting works for qualifying households across all tenures, and in particular dove-tailing the delivery of the scheme with the existing HRA Capital Programme;

(ii)  Approve the appointment of Energiesprong as technical advisers in the procurement and delivery of a deep retrofitting pilot on the Becontree Estate; and

(iii)  Delegate authority to the Director of Inclusive Growth, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Regeneration and Social Housing, the Director of Law and Governance and the Director of My Place, to enter into the contracts and all other necessary or ancillary agreements.