Lewisham Council has worked with SE2 on a number of projects over the years including events, research, marketing and the design of retrofit schemes. They bring an insider's knowledge of what’s going on across the energy and fuel poverty world, with a commitment and flexibility that makes them easy to work with.
Martin O'Brien, Asset Management Planning Manager, Lewisham Council
Delivering net zero carbon social housing
SE2 have been working alongside Adecoe to assist Yorkshire Housing Association (YHA) in creating their pathway towards net zero carbon housing. The project has come at a time of key changes within the current and future regulatory landscape including anticipated amendments to Building Regulations Parts L and F later this year, The Future Homes Standards in 2025 and the government’s commitment to net zero carbon by 2050. YHA wanted to be ahead of the curve in not only complying with standards but in establishing a clear and effective roadmap towards net zero carbon enabling them to reduce carbon emissions and residents’ energy bills whilst also limiting the need to carry out high disruption retrofit work in the future.
The project has involved in-depth environmental modelling of several different house types and developing a performance specification for construction of housing at each stage of the proposed pathway. A series of workshops have been carried out in order to engage stakeholders at each level to enable a pathway which works with the operational and financial requirements of the organisation, ensuring a truly sustainable solution.