A PROJECT to improve the energy efficiency of hundreds of council properties in Redditch has received government funding.
The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero announced last week the the town was successful in bidding for £1.6m from the Government’s Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund for the work.
Redditch Borough Council will be matching the funding bid, taking the total investment for energy improvements to £3.2m.
Around 280 council properties identified as having low energy performance certificate ratings will now receive £3.2m of energy efficiency measures in a project that will run until mid-2025.
Those measures will include loft, cavity wall, and external wall insulation, double glazed windows, improved ventilation, high heat-retention storage heaters, and solar photovoltaic panels.
Deputy chief executive of Redditch Borough Council, Sue Hanley, said: “We’re delighted to have secured this latest funding, together with other consortium partners. Doubling the £1.6m the council recently approved through our Capital Investment Programme will help us improve some of our least energy-efficient properties, making them warmer and reducing their energy use and carbon footprint.
“We’ve done a lot of work to identify issues like this, using funding streams like this, so we can make real, substantial improvements for our properties and tenants.”
Visit www.redditchbc.gov.uk/housing for more information.
