Social landlord Riverside has been awarded two
funding grants to go green.
The funding forms part of the government’s
green agenda for economic recovery, ahead of the launch of its
Green Deal later this year. The funding awards form a share
of £5.1 million from the Local Energy Assessment Fund (LEAF)
awarded to 155 community projects across the country.
A project in Bootle, Liverpool, will benefit
from £24,550 to spend on assessing energy efficiency of homes, and
recruiting home energy champions from the community.
Meanwhile, Longtown in Carlisle will have £25,000 for Riverside to
research greener energy options, to replace expensive oil fired
boilers currently in use.
Emily Hoyle is strategic affordable warmth
officer at Riverside. She said: “We are delighted to
have won this extra funding to tackle the challenges of cutting
energy use and emissions, and to save our tenants money.”
Riverside plans to work with Groundwork
(Lancashire West and Wigan), in Bootle to train five tenants to
become home energy champions. In Longtown, it is working with
the Building Research Establishment to find green energy
solutions.
Emily added: “Tenants are best placed to
advise their friends and neighbours on energy efficiency
options. In Carlisle, our challenge is to find renewable
energy options for our tenants who are off the gas grid and rely on
expensive and unreliable oil fired boilers.”