OVER A THOUSAND social housing homes in Coventry have had energy efficiency works installed, marking a milestone for Citizen.
Citizen have now hit the halfway point of the wave two decarbonisation project, part of the Governments social housing decarbonisation fund.
Citizen worked with Coventry City Council to submit a bid to the Department of Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) and received a £23.8million grant.
The organisation are funding a further £44million to create a £67.6million investment into the project.
The money is being spent on energy efficiency improvement works to bring the homes up to a better energy rating, making homes more affordable to heat.
Margaret Campbell is the customer living in the 1,000th home to be completed.
The energy efficiency works carried out to her property including loft insulation and external wall insulation.
She said: “I am really happy with the works that have been done on my home. I’m pleased with how it looks and it’s such an improvement compared to how it looked before.
“My home is much warmer now. I can turn the heating off now at certain points during the day and my home stays warm.
“It’s good to have the work done to your home as there are benefits once it’s completed. I would recommend the energy efficiency works to other people if they are offered it.”
The works reduce the amount of energy it consumes to keep it at a comfortable temperature, as well as reducing the potential for mould growth.
Chief operating officer at Citizen, Mads Nelson, added: “We’re thrilled to have reached the halfway point in this project and completed energy efficiency works on more than 1,000 homes.
“It’s lovely to hear Margaret’s feedback and that she is really feeling the benefit of the energy efficiency works on her home.
“This project has helped make a positive difference to our customers in terms of saving energy in their homes and as a landlord we want to make sure we are working with our partners to make a positive difference to achieving carbon reduction initiatives and providing better quality homes.
“We’re looking forward to helping more customers with these energy efficiency works as we complete the second half of the project over the next year.”
Councillor Naeem Akhtar said once completed, over 2,000 homes will be retrofitted which is helping with energy bills, reducing damp and mould.
Citizen work with contractors and Coventry College to train the next generation of retrofitters and help them secure employment.
