Energy-intensive Council homes set to benefit from £4.75m of funding to help reduce carbon emissions

Kensington and Chelsea Council has been successful in its application for £4.75m of government funding to improve energy efficiency and reduce carbon emissions in properties with an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) rating of D or lower.

The money, from the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund, will be spent installing energy efficient improvements to Council-owned homes in the north and south of the borough, including new roof and wall insulation, and double or triple glazed windows.

Over 500 individual properties will benefit from these improvements at Pond House, Grove House, Adair and Hazlewood Tower, Clarendon Walk and Talbot Walk.

The money will also fund the installation of a BioSolar roof at Bramley House, W10.

This latest funding from the Government’s Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy department is in addition to the £19.4m already granted to the Council to upgrade 535 low-income homes on the Lancaster West Estate. 

Cllr Kim Taylor-Smith, Lead Member for Grenfell, Housing, and Social Investment, said:

“Protecting our environment for the future is important to us and we know it matters to residents too. The improvements we will deliver to some of our most energy-intensive homes with this funding will go a long way to helping us reach our goal to become a carbon neutral borough by 2040, and will result in warmer, more modern homes for residents.”

The Council has so far secured around £28m through bids to government and regional funding streams since 2019 to use towards the decarbonisation of its housing stock, which contributes to over 50 per cent of carbon emissions, as part of its Green Plan ambition for all Council services to be carbon neutral by 2030.

Last week, the Council announced Treadgold House on the Lancaster West Estate will be the first Council-owned housing block to go carbon-neutral, following the appointment of building contractor United Living South Limited, which was awarded a contract of £6.85m to design and build a whole-house deep retrofit refurbishment for the 38 homes.