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| Reference Number | RAE 3/12/70 | |
| Title | The impact of warm front homes for private sector vulnerable households | |
| Status | Completed | |
| Energy Categories | Energy Efficiency (Residential and commercial) 100%; | |
| Research Types | Final stage Development and Demonstration 100% | |
| Science and Technology Fields | SOCIAL SCIENCES (Sociology) 50%; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Architecture and the Built Environment) 50%; |
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| UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation | Not Cross-cutting 50%; Sociological economical and environmental impact of energy (Other sociological economical and environmental impact of energy) 50%; |
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| Principal Investigator |
Project Contact No email address given London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) |
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| Award Type | Standard | |
| Funding Source | DCLG | |
| Start Date | 21 November 2003 | |
| End Date | 03 December 2003 | |
| Duration | 1 months | |
| Total Grant Value | £2,800 | |
| Industrial Sectors | Manufacturing | |
| Region | London | |
| Programme | ASD Analytical programme | |
| Investigators | Principal Investigator | Project Contact , London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) (100.000%) |
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| Objectives | The purpose of this work is to quantify the impact of Warm Front on the decent homes target. This report builds on initial analysis undertaken in 2003 of the potential impact of Warm Front in those areas previously administered by Eaga Partnership. This work updates that analysis up to 2005 and extends the coverage to the whole of England, including those areas previously administered by Powergen (Yorkshire & Humberside, East Midlands, and East of England). It aims to provide a comprehe nsive picture of Warm Front activity and the progress being made in terms of the decent homes target. The specific objectives of this study are as follows: * To develop a database of all Warm Front grant recipients from mid-2000 until early/mid 2005, including consistent data on the characteristics of applicants, their homes, and the measures installed under the scheme. * To use this database to help assess the potential contribution of Warm Front scheme to achievin g the Decent Homes target, including an analysis of the number of homes that fail the thermal comfort criterion prior to Warm Front, an analysis of the measures installed under the scheme, and the numbers made decent as a result. | |
| Abstract | Summary of results: Up to 2003 48% of Warm Front grant recipients (those grants administered by Eaga) were living in homes that failed the thermal comfort criterion of the decent homes standard and nearly two thirds of grant expenditure goes to these households. Around 25% of homes receiving WF grants receive sufficient work to ensure they meet the thermal comfort criterion of the decent homes standard. No report was published. The results were used in Spending Review. Betweenmid-2000 and mid-2005; • 280,000 (47%) Warm Front recipients receiving significant measures lived in non-decent homes (i.e. failed the thermal comfort criterion) and of these, 70% (32% of all those receiving significant measures) received measures to meet the decent homes standard. • nearly 200,000 homes were made decent in terms of thermal comfort as a direct result of the measures installed under the Warm Front programme. • 42% ofall Warm Front expenditure (£200 million) was spent on homes which were made decent. • private tenants are under-represented among recipients of significant measures accounting for 12% of all private sector households but only 8% of recipients of significant measures despite the fact that the private rented sector is on average less energy efficient than owner-occupied dwellings. | |
| Data | No related datasets |
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| Projects | No related projects |
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| Publications | Assessment of the impact of Warm Front on decent homes for private sector vulnerable households |
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| Added to Database | 09/11/07 | |
