Two Midlands-based social landlords have invited businesses to pitch their ideas to them in a Dragons' Den-style setting, in a bid to tackle fuel poverty.
Stafford and Rural Homes (SARH) and South Staffordshire Housing Trust Association (SSHA) are taking part in the ?Hard to Treat? challenge.
Run by The Built Environment Climate Change Innovations project (BECCI), a partnership between the Universities of Wolverhampton and Coventry, the project aims to support businesses in the West Midlands that can help reduce carbon emissions from existing housing.
BECCI is giving small and medium sized firms, with ideas to help reduce carbon emissions in ?hard to treat? homes, the chance to pitch their products or services to SARH and SSHA before a Dragon?s Den style panel.
?SARH is delighted to take part in this project as we are always keen to look for new and innovative ways to make our homes more eco-friendly and reduce the fuel bills for our customers,? said Karen Armitage, SARH chief executive.
Homes are considered hard to treat when they are difficult to make airtight and insulate or when they don?t have access to mains gas. This includes properties which have solid stone or brick walls, homes made of a mixture of steel and concrete and properties which don?t have lofts.
There are around 1,500 such homes within SARH and SSHA?s stock and the best ideas in the challenge will be evaluated and considered for implementation within the social landlords' investment programmes.
The pitches will be assessed on the following criteria:
? Level of improvements (heat loss, net fuel costs to end users, comfort levels and other benefits)
? Amount of occupier disturbance
? Time to install
? Ease of use/training needs
? Maintenance requirements
? Costs (installation/set-up, running costs, estimated payback time)
?Tackling fuel poverty is so important and I am delighted that this challenge is seeking to minimise the energy costs of the customers of our stakeholder partners. We hope to attract some great ideas and The University of Wolverhampton, SARH and SSHA will be evaluating the proposals prior to the selection of the best ideas for presentation at the BECCI challenge panel,? said Glenn Barrowman, BECCI Project Manager.
SARH and SSHA own and manage a combined 11,000 homes in Staffordshire.
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