Hundreds of East Riding of Yorkshire Council tenants will soon be benefiting from improvement works currently being carried out to their homes in Beverley and Goole.
Tenants in Cottingham have already seen energy-saving projects completed on their homes.
The council is the largest social landlord in the area, with many vulnerable tenants and people on low incomes.
Nearly 100 homes in Beverley and 78 in Goole are currently undergoing works, which will see various improvements, including external wall insulation to improve energy efficiency.
The addition of external wall insulation is the most cost-effective way of insulating such older solid wall properties. After the works, the walls will be brought up to the current standards expected of new build properties.
Councillor Stephen Parnaby, OBE, leader of East Riding of Yorkshire Council, said: “This council is committed to our tenants, and I am delighted that our prudent financial management over many years have allowed us to carry out these invaluable works.”
Councillor Symon Fraser, added: “These improvements will make a very real difference to our tenants, and help to make significant reductions in energy costs as well as improving houses for many years into the future.”
Assistant principal building surveyor, Graham Waterland, East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s project manager on the Beverley project, said:
“There will be a significant reduction in heat loss from these properties, which will benefit residents by reducing energy consumption.”
“This project also has the benefit of improving the appearance of the properties and making them substantially “maintenance free.” The council has contributed to reducing its carbon footprint by carrying out these works.”
This current programme of works follows the successful completion of a similar project in the Cottingham and Melton areas.
There, 25 council houses built in the 1920s and with very high-heat loss and therefore, expensive to run, received new roof coverings, new UPVC windows and where necessary new boilers, as well as external cladding to improve insulation.
Alison Hannah, the council’s project manager that oversaw the Cottingham project said:
“The works go over and above the requirements of the government’s Decent Homes Standard to ensure real energy efficiencies and thermal comfort for tenants well into the future.”
