Changes to the government’s support scheme for energy
efficiency have seen tower block retrofit schemes shelved, leaving residents of
Britain’s tower blocks in poor conditions with high energy bills. But new research shows that, in spite of the changes,
there’s still a strong business case for putting tower blocks at the top rather
than the bottom of the queue for energy retrofit. 400,000 homes in the UK are
in tower blocks. Many are disadvantaged. Seventy one per cent of people living
on or above the 5th floor are social rented sector tenants. Due to poor
building fabric resident’s energy bills are often unmanageably high. Read more
on the Housing Excellence website.
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