Edinburgh Napier University

  The Scottish Funding Council Follow-On Innovation Voucher Scheme was utilized to fund a study to establish the potential for identifying energy reduction measures utilising low and zero carbon technologies (LZCT) for their hard-to-treat housing stock.
This study has shown that savings can be made in a number of areas, including changes to the building fabric, demand reduction and incorporation of low and zero carbon technology measures. Such actions could save up to 322MWh of energy per
year across the current stock of 32 dwellings at Dailly which, at current charges, could save over £36,000 in utility costs to tenants and significantly reduce the stock carbon footprint by some 68.5tonnes of CO2 if fully implemented.
The study will hopefully benefit the housing association and form the basis of a strategic improvement plan for the energy efficient upgrade of hard to treat properties. A large proportion of their portfolio of their current stock fall into this category and the housing association are seeking to acquire knowledge into how to
assess and upgrade these properties effectively.