The Brief
Northumberland Council used Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund (SHDF) money to upgrade the heating in its social homes, including homes in rural areas across the county. The aim was to cut tenants’ energy bills, cut carbon and move homes off gas and oil heating.
The Challenge
- Working inside homes while tenants were living there.
- Swapping out old heating with as little disruption as possible.
- Fitting heat pumps and solar across many homes at the same time.
- Meeting the funding scheme’s deadlines, standards and reporting rules.
Our Solution
Our team fitted heat pumps and solar panels across the programme, as part of the wider team upgrading the homes. Each home was surveyed, the heating was sized to how much heat it loses, and the work was planned around tenants.
With solar on the roof, some of the electricity that runs the heat pump for heating and hot water comes from the sun. That helps keep running costs down for tenants.
The Result
Homes across the programme now have low-carbon heating, helped by their own solar panels. That means lower energy bills for tenants and less carbon from the council’s homes.
Warmer homes and lower bills in the North East.Northumberland Council · SHDF Retrofit
How We Delivered It
From Survey to Switch-On
Assess
Each home surveyed
Design
Heating sized to each home
Install
Heat pump and solar fitted
Commission
Tested and set up
Handover
Tenants shown how it works
Gallery
On Site in Northumberland
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Northumberland Council
Our team fitted heat pumps and solar panels across the programme, as part of the wider team upgrading the homes.
Project delivered by the Moralis team in a previous role within the renewable energy industry.
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