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Housing retrofit including Green Deal and ECO Liz Hancock Programme manager

Housing retrofit including Green Deal and ECO Liz Hancock Programme manager Leeds City Region Enterprise Partnership. Leeds city region ECONOMY. • UK’s largest city region economy outside London £55bn economy – 5% of England’s total economic output; bigger than 9 EU countries

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Housing retrofit including Green Deal and ECO Liz Hancock Programme manager

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  1. Housing retrofit including Green Deal and ECO Liz Hancock Programme manager Leeds City Region Enterprise Partnership

  2. Leeds city region ECONOMY • • UK’s largest city region economy outside London • £55bn economy – 5% of England’s total economic output; bigger than 9 EU countries • Population of 3 million; workforce of 1.4m – largest and fastest growing in the North • 106,000 businesses • UK’s largest manufacturing centre with 139,000 jobs • Largest regional financial and professional services sector • 8 HEIs; 14 FE colleges

  3. Our Key sectors

  4. Leeds city region enterprise partnership vision Our vision: “To unlock the potential of the City Region, developing an economic powerhouse that will create jobs and prosperity” Our strategic pillars: Supporting growing businesses Developing a skilled and flexible workforce Building a resource smart City Region Delivering the infrastructure for growth

  5. Fuel Poverty by Parliamentary Constituency

  6. The Local Authority Role • Provide scale – secure lower costs for residents • Support leveraging in significant additional investment & stimulating local jobs • Support skills, low carbon & job creation programmes • Use LA brands for marketing and promotion • Oversee Provider to ensure high quality offer • Target ECO to local priorities & solid wall homes • Efficient development and delivery through collaboration • Consistent availability of offer

  7. The Contractor Role • Undertake role in partnership with the Local Authorities • Driving demand using the Brand through marketing including dedicated website, branding, advertising, collaboration • Delivering a seamless service to customers including customer contacts, whole house assessments, energy saving and behavioural advice • Quality control of work • Recruiting and managing contractors SME’s and micro SME’s • Achieving targets for measures to grow the local economy • Registered as Green Deal Providers inc. Consumer Credit Act providing regulatory function

  8. Local Authority Ambition • Long term partnership 8 year contract • First 3 year targets will be set • All Green Deal measures will be available for Customers including renewable technologies generating RHI and FIT payments • Whole House Assessment • Access to all strands of ECO as appropriate • Other non domestic offers and products will be added

  9. Funding for Scheme • Green Deal Home Improvement Fund Cashback scheme • Green Deal loans • Personal loans /mortgage/cash/savings • Landlord funds Private and Social/Council • ECO subsidy • RHI and FIT payments • Green Deal Communities Fund £4.95m in two phases • European Structural Investment Funds • Skills capital for training and apprenticeships

  10. Project Timeline • July 2013 OJEU published • Competitive dialogue • PQQ submission • ISOS submission December 4th 2013 • Government announced changes to ECO funding in the Autumn Statement December 2013 • 2 stage bid submission to end of September 2013 • ECO Regulations commence October 2014 • Preferred Contractor announced October 2014

  11. KEEP IN TOUCH: www.the-lep.com Join our mailing list: LCR@leedscityregion.gov.uk Twitter: @LeedsCityRegion

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