On this page you will find a number of documents that you can download. The documents contain a range of useful information including details about the schemes that are running in the Leeds area and technical information about the standards of energy efficiency that should be incorporated into new homes.
Leeds Affordable Warmth Code of Practice
The Affordable Warmth Code of Practice (CoP) was developed with the objective of establishing a mechanism to allow organisations to publicly state their commitment to addressing fuel poverty in the city. The CoP was in turn established to highlight four levels of commitment, dependent upon an organisation’s size structure and remit.
Leeds Affordable Warmth Strategy 2007-2016
The Leeds Affordable Warmth Strategy was launched on the 23rd October 2007 and outlines the Authority’s Action Plans to tackle fuel poverty in the City up until 2016. The Affordable Warmth Strategy for Leeds sets out a co-ordinated approach to address the problems of cold, damp homes. This Strategy was developed in 2006 with local partners and is the result of consultation with a wide range of service providers and interested groups. The successful implementation of this Strategy will increase the quality of life for the residents of Leeds by improving the health, social and financial well being of some of the most vulnerable people in the community.
Warm Homes Cool Planet-Home Energy Efficiency and Conservation Plan 1996- to – 2011
Warm Homes Cool Planet Revision and update (2007)
The Home Energy Conservation Act (HECA) 1995 came into force on 1 April 1996, and designated local authorities as Energy Conservation Authorities (ECAs). The Act required that all ECA’s prepare, publish and submit to the Secretary of State for the Environment, an Energy Conservation Report outlining measures likely to achieve a 30% improvement in the energy efficiency of all residential accommodation within their administrative boundaries. The Act also requires that ECAs prepare and produce an annual Progress Report, the latest of which can be found below. This Report and Strategy is called Warmer Homes and Cool Planet.
Home Energy Conservation Act, Eleventh Progress Report (2007) 1st April 2006 to 31st March 2007.
Fuelsavers Board Terms of Reference and Minutes
The Fuelsavers Board is a working group of representatives from the public, private, and voluntary sectors and aims to work towards improving energy efficiency, to reducing fuel poverty and delivering affordable warmth.
(PowerPoint Presentation) - New Energy Legislation. What this means to you – 25 October 2006
The presentation gives an overview on the EU Energy Performance of Buildings Directive, The Building Regulations Part L1 2006, The Housing Act 2004 and the implications this has on social housing providers and the private rented sector.
(PowerPoint Presentation) – Planning for sustainable Energy – 25 October 2006
This presentation ‘Planning for Sustainable Energy’ discuses sustainable energy in homes and how a 10% target for renewable energy in housing can be met, includes information on the Department of Trade and Industry’s (DTI)’s Low Carbon Buildings Programme.
Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) and New Homes: A Builder’s Guide Improving the energy efficiency of new homes
From 6 April, 2008 it became law to provide an Energy Performance Certificate for all new and newly built homes that are completed after that date. An Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) gives information on the building’s energy efficiency.
Leeds, Bradford & Hull Energy Efficiency Advice Centre – A guide to
(U- values) of thermal elements.
The information refers to the minimum U-values required for specific thermal elements required by Part L1B of the Building Regulations as updated in 2006.
Leeds City Council’s - Building Regulations Department Part L1b Insulation Table
Insulation table for use on new build extensions, loft conversions, dormers and renovation of dwellings.
The Code for Sustainable Homes Setting the standard in sustainability for new homes
The Code for Sustainable Homes (the Code) was introduced in England in April 2007. The Code is a voluntary standard designed to improve the overall sustainability of new homes by setting a single framework within which the home building industry can design and construct homes to higher environmental standards and offers a tool for developers to differentiate themselves within the market.