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Dozen firms share £500m housing energy upgrade
Contractors Keepmoat and Wates have become part of a £500m framework to upgrade the housing stock under the Community Energy Saving Programme. More than a dozen contractors have made the framework, which will be used by councils and housing associations to improve the energy performance of homes across the country, often on a street-by-street scale.
The framework has been let for an initial two-year period, with an option to extend to four years. Contractors have been selected for up to five regions and whether they will handle work streams covering general refurbishment or specific energy saving measures.
Whilst exact spending levels have not be quantified yet. Depending on the number of schemes to get the go-ahead it will range from £350m to £500m. More than 150 scheme are already underway but firms on the new framework will be expected to deliver up to 400 schemes, benefiting around 90,000 homes and saving nearly 2.9m tonnes of CO2 emissions.
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Contractors Keepmoat and Wates have become part of a £500m framework to upgrade the housing stock under the Community Energy Saving Programme.
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