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Steve Rotheram [second from left] said the investment shows ambition. Credit: via LCRCA

Liverpool City Region commits £259m to low carbon buildings push

Driven by the desire to be net zero in 10 years, the combined authority will spend more than £250m of government cash to make 30 public buildings and 26,000 homes more energy efficient.

Housing associations are set to secure £112m from the Warm Homes Social Housing Fund, to enhance 18,000 homes in the city region. Match funding could bring the total investment up to £221m.

Private renters and homeowners will also be granted £117m for home improvements for around 8,000 households via the Warm Homes Local Grant Fund.

Public buildings are responsible for 13% of the region’s carbon emissions, as a result, 30 public buildings, offices, and town halls will be given £30m from the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme for energy-efficient upgrades.

The total £259m funding package is the next step forward for the city region’s ambitions to become net zero by 2035. LCRCA has already secured £105m to retrofit 10,000 homes, using triple-glazed windows and doors, wall and loft insulation, new roofs, and interior ventilation.

The latest funding forms part of a five-year carbon action plan that could see £400m invested over the next three years.

Liverpool City Region Mayor Steve Rotheram said: “This significant investment demonstrates our ambition to lead the way in tackling the climate crisis while improving the everyday lives of people across the Liverpool City Region.

“By upgrading thousands of homes and public buildings, we’re not only making them greener and more energy efficient but also helping to keep homes warmer and energy bills more affordable.”

He added that strong relationships with local housing associations and authorities will be key to assist the accelerating process.

Cllr Anthony Burns, cabinet member for net zero at the LCRCA, said that to reach the net carbon 2035 goal, the city region’s energy use must be halved.

He added: “We are working with our local authorities and social housing providers to retrofit energy-saving measures to as many houses as possible, to save people money on their bills, tackle fuel poverty, and help the environment.

“This investment will continue this important work.”

Across the city region’s six local authorities there are more than 600 public buildings that emit almost 77,000 tonnes of CO2 a year.

 

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What a colossal waste of money that could be put to far more essential use for the city. China and India have multiple cities of 10s of millions of people, Liverpool is barely a village in comparison and isn’t even a drop in the ocean of co2 emissions.

By Anonymous

Zzzzzzzzz waste of money Liverpool city Council stop this nonsense

By Anonymous

Liverpool City Council obsessed with ticking boxes, meanwhile the world passes them by in terms of attracting jobs and developers, seriously expanding our transport network eg rail and airport.
There are endless plans and consultations for x,y, and z but little progress on many, so achieving net zero becomes a distraction and looks they’re doing something.

By Anonymous

Considering the cost of energy this is welcome and will free up money and increase disposable income, instead of paying for offshore energy.

By Invest to save

Making people’s homes warmer reducing fuel bills hardly seems like a waste of money.

By Anonymous

A policy designed to show virtue to others whilst having little to no impact on the bigger picture they aim to address and diverting money from other far more impactful and useful schemes. Ridiculous.

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