{"id":3850,"date":"2012-03-09T14:17:49","date_gmt":"2012-03-09T14:17:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=3850"},"modified":"2012-03-12T18:03:55","modified_gmt":"2012-03-12T18:03:55","slug":"sanctuary-finds-comfort-in-green-retrofits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=3850","title":{"rendered":"Sanctuary finds comfort in green retrofits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Registered social landlord Sanctuary Group is piloting green retrofits of homes for the young and the elderly that could cut its overall running costs by more than \u00a350,000 a year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The housing and care provider has introduced a range of energy efficiency measures at three care homes and three student halls of residence. The retrofits follow an audit by Sanctuary of the six sites which found fitting automatic taps and lighting in kitchens, bathrooms and corridors, and installing additional insulation, could cut CO2 emissions by 260 tonnes and save more than \u00a350,000 annually. Sanctuary estimates the schemes will cost \u00a3284,000, which should give a payback period of about five and a half years. The group is now assessing what measures are feasible to install at the properties and will monitor actual savings over the coming years.<\/p>\n<p>Ian McDermott, Sanctuary Group&#8217;s chief operating officer, said: \u2018These measures not only make sense in terms of reducing our impact on the environment, they also make financial sense because of the money saved by using fuel more efficiently.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The company plans to extend the energy saving measures to its other properties nationally through Sanctuary Green Technologies, a subsidiary set up to promote energy efficiency and help residents access affordable energy from renewable sources.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Project details<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Halls of residence:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Don Gratton House: 244 student hall for University of the Arts London<br \/>\nManna Ash House: 285 student hall for University of the Arts, London<br \/>\nLilian Knowles House (pictured): grade 2 listed hall for 366 students at the London School of Economics (LSE)<br \/>\nEstimated annual cost saving: \u00a335,060<br \/>\nEstimated annual CO2 emissions reduction: 165.4 tonnes<br \/>\nInitial investment: \u00a3186,830<\/p>\n<p><em>Care homes<\/em>:<\/p>\n<p>The Rosary: 103 bedroom home in Bridgewater, Somerset<br \/>\nBeach Lawns: 90 bedroom home in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset<br \/>\nHawthorn Green: 90 bedroom home in Stepney Green, London<br \/>\nEstimated annual cost saving: \u00a315,540<br \/>\nEstimated annual CO2 emissions reduction: 94.7 tonnes<br \/>\nInitial investment: \u00a397,190<\/p>\n<p>Building4Change Article: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.building4change.com\/page.jsp?id=1177\" target=\"_blank\">LINK<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Registered social landlord Sanctuary Group is piloting green retrofits of homes for the young and the elderly that could cut its overall running costs by more than \u00a350,000 a year. The housing and care provider has introduced a range of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=3850\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3850","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3850","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3850"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3850\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3852,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3850\/revisions\/3852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}