Climate Change Over the last year, Anchor has been developing its Environmental Sustainability & Net Zero Carbon Strategy, working with residents, colleagues and expert advisers to agree targets along the pathway towards reaching net zero carbon. From baseline measurements of Anchor’s carbon emissions, we are working to embed carbon reduction across all areas of Anchor’s work. We start from a strong position with 83% of our homes at an energy efficiency level of EPC C or above and will ensure that all rented homes reach at least EPC C by 2030 and that all our homes and operations are net zero carbon by 2050. C14 Energy performance of existing homes The average energy efficiency rating or SAP score of Anchor’s existing rented and care homes is 73 or EPC C. By the end of the 2022-23 financial year, Anchor had obtained EPC certificates for 100% of care homes, 99.99% of rented homes, and 90% of leasehold homes. This is enabling us to understand the energy performance of our homes, target improvements and develop our retrofit programmes going forwards. 83% of our rented and care homes and 55% of our leaseholder’s homes are currently at EPC C or above. The English Housing Survey (2021) found 52.5% of homes in England were below EPC C, with an average SAP rating across all homes of 66.3 or EPC D. Social housing performs better than other tenures. 2 C14-19
What is a SAP score? SAP stands for the government’s Standard Assessment Procedure and is the accepted method for calculating the energy performance of dwellings. The result will be a figure sitting somewhere between 1 and 100+. The
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higher the SAP rating, the more efficient the energy performance of the home and the lower the carbon dioxide emissions. These measurements are used to form the Energy Performance Certificate (EPC).
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What is an EPC rating? The EPC or Energy Performance Certificate records the assumed energy efficiency of a building, based on its insulation, heating and lighting systems. The energy efficiency ratings range from A for the most efficient buildings to G for the worst performing.
2 English Housing Survey data on energy performance: English Housing Survey data on energy performance - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
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