Liverpool City Region council members and members of health and wellbeing boards from across all Merseyside local authorities are invited to attend a briefing and discussion session.  This will take place from 1 - 4pm on 4th July 2013 at Millennium House, Liverpool.

This briefing explores the responsibilities of local authorities and health and wellbeing boards around housing energy use and how council members and members of health and wellbeing boards can make a difference. The session will include plenty of discussion and include information and examples based on the real challenges of the North West.

The support focuses on identifying and explaining new emerging issues and opportunities for local authorities and health and wellbeing boards around housing energy efficiency, fuel poverty, Green Deal and ECO.

Housing Energy Efficiency, Fuel Poverty, Green Deal and ECO

4th July, 1-4pm (12.30pm Registration and Buffet Lunch)

Millenium House, 60 Victoria St, Liverpool, Merseyside L1 6JD

12.30 – 13.00 Registration and Buffet Lunch

13.00 Welcome

13.15 Presentations and Discussion

A series of presentations, with opportunities for questions and discussion throughout, covering how low carbon and sustainable housing helps support priorities on health and wellbeing as well as energy and carbon reduction, employment and skills. There will be a focus on the new Green Deal and ECO. Case studies and examples from Liverpool City Region and the North West will be included.

Context for Low Carbon and Sustainable Housing

• UK Climate Change Act, Energy Hierarchy, UK Energy Supply
• Economic and social drivers
• Low carbon jobs

Housing, Health and Wellbeing

• Health impacts of poor housing
• Partnership approaches to improving housing

Improving our Building Stock

• Energy efficiency measures
• Retrofitting older and hard to treat homes
• New build standards and low carbon design
• Commercial and public buildings
• Getting the most out of building improvements

Opportunities for LCR including Green Deal and ECO

• Current, previous and new programmes to support different households (e.g. CERT, Warm Front, FITs, Green Deal, ECO)
• What are Green Deal and ECO? 
• Financing
• What's happening in LCR? Examples of local initiatives and schemes
• Skills and jobs - developing local housing retrofit skills and supply chains

Next Steps

• Challenges
• Communicating with your residents
• Reaching the most vulnerable households
• Role of Councils, Elected Members and Senior Officers
• Role of health and wellbeing boards and their members
• Making links and supporting action

  16.00 Close