Switch on to the future
Social landlords and utility providers haven’t exactly been the easiest bedfellows over the years.
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However, the squabbles over who switched off what gas/electricity supply when, must be put aside if the government’s much-flaunted ‘green deal’ is to succeed.
The hope is that landlords and energy companies will co-operate on using savings in energy bills to unleash a multi-billion pound wave of green improvements over the next 20 years.
This all sounds fine in principle but, as we report this week, relations between landlords and energy companies under the ‘community energy saving programme’ could definitely be better.
Landlords have yet to fathom precisely how to sell the big energy firms on the benefits of refurbishing less straightforward properties. These difficulties will not go away so both parties must adjust their expectations if a meaningful relationship is to flourish and the ultimate goal of improving tenants’ homes is achieved.