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Hello:
everyone,
my
name
is
poppy
scott.
I
work
for
worthing
homes
and
I've
been
asked
to
talk
to
you
about
climate
opportunities
and
solutions
for
housing
and
worthing
in
nature,
just
to
provide
a
very
quick
bit
of
context.
Around
30
of
the
uk's
energy
is
consumed
by
homes
and
that
produces
around
20
percent
of
the
uk's
greenhouse
gas
emissions.
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We
have
a
big
mix
in
terms
of
property
ages
and
construction
styles,
but
like
everywhere
else,
we
must
act
now
to
mitigate
and
ensure
damage
limitation,
but
also
to
repair
and
adapt
to
adjust
to
changes
for
the
future.
Climate
housing
is
a
really
broad
topic,
but
a
very
important
part
of
achieving
net
zero.
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I'm
going
to
quickly
touch
on
each
of
the
main
areas,
with
just
a
few
thoughts
on
possible
localized
approaches
on
new
homes.
First
of
all,
then,
they
will
not
form
the
majority
of
our
housing
stock
in
2050,
but
clearly
anything
built
now
should
meet
carbon
neutral
standards
if
we
are
to
meet
the
2050
target.
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Yet
neither
national
nor
local
legislation
requires
this
level
of
sustainability,
so
the
vast
majority
for
sure,
often
only
achieving
an
epc
rating
of
c.
There
has
been
a
consultation
on
introducing
a
future
home
standard
to
increase
this
level.
It
would
it's
not
approved,
it
would
be
progress,
but
it's
still
not
close
to
achieving
net
zero.
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In
the
meantime,
though,
at
a
more
achievable
level,
perhaps
local
planning
departments
have
the
power
to
stipulate
that
new
developments
must
go
over
and
above
the
minimum
building
regulation
requirements
to
get
approval.
The
worthing
local
plan
does
mention
this
and
making
it
standard
practice
could
be
a
really
powerful
change
on
to
the
biggest
issue
really
existing
homes.
We
know
the
uk's
housing
stock
is
old
and
inefficient,
and
the
rate
of
demolition
is
very
low.
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We
are
lucky
enough
in
worthing
and
ada
to
also
have
a
very
well
established
and
active
transition.
Town
group
they
put
on
a
fantastic
open
houses
event
every
year
where
people
can
look
and
learn
firsthand
about
home
sustainability
improvements,
and
you
can
see
a
picture
of
the
brochure
there
and
there
are
new
models
coming
out.
All
of
the
time
energy
sprung,
for
example,
is
a
dutch
model
whereby
a
whole
house
approach
is
taken
to
retrofit.
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Just
a
few
examples
there
moving
on
to
behavior,
then
we
mustn't
in
forget
the
importance
of
how
we
use
our
energy
at
home.
It's
at
least
50
percent
of
the
energy
reduction
picture
and
change
is
absolutely
key.
Let's
not
forget
how
quick
and
easy
it
is
to
start
by
actively
changing
our
energy
behavior
at
home.
Now
there
are
a
number
of
well-known
energy-saving
behaviors
listed
on
this
slide,
and
each
one
of
them
makes
a
difference.
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We
can
start
by
understanding
what
our
own
energy
usage
is.
Smart
meters
can
help,
but
an
annual
bill
is
just
as
good
to
achieve
a
10
reduction
in
your
electricity
use
based
on
national
averages.
You
would
need
to
save
just
a
single
kilowatt
hour
each
day
if
a
kilowatt
hour
of
electricity
cost
15
pounds
rather
than
15
pence.
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Having
a
single
point
of
contact
dedicated
to
adrian
worthing
could
help
bring
all
these
elements
together
and
make
an
easy
and
attractive
option
for
people
to
take
up.
One
example
of
a
really
successful
model
of
a
single
point:
referral
service
is
islington.
Council's
program
called
shine.
This
links
together
dozens
of
schemes
on
energy
advice
debts
and
grants
to
support
anyone
who
is
struggling
to
heat
their
home
just
to
spend
the
last
few
seconds
in
on
adaptation
being
a
southern
coastal
town.
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The
climate
model
predictions
show
that
the
main
risks
here
include
longer
drier
summers
and
subsequently,
drought,
more
frequent,
intense
storms
with
short
periods
of
heavy
rainfall
and
therefore
more
flooding,
as
well
as
probable
power
cuts.
There
are
lots
of
small
common
sense
things
we
can
do
to
prepare
practically
for
this.
In
addition
to
our
homes,
let's
not
forget
our
gardens
and
things
like
maintaining
trees,
which
provide
shade
water
uptake
and
air
purification
or
installing
rain
gardens
to
help
reduce
flooding
during
intense
rainfall.