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Greendale aims to tackle fuel poverty and provide affordable warmth in Calderdale

Greendale, the specialist sustainable energy division of construction and development specialist Southdale, has started work on a project to help tackle fuel poverty and provide affordable warmth to homes in Halifax.

The collaboration with Calderdale Council will initially see Greendale deliver a range of energy efficiency measures to homes in the Park Ward area of the town, with more than 1,000 properties potentially in line for fuel poverty-busting measures.

This programme will then be rolled out to other areas within the Borough. Works are now complete to the initial demonstration show house in Hornby Street, Halifax. This will be used to illustrate what measures can help to reduce fuel bills in the homes as part of the Energy Company Obligation programme.

Park Ward Councillor Jenny Lynn helped launch the Greendale programme at the recently completed demonstration show house.

Nick O’Connor, director of Greendale, said: “The show home is a great opportunity to illustrate what can be done to improve the energy efficiency of homes. Working with Calderdale Council we are making a real effort to tackle fuel poverty by investing in upgrades to properties in this area and we are proud to be working with them to deliver work which will provide real benefits to residents in our home town.”

Ward Councillor Jenny Lynn said: “It is great that we now have a specialist firm based in this area who are focussed upon providing services that make a real difference to the lives of residents in Calderdale. Southdale has been employing local people in the Halifax area for over 25 years and the new Greendale division provides an exciting opportunity not only for the company, but also for the area. These energy efficiency measures to existing homes will make a real difference to families in the area helping to reduce fuel poverty and providing affordable warmth making homes more comfortable.”

As well as delivering ECO-funded work to existing homes, the new Greendale business will also lead Southdale’s first move into offering planned maintenance for home owners and landlords.

Greendale is led by Nick O’Connor and Mark Pickles, who have have more than two decades of experience in the market between them.

The pair have provided ECO enhancements and planned maintenance to more than 13,000 homes across Yorkshire, including 12,000 as part of an enhanced Decent Homes Project for the Wakefield and District Housing Partnership.

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