Purpose

This
decision encompasses significant energy efficiency improvements to
back-to-back homes in two deprived areas of Holbeck and
Armley.
The
specific decisions are:
To
accept £1.785M of Better Homes Hub funding from the West
Yorkshire Combined Authority and £4.5m from the Department
for Levelling Up, Communities and Housing (DLUCH) via the Levelling
Up Fund.
To
inject £4.422M for Armley and £8.52M for Holbeck into
the capital programme and provide authority to spend on
both.
To
give authority to directly procure and award to a contractor to
deliver Holbeck via an approved framework.
To
give authority to procure using the WYCA Energy Efficiency and
Carbon Reduction Framework for Armley, utilising a two-stage
process to undertake the following:
· 
Fabric energy efficiency works to 100 back-to-back
homes in Armley including external wall insulation, attic room
insulation and where necessary the installation of new energy
efficient doors and windows.
· 
A feasibility study into the installation of ground
source heat pump technology using a shared loop.