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21/09/2010
British Gas And Mears Announce Partnership
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British Gas, the UK's largest supplier of low carbon, energy efficient products and services and Mears, a leading provider of repairs and maintenance services to the social housing sector, have announced a strategic partnership to bid on repair and maintenance contracts in the social housing sector.
Mears and British Gas will jointly bid on repair and maintenance contracts in the social housing sector, with British Gas delivering energy services as well as providing access to Carbon Emissions Reduction Target (CERT), Community Energy Saving Programme (CESP), Feed-In Tariff and Renewable Heat Incentive funding, to subsidise energy efficiency measures and renewable and low carbon technology.
As a result, British Gas and Mears will be able to target CERT and CESP funding opportunities within Mears’ existing and growing Social Housing client base, enabling Social Housing Landlords to leverage more value from their capital budgets.
The Partnership will also offer a wide range of microgeneration installation and maintenance services across the 500,000 Social Homes Mears currently works with. These include whole house solutions which may include air and ground source heat pumps and biomass boilers as well as solar panels.
By combining the capability and resources of these two industry-leading organisations, the partnership will create efficiency opportunities for Local Authorities and Registered Social Landlords during a time of budget constraint.
Phil Bentley, Managing Director of British Gas said: "The growing importance of a ‘whole house’ approach to energy management underpins the rationale for this partnership and we are delighted to be working with Mears. It is particularly welcome given that housing budgets are likely to come under pressure over coming months, and will also contribute to meeting Britain's stretching carbon reduction targets. By co-ordinating British Gas' and Mears' expertise and experience, we are confident we will improve the quality of social housing throughout the UK at the lowest possible cost."
(CD/GK)
Mears and British Gas will jointly bid on repair and maintenance contracts in the social housing sector, with British Gas delivering energy services as well as providing access to Carbon Emissions Reduction Target (CERT), Community Energy Saving Programme (CESP), Feed-In Tariff and Renewable Heat Incentive funding, to subsidise energy efficiency measures and renewable and low carbon technology.
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As a result, British Gas and Mears will be able to target CERT and CESP funding opportunities within Mears’ existing and growing Social Housing client base, enabling Social Housing Landlords to leverage more value from their capital budgets.
The Partnership will also offer a wide range of microgeneration installation and maintenance services across the 500,000 Social Homes Mears currently works with. These include whole house solutions which may include air and ground source heat pumps and biomass boilers as well as solar panels.
By combining the capability and resources of these two industry-leading organisations, the partnership will create efficiency opportunities for Local Authorities and Registered Social Landlords during a time of budget constraint.
Phil Bentley, Managing Director of British Gas said: "The growing importance of a ‘whole house’ approach to energy management underpins the rationale for this partnership and we are delighted to be working with Mears. It is particularly welcome given that housing budgets are likely to come under pressure over coming months, and will also contribute to meeting Britain's stretching carbon reduction targets. By co-ordinating British Gas' and Mears' expertise and experience, we are confident we will improve the quality of social housing throughout the UK at the lowest possible cost."
(CD/GK)
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