MTHA and British Gas

This last year has been a very successful one for both the housing association and British Gas.  Both have been working together to get more properties using renewable energy to help with their heating bills.  Some of the successes that we achieved in these early stages in partnership have included:

• In partnership, British Gas has managed to create the UK’s 1^st ‘Green Skills Academy’ that is dedicated to delivering training and vocational learning to people in the area.  This centre will be a key driver to ensuring Wales can continue to drive the ‘green’ agenda and will help give individuals, local businesses and Local Authority/Housing Association partners essential skills to install, maintain and advise on Carbon reducing initiatives.  The centre is set to train up to 1,300 individuals per year in wide range of bespoke energy qualifications.

• In partnership, British Gas has worked with the Welsh Assembly Government to successfully announce Wales’ first ‘Low Carbon Town’ in the ‘Heads of the Valleys’ (Aberdare).  To compliment this announcement, British Gas were able to install the first Micro –Combined Heat and Power boilers into Wales within the HOV’s area.

• In partnership, British Gas has been able to create many jobs to date and with the support of MTHA they are continually adding to these figures.  

• In partnership, British Gas has managed to identify over one thousand renewable technology measures that can be installed to homes within Social Housing properties in the Heads of the Valleys.  They have installed measures to nearly 70 of MTHA's properties, and these numbers will increase in the near future as funding gets approved.  These measures will make serious Carbon reduction impacts for the area/environment whilst helping to eradicate Fuel Poverty in the homes of our tenants.