bringing warmth to wyndford
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Bringing Warmth to Wyndford. ‘Maybe they didn’t believe us that we would actually do it …’ (Cube). Sample characteristics. N interviewed=154 60% are 1-person households, 26% @ 2, 8% @ 3, 4% @ 4, 3% @ 5; Persons in households: 215 (66% male; 34% female) - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Bringing Warmth to Wyndford
‘Maybe they didn’t believe us that we would actually do it …’ (Cube)
Sample characteristics
• N interviewed=154 60% are 1-person households, 26%@2, 8%@3,
4%@4, 3%@5;
• Persons in households: 215 (66% male; 34% female)
• Interviewed at home between mid-October and mid-November 2012, interviews lasting between 30-45 minutes on average.
Our targets
Characteristics
flat in 8 st
orey
flat in 14 sto
rey
flat in 26 sto
rey
maisonett
e flatother
05
10152025303540
1 year 2 to 5 6 to 10 11 to 20
20+05
1015202530
18-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75+0
5
10
15
20
25
30
non-man
l upper
non-man
l lower
manual
studen
t
unemployed
retired
0102030405060
Dwelling Length of residence
Age of respondents Social class
Survey topics
• Population & dwelling characteristics;• Current (pre-change) heating & methods of
payment, – including spending on energy vis-à-vis income;
• Coping with (lack of) heating;• State of health of household;• Hopes & expectations for new heating system.
Satisfaction with housing and heating
Some surprises …
• House satisfaction is – highest among those living there for one year (92%); – high among people in the multis (76%); – age and sex don’t vary much;
• Heating dissatisfaction is – highest among those living there for 1 year; – living in the multis; – and younger people (no sex differences).
• Long stayers, and those not living in multis, are most content with heating.
How keen are people to have new heating?
very keen quite keen not very keen not at all0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
How cold was your home last winter?
all the time most of time some of time a little of time never0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
So what did people do?
wear outdoor clothing put off heating go to bed early go elsewhere cut down on food0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
Paying for energy
<10% 10-20% 20-30% 30%+0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
Can they afford it? – not on these incomes…
<£5000 pa £5-10,000 £10-15,000 £15,000+0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
How are people managing financially?
very well quite well get by alright not very well some difficulties deep difficulties0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
50
Electricity costs by payment method
Electricity costs by household income
Electricity costs by dwelling type
Electricity costs by number of bedrooms
What do they think they’ll end up paying in new system?
more about the same less0
5
10
15
20
25
30
Has the disruption been worth it?
very disruptive quite not very not at all0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
So do they look forward to the new system, then?
being warm
controlling temperature
heating thehouse
reduced bills
money in pocket
better health
env energy
comfort
pride
hospitality
local energy
leisure at home
use space
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
very importantvery or quite important
What is important to people?
reduced fuel bills
being warm
controlling energy
easy heat
money in pocket
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
first mentionany mention
So does any of this matter?Yes it does ….
• >80% say their house is a place where they feel safe;• And >80% that it’s a place where they feel at home…BUTAs many as 25% say it is a place they want to get away from, And more than half (56%) that they would move house if they could.Why? There are pragmatic reasons
moving to a bigger or smaller house, getting old etc,
but the largest number – 22% - say they want to get out of the area.
And the proof of the pudding…
is in the heating