This guidance pulls together in one place the key information that social landlords need in order to improve the environmental performance of their existing housing stock.

The Guidance is in two parts.

The first part, the Manual, includes:

• advice on adopting a strategic approach and on delivering environmental improvements in the context of a planned and responsive maintenance service.
• reviews of the technologies for energy efficiency, from insulation to solar and wind; including sufficient information for social landlords to identify if they should be looking into each technology further in respect of the characteristics of their particular stock portfolio.
• in conclusion a table showing the cumulative benefit, expressed as a SAP rating, of implementing measures described in the text in a sample property.

The second part is a Technical Supplement. This provides more detailed technical information on the measures described in the Manual. The numbering follows that in the Manual, with the exception of section 7 in the manual. Because this describes wider environmental matters, there is  no further additional technical information, and therefore the Technical Supplement does not contain a section 2.7.

Parts one and two are available as zipped Word files under 'See also' to the right of this page and are roughly 1MB each.

Part one

Fit for the future part 1 Contents (1934 Kb)
Fit for the future part 1-1 Introduction (1471 Kb)
Fit for the future part 1-2 Delivery matters (3263 Kb)
Fit for the future part 1-3 Saving carbon (1476 Kb)
Fit for the future part 1-4 Energy efficiency (2484 Kb)
Fit for the future part 1-5 Low and zero carbon (3421 Kb)
Fit for the future part 1-6 Water and waste (3376 Kb)
Fit for the future part 1-7 Environmental matters (1619 Kb)
Fit for the future part 1-8 Behavioural issues (2227 Kb)
Fit for the future part 1-9 Conclusion (1506 Kb)
Fit for the future part 1-10 Recommendations (3607 Kb)

Part two

Fit for the future part 2 Contents (1882 Kb)
Fit for the future part 2-1 Introduction (2338 Kb)
Fit for the future part 2-2 Strategic approach (2907 Kb)
Fit for the future part 2-3 Saving carbon (3891 Kb)
Fit for the future part 2-4 Energy efficiency (3575 Kb)
Fit for the future part 2-5 Low and zero carbon (3416 Kb)
Fit for the future part 2-6 Water and waste (2365 Kb)
Fit for the future part 2-8 Behavioural issues (2949 Kb)
Fit for the future part 2 Case studies (6372 Kb)