External wall insulation

SBS has a long-standing working relationship with Rykneld Homes and, currently, we’re delivering energy efficiency improvements to over 70 Reema Non-Traditional Properties.

The work has principally involved fitting external wall insulation, together with associated adaptations. It has enabled a growing number of residents to enjoy warmer homes and reduced bills. We were therefore very pleased to receive a kind email from local tenant, Jackie Foster, who said:

In December 2019, Citizen Housing (formerly West Midlands Housing) confirmed that Sustainable Building Services (SBS) had been awarded a new contract involving the installation of external wall insulation and associated works to 84 occupied properties in Coventry.

Due to start in February, the 6-month project was put out on open tender, and SBS won on the basis of quality and price.

In November 2019, social housing provider Magenta Living awarded a new external wall insulation contract to Sustainable Building Services (UK) Ltd (SBS).

Scheduled to start in January 2020, the work will entail installing EWI to approximately 84 occupied properties in the Bromborough area of Wirral.

The contract is part funded by the European Regional Development Fund, which required that the contract should deliver energy efficiency improvements as well as an important element of innovation.

Early in 2019, we reported that we'd taken part in a public event organised by Rykneld Homes, to celebrate the completion of the thousandth home to be fitted with external wall insulation.

Since then, we've made steady progress on the first phase of works, which has entailed making energy efficiency improvements to individual properties. That phase is now nearly complete but a second phase, featuring further 38 properties in another neighbourhood, is due to begin shortly.

Back in August, we announced that we had begun work on an ECO3-funded energy efficiency project for Broxtowe Borough Council, procured via Efficiency East Midlands. This involves installing PermaRock external wall insulation to 61 properties.

Work is now approximately two-thirds complete and still progressing quickly. The team is on track for finishing the scheme on or ahead of schedule

SBS is approaching the end of another successful scheme; this one for Stoke-on-Trent City Council. The work began in summer 2019 and came via Lot 3 of the council's General Building Works contract.

The scheme featured works on a variety of different property types on the Weston Coyney Estate, including four blocks of flats, 2- and 3-bedroomed semi-detached houses, and 1- and 2-bedroomed bungalows. The improvements varied by property but included:

In recent years, SBS has carried out numerous works for Wrexham County Borough Council, the most recent of which has been the newly completed re-roofing and external insulation scheme at Plas Madoc.

However, SBS staff have remained on site because, as the last scheme was finishing, so we received confirmation that we had won additional new contracts in the same area and for the same client.

In October 2019, a new client - Swansea City and County Council - awarded SBS a new external wall insulation project, which is due to begin in January 2020.

In mid 2016, SBS won a place on Denbighshire County Council's 'External Major Repairs' framework and began its first project under phase 1. Now, at the tail-end of 2019, SBS is building on that relationship as the framework moves into a third phase. 

In February 2019, we reported that we'd begun work on the first phase of a new external wall insulation scheme in Middlesbrough, thanks to a successful tender for the social housing provider, Beyond Housing.