Vaillant is hosting a series of open days around the UK to demonstrate the role of renewable technology in reducing fuel poverty and carbon emissions for the social housing sector to landlords, renewables installers and councils.
The Sustainable Heating days will be held at Vaillant's head office in Belper, Derbyshire, and at Centres of Excellence in Elland, West Yorkshire, on 13 February; in Bristol on 20 February; in Cambridge on 25 February; Maidstone on 26 February; and Scotland on 4 March.

The focus of the events will be on educating landlords on how to access government funding and examples of Vaillant renewables projects to show the technology in action.

Guest speakers from leading partners and the Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC) will give presentations.

In addition, a prize draw of £1,000 towards a Community Investment fund for landlords will be held at the close of each event.

The focus on helping landlords to obtain funding is extremely timely, following the publication of recent research by Alliance Procurement, the National Energy Foundation and the University of Salford. The research found that the lack of funding support remains the highest barrier to retrofitting in the social housing sector. Around 37% of landlords said addressing fuel poverty and reducing fuel bills for tenants were their key drivers for considering a retrofit.

Vaillant's commercial and renewables system director, John Bailey, said: 'Renewable technology can deliver significant savings for the social housing sector, and play a significant role in reducing fuel poverty. It's extremely rewarding to share our renewable expertise with this audience as part of our commitment to the social housing sector.'

To attend and to find out more visit http://www.vaillant.co.uk/sustainable-open-day/