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Salford housing association Salix Homes has secured more than £2.2 million in government backing to overhaul heating systems in five tower blocks, in a move expected to benefit more than 500 residents and cut energy waste across some of the city’s older high-rise homes.
The money, awarded through the Government’s Heat Network Efficiency Scheme, will fund work at Nine Acre Court in Ordsall, Floral Court in Broughton, and Black Friar Court, Newbank Tower and Riverbank Tower in Trinity.
According to Salix Homes, the programme will include upgrades to communal heating systems, plant rooms and pipework, together with better insulation and the replacement of heat interface units and meters inside residents’ flats.
The housing association said the improvements are intended to make the buildings’ heating systems more reliable and efficient while helping households reduce their bills.
Work is due to start next year. The latest allocation follows £1.2 million secured earlier this year for similar heating upgrades at Magnolia Court, Sycamore Court and Mulberry Court, bringing the total government support for Salix Homes’ tower-block heating programme to about £3.5 million.
That wider investment sits within a much broader repair and improvement programme across Salford. Salix Homes, which owns more than 8,000 homes and 21 tower blocks in the city, has said it plans to spend more than £20 million over the coming year on housing improvements, including a £10 million eco-transformation of Grey Friar Court and White Friar Court in Greengate.
The association says it has invested more than £235 million in existing homes and new supply since becoming independent in 2015.
David Malsom, Salix Homes’ sustainability manager, said the extra funding was a significant boost to the organisation’s plans to modernise older heating systems, describing the work as a way to reduce wasted energy and carbon emissions while keeping costs down for residents.
Martin McCluskey, the minister for local energy and jobs, said the investment formed part of a national effort to expand clean heat infrastructure and upgrade inefficient heat networks so households could benefit from lower bills, better reliability and greater energy security.
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