We've been awarded £127,960 from the Renewable Heat Premium Payment scheme. The scheme is part of a competition for social landlords to install green heating systems in houses. The money is contributing towards a communal biomass boiler system in Rosewell, Midlothian. Biomass boilers use wood pellets or chips as fuel to provide heat and hot water.

Saving residents money and energy

The boiler will provide communal heating and hot water to 8 one-bedroom flats - saving residents money on their energy bills. The project begins in the New Year and tenants and the local authority planning department are working with us to secure the project's success.

Energy and Climate Change Minister Greg Barker

"This scheme directly targets many of the people who could struggle to pay their heating bills in the winter and I am pleased so many social housing organisations across the country will be able to get a share of the cash. It will encourage an increase in the number of new heating technologies in social housing and help people deal with expensive fuel costs."