AQW 42829/11-15 Written question to the Minister for Social Development
To ask the Minister for Social Development to detail the policy in regards to the preferred energy source for heating in Housing Executive owned homes.
Asked by Stewart Dickson MLA on 25 February 2015
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 25 February 2015
- Answer due by
- 12 March 2015
- Answered
- 3 March 20156 days after tabling
- Department
- Department for Communities
- Priority question
- No
Answer
The Housing Executive has advised that their heating policy states:-
Gas remains the preferred option offered in heat replacement schemes in gas areas;
Oil heating is the preferred option outside a gas area;
Tenant choice outside the gas area is increased to include wood pellet boilers as a potentially viable alternative to oil; and
Economy7 electric systems may be retained by tenant choice.