Exciting plans to create a green retrofit revolution in St Ives by improving energy efficiency in 200 social housing properties in the town have taken a big step forward this week after LiveWest signed its Town Deal Funding Agreement.

The multi-million-pound LiveWest Low Carbon Retrofit project is the last of our nine St Ives Town Deal projects to sign its contract

The project has been awarded £866,800 from the government’s Town Deal programme. St Ives Town Deal Board, in partnership with Cornwall Council, successfully bid for a Town Deal worth £19.9 million to support a range of projects that will contribute to the town’s regeneration and boost the local economy. Cornwall Council is the lead authority for Cornwall Town Deals and supports the governance role of the St Ives Town Deal Board and administrates the fund.

The project involves carrying out an ambitious energy-efficient retrofitting programme in 200 individual properties in St Ives, creating greener homes which are cheaper and warmer to live in.  St Ives is the first area in Cornwall to have such a large-scale whole house retrofit programme.

You can read a press release here

You can find out more about the project on the LiveWest website: https://www.livewest.co.uk/