Community Schemes
£115,989.00
Stage 1:
A final report including:
- A review of existing evidence regarding the health outcomes and environmental benefits of connecting a household to the gas grid
- A review of how impact upon health and wellbeing and the environment has been effectively measured by existing initiatives (qualitatively and quantitatively)
- An analysis of gaps in current evidence
- Recommendations of appropriate measurement parameters for a new health-based eligibility criteria for network extension procedures that can work towards addressing those gaps
A consultation workshop with all partners to:
- Share the results of the stage 1 review and provide feedback
- Refine and develop methods for testing the criteria developed in the stage 1 review and closing gaps in current evidence regarding the health outcomes of network connections
- A full proposal for stage 2 of the research incorporating feedback from the consultation workshop will be developed and submitted to NGN for approval
Stage 2:
A pilot study to test and evaluate the health and environmental impact of gas connections procedures in a specified region (County Durham) using qualitative and quantitative techniques both pre- and post-connection (including the use of a crisis fund for the installation of accompanying measures)
A final report evaluating:
- impact upon health and wellbeing, and benefits to the environment, of connecting a household to the gas network
- effectiveness of including health and environmental eligibility criteria to current network extension procedures
- assessment of available health and environmental indicators and criteria that could be adopted as good practice
- A best practice blue-print including:
- recommendations for how health and environmental eligibility criteria can be incorporated into current frameworks for gas connections
- case studies for effective partnership working between local authorities and GDNs for the implementation of the NICE guidance across sectors
- policy recommendations for enabling other industry bodies to incorporate learnings from the research into connections procedures