Empty Homes Agency Publications

New Tricks with Old Bricks:
How reusing old buildings can cut carbon emissions
This EHA report describes groundbreaking research into the combined embodied (built-in) and operational (in-use) carbon emissions from refurbished compared with new build houses.  Using the University of Bath’s Inventory of Carbon and Energy (ICE), it shows that embodied energy is a much larger part of the lifetime carbon cost of housing than has been widely supposed.  It also suggests that, even over 30-50 years, refurbishment is at least as good if not better than new build in terms of CO2 emissions.  Published with the support of the BSHF. 

Click here for a summary of the research findings or here for the full report.

Campaigning for success - Jonathan Ellis
How to cope if you achieve your campaign goal

A Cure for Empty Homes
A guidance booklet for local authorities, has been developed by the Empty Homes Agency and IDeA to outline the 26 different methods local authorities are using to bring empty homes back into use. Other than EDMOs all of these have been used and have achieved tangible results.

A Manifesto On Empty Homes 2005
Recent information leaflet that outlines the major challenges and recommendations for bringing empty properties back into use.

Public Campaign Action Pack
A very useful resource for those of you in your community that want to do something about empty homes in your area.

Community Action Toolkit
Aims to give the basic facts about empty property, oultine what councils can do and show what community groups across England have achieved in campaigns to tackle this issue

Chapters 1: How To Campaign
Chapter 2: Empty Homes The Facts
Chapters 3: Every House A Home
Chapter 4: Saving The Countryside
Chapters 5:Community Solutions
Chapter 6: Empty Homes and Low Demand
Chapter 7: Useful Contacts / Resources

Unlocking The Potential of London's Empty Homes
Brand new report on good practice in London, which includes an empty property charter for councils