Sustainable Homes, developed SHIFT partnership with the Tenants Services Authority, WWF, Bank of Scotland Corporate and the UK Green Building Council. SHIFT provides an assessment of your organisation's sustainability performancce and recomendations on how to improve.
The Sustainable Homes Index For Tomorrow (SHIFT) is a best practice group. The outcome of the assessment will be a benchmark rating allowing continuous improvement and comparison against similar organisations and best practice.
Indicative fees for 2010 are very similar to 2009. Please click on the button below for more details. There may be discounts for multi-year subscribers and early bookings.
Assessment focuses on four criteria - strategy and management, offices, existing stock and new build. Questions within each criterion are designed to identify areas for improvements, and the final rating identifies the overall performance of your organisation. Read more and see pictures from SHIFT 2008/09. Membership can have real tangible benefits as the quotes below illustrate.
"SHIFT has given the Group a focus for addressing environmental issues, especially in identifying independently assessed weaker areas of our operations." Susie Ward, Sustainability Co-ordinator, The Hyde Group
"SHIFT helped drive us to respond to residents needs. I would definitely recommend it to other associations." Bronwen Rapley, Group Director Legal Services, Harvest Housing Group.
"The index significantly raised the awareness and profile of A2Dominion." Paul Jones, Head of Development Procurement & Quality, A2Dominion
How to join
Membership provides the opportunity for assessment of progress on environmental sustainability against peers, and interaction with housing experts on how to improve performance. For more information on these services please click here . Be part of the change.
For more information on the Index or to discuss joining please contact us at info@sustainablehomes.co.uk or phone 020 8973 0429.