MORE than 3,000 Bromsgrove householders are set to do their bit for energy efficiency Bromsgrove District Housing Trust (bdht) has teamed up with EDF Energy, eaga – a leading green support services company – and The Housing Corporation, to give free energy efficient lightbulbs to bdht’s residents.

The lightbulbs, donated by EDF Energy, will be issued to 3,100 properties where tenants might be vulnerable to fuel poverty and to help reduce carbon emissions across bdht’s housing stock.

Each household will receive four bulbs with a life span ten times longer than regular bulbs and an energy usage 80 per cent less than a standard one.

In total the scheme aims to save 1.14 million tonnes of CO2 over a ten-year period, which would equate to over 230,000 Olympic-size swimming pools.

bdht is one of the first housing associations to take part in the scheme and will be starting to distribute its light bulbs this month.

Gary Fowler, head of asset management at bdht, said: “Making our homes more energy efficient and supporting vulnerable people is one of our key promises to our tenants.

“We are delighted to be joining up with The Housing Corporation, EDF Energy and eaga in making our housing stock ‘greener’ and, at a time of rising energy prices, we firmly believe that this will help our tenants save money, while at the same time meeting our own commitments of making our housing more environmentally sustainable.”