Survey of Domestic Solid Fuel Usage Report March 2019

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SURVEY OF DOMESTIC SOLID FUEL USAGE REPORT

MARCH 2019

Prepared by

Social Capital (North West) C.I.C. Ltd Northside Enterprise Centre Glengalliagh Road Derry BT48 8NN

Tel: 02871354577 Email:[email protected]

Acknowledgements

We would like to express our gratitude to all those people who contributed to the development and conduct of the Fuel Usage Survey 2019.

We are particularly grateful to the staff within Derry City & Strabane District Council who provided guidance in finalising the survey instrument and launching/promoting the commencement of the survey fieldwork across the Derry City & Strabane District Council Area.

We would also like to give a big thanks to our fifteen (15) locally trained and experienced data collectors from Social Capital (North West) C.I.C. who conducted this survey during a four week period (Friday 15th February to Friday 15th March 2019) in the 20 designated 1km x 1km zones across the Derry City & Strabane District Council Area.

Finally, special thanks go to all those residents (2153 households) who gave us their time to participate in the survey. The excellent response rate of 78% within the 4-week fieldwork period across all of the 20 designated zones has enabled us to assess and present this comprehensive picture on the extent of domestic main/secondary fuel usage in the Derry City & Strabane District Council (DC&SDC) area.

CONTENTS

Page

Introduction & Background 4-5

Summary of Findings 6-8

Methodology & Research Design 9-10

Section A The main type of fuels used in the domestic sector/public 11-14 houses for heating purposes Section B The secondary type of fuels used in the domestic 15-19 sector/public houses for heating purposes Section C The number within of litresthe survey of oil areashouseholds i.e. licenced use per premises year with 20-22 open fires/burners. Section D Type of coal/solid fuel used by households & Seasonal use 23-38

of heating fuels.

Section E The types of heating appliances used by domestic 39-40 sector/public houses for heating purposes.

Section F Total number of persons who live in coal burning 41-43 households in each of the 20 designated 1000m x 1000m survey areas. Section G Total number of houses, which burn solid fuel, further, 44-45 differentiated according to primary or secondary methods of heating, in each survey area. Section H Barriers (perceived or actual) to using cleaner fuels such 46-48 as oil or gas.

Appendices 1: Table A: Minimum No. of properties to be sampled 49 within each geographical area 50 2: Table B: Outcome of all Fieldwork

3: Table C: No of households & main type of fuel used 51 for heating purposes 4: Table D: No of households & secondary type of fuel 52 used for heating purposes

5. Table E: No of households & No of 53 litres of oil used per year 6. Table F: No of households & Type of Heating Appliances used 54 by households who use coal/solid fuel

7. Table G: No of persons living within all households in each 55 Geographical area.

Introduction & Background

Social Capital (North West) C.I.C. was commissioned by Derry City & Strabane District Council to assess and report on the extent of domestic main/secondary fuel usage in the Derry City & Strabane District Council Area. This would be achieved by sampling 10% of properties within each of the 20 designated 1000m X 1000m geographical areas (approx. sample total of 2760 properties) across the DC&SDC area, completing face to face ‘Fuel use Survey’ interviews at each property and securing a response rate of at least 75%, totalling 2077 surveys.

The ‘Fuel Use Survey’ instrument, agreed by Derry City & Strabane District Council had 7 core questions which when asked would determine the types and quantities of fuels used in the domestic sector/public houses within the survey areas, the seasonal use of heating fuels, the types of heating appliances used, the total number of persons who live in coal burning households in each of the 20 designated areas, the total number of houses which burn solid fuel, further differentiated according to primary or secondary methods of heating in each survey area and the barriers (perceived or actual) by households to using cleaner fuels such as oil or gas.

5 of the areas (grid 14-18) were in and around Smoke Control Areas (SCA’s) in Strabane, Castlederg and Newtownstewart, therefore survey interviewers when visiting properties in these areas had to ensure within their introductions that they clearly stated ‘“You may be aware that you live in a Smoke Control Area where it is permitted to burn only ‘authorised’ smokeless fuels. The purpose of this survey is to collect information on types/quantities of fuel used to help assess air quality. No enforcement actions will be undertaken on the basis of any information collected.”

The total sample size was to be a minimum of 2760 properties across the 20 designated areas and a minimum of 10% (2077) of all properties within each of the 20 designated areas (See Appendix 2). The results of the survey when

4 completed would be used to assist Council and DEARA to come to an informed decision on progressing the Smoke Control Strategy.

Summary of Findings

The main type of fuel that domestic households/public houses across the 20 designated zones within the Derry City & Strabane District Council area was Oil (73.62%), followed by Gas (22.81%) , Coal/solid fuel (2%), Electricity (1.35%), wood (0.14%) and other (0.09%). The most popular secondary fuel used by domestic households/public houses across the 20 designated zones within the Derry City & Strabane District Council area was coal/solid fuel (18.71%), followed by Electricity (7.7%), Wood (2.84%), Gas (1.56%), Oil (1.05%) and other (0.09%). 67.58% of all households reported that they do not use a secondary source of fuel for heating purposes.

In total 451 households, (approximately 21% of all households across the 20 designated areas) reported that they burn coal/solid fuel as either a main (10%) or secondary source (90%) of fuel for heating their homes. Of those respondents who reported that they either used coal/solid fuel as a primary fuel or secondary source of fuel, the most popular type of coal/solid fuel was household coal (55%), followed by smokeless fuel (30%), wood (9%), anthracite smokeless coal (5%) and other (1%). The most common type of heating appliance used by the households who use coal/solid fuel across the 20 designated zones was an open fire 67.19% followed by Stove-multi fuel 17.71%, closed glass fire 7.55%, stove-wood 7.03% and other 0.52%

Of those households who used coal as either their main or secondary source, 1311 persons (24% of the total number of people living within all households) lived within these coal/solid fuel-burning households. The main type of coal/solid fuel burned was household coal (55%), followed by smokeless fuel (30%), wood (9%), anthracite smokeless coal (5%) and 1% stated other.

Ten (10) of twenty (20) geographical areas had more than 20% of households who continued to burn coal/solid fuel as either a main or secondary source of fuel. This ranged from 3.55% of households in Galliagh to over 45% of

6 households in Eglinton (See Table 1 over leaf: Ranking of the designated survey areas by the total % of houses which burn coal/solid fuel).

Table 1: Ranking of the designated survey areas by the total percentage of houses which burn coal/solid fuel).

Designated survey Total % of houses which burn coal/solid fuel Ranking area 45.63% 1st Eglinton 45.49% 2nd Claudy 35.29% 3rd Newtownstewart 34.21% 4th Castlederg 32.93% 5th Strabane Town 3 28.24% 6th Strabane Town 2 28.06% 7th Altnagelvin/Trench Road 27.49% 8th Caw 25.99% 9th Rosemount/Northland 24.44% 10th Pennyburn/Racecourse Road/Culmore Road 20.57% 11th Kilfennan 19.7% 12th Strathfoyle 19.62% 13th Strabane Town 1 16.55% 14th Creggan 14.29% 15th Lower Waterside 14.18% 16th Foyle Springs/Creggan 11.86% 17th Gobnascale 11.83% 18th Shantallow 4.51% 19th Bogside/Brandywell 3.55% 20th Galliagh

The average amount of coal burned by households who used coal as their main source of fuel was 81kg per week in the winter and 41kg in the summer. The

7 average amount of coal burned by households who used coal as their secondary source of fuel was 73kg per week in the winter and 53kg in the summer.

3% of households used wood as either their main (3 households) or their secondary (62 households) source of fuel for heating their homes. The average amount of wood burned by households who used wood as their main source of fuel was 75kg per week in the winter and 75kg in the summer. The average amount of wood burned by households who used wood as their secondary source of fuel in the winter was 91kg per week and 41.25kg in the summer.

Of those households who reported that the main type of fuel they used was oil, (73.62% of households using oil as their main source and 1.05% of households using oil as their secondary source of fuel), over 40% of households used between 1000-1499 litres per year, approximately 30% used between 1500 to 2000 litres, approximately 15% used more than 2000 litres per year, approximately 13% used between 500-999 litres and approximately and 1% used between 0 and 500 litres per year.

The main barriers (perceived or real) to households using cleaner fuels such as oil or gas were that they are too expensive to install (24 respondents) followed by gas not available in the area (22 respondents), the hassle/expense of decoration (8 respondents), do not own my home (8 respondents), safety concerns with gas (8 respondents) and the price of gas (3 respondents). A further 13 respondents stated that they are thinking about getting gas in and 28 respondents confirmed that they are getting gas installed this year.

Diagram 1

Methodology & Research Design

The survey fieldwork took place over a four-week period by 15-trained interviewers commencing Friday 15th February 2019 to Friday 15th March 2019. The survey took place at regular intervals throughout the morning, afternoon and evening Mon to Saturday each week thus ensuring a maximum coverage and participation.

The list of households for each of the 20 geographical areas identified within the GIS application provided by the client (total of 24,761 households). The addresses for the households were compiled by Social Capital North West C.I.C. from the Derry & Strabane Pointer address database - the standard address for every property within the DC&SDC area. From the Pointer database, we were able to identify all the addresses for each of the 20 geographically areas across the Derry City & Strabane District Council area.

Social Capital (North West) C.I.C. then systematically selected a sample of 3048 addresses ensuring a minimum of 10% target of household addresses within each of the geographical areas. For each of the 20 geographical areas we selected the sample using a random start and a fixed interval (every 10th household) method to select the property addresses. This was to ensure that the correct proportion of addresses were selected in each geographical area thereby increasing the robustness of, and helping to reduce any bias within, the sample of addresses.

All survey interviewers undertook a half-day refresher training prior to commencement of the fieldwork, visiting all the households systematically selected within each of the 20 geographically areas. All survey interviewers showed their identity card prior, explained the survey prior to the commencement of any interview, and recorded the outcome of their visit to all households.

Survey interviewers exceeded the minimum number of surveys to be completed during the four week field work period and met the 75% minimum completion

9 rate for each of the 20 designated geographical areas (See Table 2 overleaf: Fuel Survey Completion rate).

The overall outcome achieved was 2153 complete surveys, 66 outright refusals, 13 circumstantial refusals (e.g. sick as home), 124 ineligible (e.g. vacant/business premises) and 692 non contacts thus enabling us to provide a detailed breakdown of the response rate (See Appendix 3).

TABLE 2: Fuel Survey Completion Rate Target Completion Area Total Completed (100%) Rate (%) Strabane Town 3 82 94 87.23 Kilfennan 141 168 83.93 Gobnascale 69 83 83.13 Foyle Springs & Creggan Road 134 166 80.72 Castlederg 78 97 80.41 Pennyburn, Racecourse Rd & Culmore Rd 89 112 79.46 Lower Waterside 182 235 77.45 Eglinton 88 112 79.46 Galliagh 140 175 80.00 Claudy 54 69 78.26 Bogside & Brandywell 179 238 75.21 Creggan 139 180 77.22 Shantallow 123 162 75.93 Strabane Town 1 77 101 76.24 Newtownstewart 51 67 76.12 Altnagelvin & Trench Road 81 107 75.70 Strabane Town 2 85 113 75.22 Caw 109 145 75.17 Strathfoyle 66 88 75.00 Rosemount & Northland Road 186 248 75.00

Total No of Surveys Completed 2153 2760 Current Overall Completion Rate (%) 78.04

The completion rate for each of the geographical areas ranged from 75% in Strathfoyle & Rosemount/Northland to 87% in Strabane Town 3.

Section A

The MAIN type of fuels used in the domestic sector/public houses for heating purposes

The main type of fuel that domestic households/public houses (2153 respondents) across the 20 designated zones within the Derry City & Strabane District Council area was Oil 73.62% (1585 respondents), followed by Gas 22.81% (491 respondents), Coal/solid fuel 2% (43 respondents), Electricity 1.35% (29 respondents), wood 0.14% (3 respondents) and other 0.09% (2 respondents) (See Diagram 2 below) Diagram 2

Main Types of Fuel used in Domestic Sector / Public Houses - No. of Households (%) 80 73.62 70

30 22.81 20

10 2 1.35 0.14 0.09 0 Oil Gas Coal / Solid Fuel Electricity Wood Other

The most popular type of fuel (oil) used by households across the DC&SDC area varied across the 20 geographical areas (See Appendix 4: No of households & main type of fuel used for heating purposes). For example, approximately nine (9) out of every 10 households in Eglinton, Claudy, Newtownstewart, Castlederg, Strabane Town 3 and Kilfennan used oil as their main type of fuel compared to 2 out of every 10 households in Strathfoyle.

Approximately 8 out of 10 households in Strabane Town 2, Lower Waterside and Foyle Springs/Creggan used oil as their main type of fuel, approximately 7 11 out of 10 households in Galliagh, Shantallow, Pennyburn/Racecourse Road/Culmore Road, Caw, Altnagelvin/Trench Road, Gobnascale and Strabane Town 1 used oil as their main type of fuel, approximately 5 out of 10 households in Rosemount/Northland used oil as their main fuel type and approximately 4 out of 10 households in Creggan and Bogside/Brandywell used oil as their main type of fuel.

In relation to using electricity as your main fuel type for heating purposes, 11 out of the 20 geographical areas had no households who reported that they used electricity as their main type of fuel for heating purposes. Strabane Town 1 had the highest percentage of households approximately (13%) who used electricity as their main type of fuel for heating purposes, followed by Lower Waterside, approximately (5%), Caw (2.75%), Galliagh (1.43%) Altnagelvin/Trench Rd (1.23%) and Strabane Town 2 (1.18%).

Wood used as a main fuel type for heating purposes was nominal and only reported by a household in Strabane Town 1, Strabane Town 2 and Creggan

Gas used as a main fuel type ranged from approximately 7 out of every 10 households in Strathfoyle reporting that they use gas as their main type of fuel for heating purposes compared to approximately 5 out of 10 households in Bogside/Brandywell and Creggan, approximately 4 out of 10 households in Rosemount/Northland to zero households reporting that they use gas as their main source in Claudy, Newtownstewart, Castlederg (See Table 3 overleaf : Percentage of Households main type of fuel used for heating purposes).

TABLE 3: Percentage of Households main type of fuel for heating purposes

No. Designated survey Oil Gas Electricity Coal/Solid Wood Other area Fuel 1 72.14% 25.71 1.43 0.71 0 0 Galliagh 2 72.36 26.02 0.81 0.81 0 0 Shantallow 3 27.27 72.73 0 0 0 0 Strathfoyle 4 83.58 15.67 0 0.75 0 0 Foyle Springs/Creggan 5 79.78 20.22 0 0 0 0 Pennyburn/Racecourse Road/Culmore Road 6 54.30 43.55 0.54 1.61 0 0 Rosemount/Northland 7 78.90 16.51 2.75 1.83 0 0 Caw 8 46.76 49.64 0 2.88 0.72 0 Creggan 9 45.81 53.07 0 1.12 0 0 Bogside/Brandywell 10 81.87 12.64 4.95 0.55 0 0 Lower Waterside 11 95.04 1.42 0.71 2.84 0 0 Kilfennan 12 69.57 26.09 0 1.45 0 2.9 Gobnascale 13 76.54 20.99 1.23 1.23 0 0 Altnagelvin/Trench Road 14 74.03 2.6 12.99 9.09 1.30 0 Strabane Town 1 15 83.33 7.06 1.18 7.06 1.18 0 Strabane Town 2 16 96.34 2.44 0 1.22 0 0 Strabane Town 3 17 97.44 0 0 2.56 0 0 Castlederg 18 96.08 0 0 3.92 0 0 Newtownstewart 19 98.15 0 0 1.85 0 0 Claudy 20 93.18 3.41 0 3.41 0 0 Eglinton

In relation to the 2% of households whose main source of heat is coal/solid fuel this ranged from the highest 9.09% in Strabane 1 to 0.55% in Lower Water side (See Table 4 overleaf: No & Percentage of households whose main source of heating is coal/solid fuel below) with two (2) areas Strathfoyle & Pennyburn / Racecourse/Culmore Road with no households using coal/solid fuel as their main source for heating their homes. 13

TABLE 4: No, & Percentage of Households whose main source of heating is coal/solid fuel

No. Designated survey area No. & % of households whose main source of heating is coal/solid fuel 1 1 (0.71%) Galliagh 2 1 (0.81%) Shantallow 3 0 Strathfoyle 4 1 (0.75%) Foyle Springs/Creggan 5 0 Pennyburn/Racecourse Road/Culmore Road 6 3 (1.61%) Rosemount/Northland 7 2 (1.83%) Caw 8 4 (2.88%) Creggan 9 2 (1.12%) Bogside/Brandywell 10 1 (0.55%) Lower Waterside 11 4 (2.84%) Kilfennan 12 1 (1.45%) Gobnascale 13 1 (1.23%) Altnagelvin/Trench Road 14 7 (9.09%) Strabane Town 1 15 6 (7.06%) Strabane Town 2 16 1 (1.22%) Strabane Town 3 17 2 (2.56%) Castlederg 18 2 (3.92%) Newtownstewart 19 1 (1.85%) Claudy 20 3 (3.41%) Eglinton

Section B

The SECONDARY type of fuels used in the domestic sector/public houses for heating purposes

The secondary fuel that domestic households/public houses (2153 respondents) across the 20 designated zones within the Derry City & Strabane District Council area was coal/solid fuel 18.71% (408 respondents) followed by Electricity 7.7% (168 respondents), Wood 2.84% (62 respondents), Gas 1.56% (34 respondents), and Oil 1.05% (23 respondents) and other 0.09% (2 respondents). 67.58% (1474 respondents) stated that they do not use a secondary fuel (See Diagram 3 below). Diagram 3

Secondary Type of Fuel used in Domestic Sector / Public Houses - No. of Households (%)

None 67.58

Other 0.55

Wood 2.84

Electricity 7.70

Coal / Solid Fuel 18.71

Gas 1.56

Oil 1.05

0.00 10.00 20.00 30.00 40.00 50.00 60.00 70.00 80.00

In relation to the 18.71% (408 households) whose secondary source of heat is coal/solid fuel this ranged from the highest 43.64% of households in Claudy to

2.84% of households in Galliagh (See Table 5 overleaf). In two (2) areas over 40% of households used coal/solid fuel as a secondary fuel source (Claudy 43.64% & Eglinton 42.22%), a further three (3) areas, had over 30% of households using coal/solid fuel as a secondary fuel source (Strabane Town 3, 31.71%, Castlederg 31.65% and Newtownstewart 31.37%) and a further five 15

(5) areas including Altnagelvin/Trench Road, Caw, Pennyburn/Racecourse Rd/Culmore, Rosemount and Strabane 2 had over 20% of households using coal/solid fuel as a secondary source.

TABLE 5: No, & Percentage of Households whose secondary source of heating is coal/solid fuel

No. Designated survey area No & % of households whose secondary source of heating is coal/solid fuel 1 4 (2.84%) Galliagh 2 14 (11.02%) Shantallow 3 13 (19.7%) Strathfoyle 4 18 (13.43%) Foyle Springs/Creggan 5 22 (24.44%) Pennyburn/Racecourse Road/Culmore Road 6 49 (24.38%) Rosemount/Northland 7 29 (25.66%) Caw 8 19 (13.67%) Creggan 9 6 (3.39%) Bogside/Brandywell 10 25 (13.74%) Lower Waterside 11 25 (17.73%) Kilfennan 12 7 (10.41%) Gobnascale 13 22 (26.83%) Altnagelvin/Trench Road 14 8 (10.53%) Strabane Town 1 15 18 (21.18%) Strabane Town 2 16 26 (31.71%) Strabane Town 3 17 25 (31.65%) Castlederg 18 16 (31.37%) Newtownstewart 19 24 (43.64%) Claudy 20 38 (42.22%) Eglinton

The second most common secondary type of fuel (electricity) was highest in Shantallow (48.82%) followed by Newtownstewart (19.61%) and Rosemount/Northland (13.93%). Between five (5) & ten (10) per cent of households in Caw, Lower Waterside, Altnagelvin/Trench Rd, Strabane Town 1, Castlederg, and Claudy used electricity as their secondary type of fuel and less than 5% of households in all other areas used electricity as a secondary source with the exception of Bogside/Brandywell area which had no households reporting that they used electricity as a secondary type of fuel source (See Table 6 overleaf).

The third most common secondary type of fuel (wood) was highest in Eglinton (11.11%) followed by Rosemount/Northland (8.96%), Claudy (7.27%) and Altnagelvin/Trench Road (4.88%). A further four (4) geographical areas (Shantallow, Pennyburn/Racecourse Rd/Culmore Rd, Caw and Kilfennan) had approximately 4% of households reporting that they used wood and four (4) geographical areas (Galliagh, Strathfoyle, Strabane Town 3 & Newtownstewart) had no households reporting that they used wood as their secondary type of Fuel for heating purposes.

As for using gas as a secondary fuel type for heating purposes, six (6) out of the 20 geographical areas (Galliagh, Shantallow, Foyle Springs/Creggan, Creggan, Strabane Town 1 and Eglinton) had no households who reported that they used gas as their secondary type of fuel for heating purposes. Altnagelvin/Trench Rd had the highest percentage of households (7.32%) who used gas as their secondary type of fuel for heating purposes, followed by Gobnascale (4.35%), Strabane Town 3 (3.66%), Claudy (3.64%), Caw (3.54%) and Strabane Town 2 (2.35%).

Ten (10) out of the 20 geographical areas had no households that reported that they use Oil as a secondary fuel type. Strabane Town 2 had the highest percentage of households (7.06%) who reported that they used oil as a secondary fuel source for heating purposes, followed by Strabane 1 (5.26%), Newtownstewart (3.92%), Kilfennan (2.84%) and Castlederg (2.53%). 17

TABLE 6: Percentage of Households secondary type of fuel for heating purposes

No. Designated survey Oil Gas Electricity Coal/Solid Wood Other None area Fuel 1 0.71% - 1.42% 2.84% - 0.71% 94.33% Galliagh 2 - - 48.82% 11.02% 3.15% - 37.01% Shantallow 3 - 1.52% 1.52% 19.7% - - 77.27% Strathfoyle 4 - - 1.49% 13.43% 1.49% - 83.58% Foyle Springs/Creggan 5 - 2% 2.20% 24.18% 3.30% - 68.58% Pennyburn/Racecourse Road/Culmore Road 6 - 1% 13.93% 24.35% 8.96% 4.48* 47.26% Rosemount/Northland 7 0.88% 3.54% 9.73% 25.66% 3.54% - 56.64% Caw 8 - - 4.32% 13.67% 0.72% 0.72% 80.58% Creggan 9 0.56% 0.56% - 3.39% 0.56% - 94.92% Bogside/Brandywell 10 - 1.65% 6.04% 13.74% 1.10% - 77.47% Lower Waterside 11 2.84% 2.13% 0.71% 17.73% 3.55% - 73.05% Kilfennan 12 - 4.35% 2.90% 10.14% 1.45% 1.45% 79.71% Gobnascale 13 1.22% 7.32% 8.54% 26.83% 4.88% - 51.22% Altnagelvin/Trench Road 14 5.26% - 7.89% 10.53% 1.32% - 75% Strabane Town 1 15 7.06% 2.35% 4.71% 21.18% 1.18% - 63.53% Strabane Town 2 16 - 3.66% 2.44% 31.71% - - 62.20% Strabane Town 3 17 2.53% 1.27% 7.59% 31.65% 1.27% - 55.70% Castlederg 18 3.92% 1.96% 19.61% 31.37% - - 43.14% Newtownstewart 19 - 3.64% 5.45% 43.64% 7.27% - 40% Claudy 20 1.11% - 2.22% 42.22% 11.11 - 43.33% Eglinton %

The geographical areas which have households who use a secondary source of fuel for heating purposes is highest in Shantallow (62.99%), followed by Claudy (60%), Newtownstewart (56.86%), Eglinton (56.67%), Rosemount/Northlands (52.74%), Altnagelvin/Trench Rd (48.78%), Castlederg (44.3%) and Caw (43.36%). The top three (3) geographical areas which have the lowest

18 percentage of households who reported using a secondary source of fuel for heating purposes was Galliagh (5.67%) followed by Bogside/Brandywell (5.08% and Foyle Springs/Creggan (16.42%).

Section C

The number of litres of oil household’s use per year

(42.08%) of households across the 20 designated zones within the Derry City & Strabane District Council Area used 1000-1499 litres (667 households) per year, followed by 29.15% of households who used 1500-2000 litres (462 households) per year, 14.38% of households who used more than 2000 litres per year (228 households), 13.12% of households who used 500-999 litres per year (208 households) and 1.26% of households who used between 0-500 litres (20 households) per year (See Diagram 4 below). Diagram 4

Number of Litres of Oil Used per Year - No. of households (%)

2000 litres + 14.38

1500 - 2000 Litres 29.15

1000 - 1499 Litres 42.08

500-999 Litres 13.12

0-500 Litres 1.26

0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45

Nine (9) out of the 20 geographical areas had a small no. of households reporting that they used less than 500 litres of oil per year (See Appendix 6: No of households & No of litres of oil used per year). The top five (5) geographical areas that reported that they used less than 500 litres of oil per year was Newtownstewart (5.88%) followed by Castlederg (5.56%), Bogside/Brandywell

(3.75%), Strabane Town 1 (3.33%) and Kilfennan (2.9%) (See Table 7 overleaf: Percentage of Households & No of litres of oil used per year)

TABLE 7: Percentage of Households & No of litres of oil used per year main

No. Designated survey area 0-500 litres 500-999 1000-1499 1500-2000 More than per year litres per litres per litres per 2000 litres year year year per year 1 Galliagh - 5% 51% 30% 14% 2 Shantallow 1.12% 10.11% 34.83% 26.97% 26.97% 3 - 76.47% 23.53% - - Strathfoyle 4 - 8.04% 91.07% 0.89% - Foyle Springs/Creggan 5 - 4.35% 46.38% 37.68% 11.59% Pennyburn/Racecourse Road/Culmore Road 6 - 6.06% 29.29% 37.37% 27.27% Rosemount/Northland 7 - 18.39% 31.03% 29.89% 20.69% Caw 8 1.54% 10.77% 29.23% 44.62% 13.85% Creggan 9 3.75% 15% 32.5% 37.5% 11.25% Bogside/Brandywell 10 - 18.12 44.97% 28.19% 8.72% Lower Waterside 11 2.9% 7.25% 62.32% 25.36% 2.17% Kilfennan 12 - 12.5% 8.33% 41.67% 37.5% Gobnascale 13 1.61% 22.58% 20.97% 33.87% 20.97% Altnagelvin/Trench Road 14 3.33% 1.67% 41.67% 38.33% 15% Strabane Town 1 15 - 5.56% 36.1% 37.5% 20.83% Strabane Town 2 16 1.27% 22.78% 45.57% 26.58% 3.8% Strabane Town 3 17 5.56% 23.61% 48.61% 13.89% 8.33% Castlederg 18 5.88% 33.33% 41.18% 11.76% 7.84% Newtownstewart 19 - 7.55% 28.3% 28.3% 35.85% Claudy 20 - 12.05% 21.69% 46.99% 19.28% Eglinton

Six (6) geographical areas had over 20% of households that reported that they used between 500 and 999 litres of oil per year including Strathfoyle (76.47%), Newtownstewart (33.33%), Castlederg (26.61%), Strabane Town 3 (22.78%), & Altnagelvin/Trench Rd (22.58%).

1000/1499 litres of oil used by households per year was the most common however it ranged from 91.07% in Foyle Springs/Creggan to 8.33% in Gobnascale. Seven (7) geographical areas had less than 30% of households that reported that they used between 1000 and 1499 litres of oil per year including Gobnascale (8.33%), Altnagelvin/Trench Road (20.97%), Eglinton (21.69%), Strathfoyle (23.53%), Claudy (28.3%), Creggan (29.23%) and Rosemount/Northland (29.29%).

Two (2) geographical areas had over 30% of households that reported that they used more than 2000 litres of oil per year including Gobnascale (37.5%) and Claudy (35.85%). A further five (5) geographical areas had over 20% of households who reported that they used more that 2000 litres of oil per year including Rosemount/Northland (27.27%), Shantallow (26.97%), Altnagelvin/Trench Rd (20.97%), Strabane Town 2 (20.83%) and Caw (20.69%).

Section D

Type of coal/solid fuel used by households & Seasonal use of heating fuels.

Of those 22.27% of respondents (479) who reported that they use coal/solid fuel, household coal was used most often with 264 households approximately 55% followed by smokeless fuel 30% (146 households), wood 9% (42 households), anthracite smokeless coal 5% (22 households) and other 1% (5 households.

Of those respondents who reported that they either, used coal/solid fuel as a primary fuel or secondary fuel; household coal was the highest at 55% followed by smokeless fuel 30%, wood 9%, anthracite smokeless coal 5% and other 1% (See Diagram 5 below). Diagram 5

Type of Coal / Solid Fuel Used - No. of households (%)

Other 1

Anthracite Smokeless Coal 5

Wood 9

Smokeless Fuel 30

Household Coal 55

0 10 20 30 40 50 60

41 households in total reported that they used coal/solid fuel as their main source of heat per week in the winter and burned a total of 3,320kg

(Average 81kg per week) of coal/solid fuel per week (See Table 8 below).

TABLE 8 (A): No. of Households by the no/size of coal/solid fuel bags as their main source of heat used per week in the winter

No. of 20Kg 25Kg 40kg 50kg Total No. Of Kg Total No. of bags Households 1 1 1 2 8 525 12 2 1 7 7 2 1,150 17 3 - 2 - 1 300 3 4 - 1 2 2 820 5 5 - 3 - - 375 3 Other - 1 (6) - - 150 1 Total 2 20 11 13 3,320 41

Within the 20 designated zones, the total amount of coal / solid fuel burned per week during the winter ranged from 0Kgs (Strathfoyle & Pennyburn / Racecourse Road / Culmore Road) to 530Kgs (Kilfennan). The top five (5) coal / solid fuel burning areas included Kilfennan (530Kgs), Creggan (435Kgs), Strabane Town 1 (430Kgs), Strabane Town 2 (390Kgs), and Eglington (285Kgs). (See Table 8 (B) overleaf).

TABLE 8 (B): Quantity of coal/solid fuel (kgs) as the main source of heat used per week in the winter Area 20Kg 25Kg 40kg 50kg Total No. of Kg Galliagh 0 50 0 0 50 Shantallow 0 0 0 50 50 Strathfoyle 0 0 0 0 0 Foyle Springs / Creggan 0 0 0 50 50 Road Pennyburn / Racecourse 0 0 0 0 0 Road / Culmore Road Rosemount / Northland 0 75 0 50 125 Caw 0 225 0 0 225 Creggan 0 125 160 150 435 Bogside / Brandywell 40 0 80 0 120 Lower Waterside 0 125 0 0 125 Kilfennan 0 50 80 400 530 Gobnascale 0 0 80 0 80 Altnagelvin / Trench Road 0 50 0 0 50 Strabane Town 1 0 0 80 350 430 Strabane Town 2 0 50 240 100 390 Strabane Town 3 0 50 0 0 50 Castlederg 0 50 80 0 130 Newtownstewart 20 50 0 0 70 Claudy 0 125 0 0 125 Eglington 0 125 160 0 285 Total No. of Kg 60 1,150 960 1,150 3,320

18 households in total reported that they used coal/solid fuel as their main source of heat per week in the summer and burned a total of 740kg (Average

41kg per week) of coal/solid fuel per week (See Table 9 below).

TABLE 9 (A): No of Households by the no/size of coal/solid fuel bags as their main source of heat used per week in the summer No. of 20Kg 25Kg 40kg 50kg Total No. of Kg Total No. of bags Households 1 4 6 1 - 270 11 2 1 2 1 1 320 5 3 - 2 - - 150 2 4 - - - - 0 0 5 - - - - 0 0 Other - 0 - - 0 0 Total 5 10 2 1 740 18 25

Within the 20 designated zones, the total amount of coal / solid fuel burned per week during the summer ranged from 0Kgs to 190Kgs. The top five (5) coal / solid fuel burning areas included Creggan (190Kgs), Kilfennan (90Kgs), Gobnascale (80Kgs), Lower Waterside (75Kgs), and Caw (75Kgs). (See Table 9 (B) below).

TABLE 9 (B): Quantities of coal/solid fuel (kgs) as the main source of heat used per week in the summer

Area 20Kg 25Kg 40kg 50kg Total No. of Kg Galliagh 0 0 0 0 0 Shantallow 0 25 0 25

Strathfoyle 0 0 0 0 0 Foyle Springs / Creggan 0 0 0 0 0 Road Pennyburn / Racecourse 0 0 0 0 0

Road / Culmore Road Rosemount / Northland 0 25 0 0 25 Caw 0 75 0 0 75 Creggan 40 50 0 100 190

Bogside / Brandywell 20 0 0 0 20 Lower Waterside 0 75 0 0 75 Kilfennan 0 50 40 0 90 Gobnascale 0 0 80 0 80

Altnagelvin / Trench Road 0 25 0 0 25 Strabane Town 1 0 25 0 0 25 Strabane Town 2 40 0 0 0 40 Strabane Town 3 0 0 0 0 0

Castlederg 20 0 0 0 20 Newtownstewart 0 50 0 0 50 Claudy 0 0 0 0 0 Eglington 0 0 0 0 0

Total No. of Kg 120 400 120 100 740

371 households in total reported that they used coal/solid fuel bags as their secondary source of heat per week in the winter and burned a total of

27,200kg (Average 73kg per week) of coal/solid fuel per week (See Table 10 A below).

TABLE 10 (A): No of Households by the no/size of coal/solid fuel bags as their secondary source of heat used per week in the winter

No. of 20Kg 25Kg 40kg 50kg Total No. of Kg Total No. bags of Households 1 26 59 10 44 4,595 139 2 15 63 22 22 7,710 122 3 6 29 9 8 4,815 52 4 3 12 5 - 2,240 20 5 6 7 1 6 3,175 20 Other 4 (38) 11 (97) 3 (37) - 4,665 18 Total 94 267 84 80 27,200 371

Within the 20 designated zones, the total amount of coal / solid fuel (as a secondary source) burned per week during the winter ranged from 305Kgs (Strabane Town 1) to 3,235Kgs (Rosemount / Northland Road). The top five (5) coal / solid fuel burning areas included Rosemount / Northland Road (3,235Kgs), Eglington (2,490Kgs), Foyle springs / Creggan Road (2,400Kgs), Caw (2,360Kgs), and Lower Waterside (2,075Kgs). (See Table 10 (B) overleaf).

TABLE 10 (B): Quantities of coal/solid fuel (kgs) as the secondary source of heat used per week in the winter

Area 20Kg 25Kg 40kg 50kg Total No. of Kg

Galliagh 80 200 0 0 280 Shantallow 260 350 200 0 810 Strathfoyle 180 475 0 0 655 Foyle Springs / 0 0 400 2000 2,400

Creggan Road Pennyburn / 40 675 240 0 955 Racecourse Road / Culmore Road

Rosemount / 360 875 600 1400 3,235 Northland Caw 520 1100 240 500 2,360 Creggan 100 575 360 200 1,235

Bogside / 40 175 0 100 315 Brandywell Lower Waterside 0 875 800 400 2,075 Kilfennan 0 475 40 950 1,465

Gobnascale 40 475 440 0 955 Altnagelvin / 580 1075 0 0 1,655 Trench Road Strabane Town 1 100 75 80 50 305

Strabane Town 2 40 250 320 400 1,010 Strabane Town 3 40 575 400 400 1,415 Castlederg 180 250 520 250 1,200 Newtownstewart 180 300 120 100 700

Claudy 200 1100 360 0 1,660 Eglington 140 1400 600 350 2,490 Total No. of Kg 3,080 11,300 5,720 7,100 27,200

93 households in total reported that they used coal/solid fuel bags as their secondary source of heat per week in the summer and burned a total of

4,935kg (Average 53kg per week) of coal/solid fuel per week (See Table 11 Overleaf).

TABLE 11 (A): No of Households by the no/size of coal/solid fuel bags as their secondary source of heat used per week in the summer

No. of 20Kg 25Kg 40kg 50kg Total No. of Kg Total No. of bags Households 1 35 22 4 5 1,660 66 2 5 7 - 1 650 13 3 0 - - 1 150 1 4 1 - - 0 80 1 5 0 1 1 0 325 2 Other 1 (6) 3 (18) 0 5 (30) 2,070 10 Total 47 30 5 37 4,935 93

Within the 20 designated zones, the total amount of coal / solid fuel (as a secondary source) burned per week during the summer ranged from 0Kgs (Galliagh & Gobnascale) to 1,140Kgs (Foyle springs / Creggan Road). The top 5 coal / solid fuel burning areas included Foyle springs / Creggan Road (1,140Kgs), Lower Waterside (585Kgs), Castlederg (490Kgs), Strabane Town 1 (470Kgs), and Creggan (365Kgs). (See Table 11 (B) overleaf).

TABLE 11 (B): Quantities of coal/solid fuel (kgs) as the secondary source of heat used per week in the summer

Area 20Kg 25Kg 40kg 50kg Total No. of Kg Galliagh 0 0 0 0 0 Shantallow 40 50 0 0 90

Strathfoyle 120 125 0 0 245

Foyle Springs / 40 0 200 900 1,140

Creggan Road Pennyburn / 20 50 40 0 110 Racecourse Road / Culmore Road Rosemount / 280 175 0 100 555 Northland Caw 20 0 0 0 20

Creggan 240 125 0 0 365

Bogside / 0 0 0 100 100

Brandywell Lower Waterside 20 325 40 200 585 Kilfennan 0 0 0 50 50 Gobnascale 0 0 0 0 0 Altnagelvin / 140 225 0 0 365 Trench Road

Strabane Town 1 20 150 0 300 470

Strabane Town 2 40 0 0 0 40

Strabane Town 3 0 0 0 50 50 Castlederg 0 150 40 300 490 Newtownstewart 60 100 0 0 160 Claudy 60 0 0 0 60 Eglington 0 0 40 0 40 Total No. of Kg 1,100 1,475 360 2,000 4,935

36 households in total reported that they used wood fuel bags as their secondary source of heat per week in the winter and burned a total of

3,290kg (Average 91kg per week) of wood per week (See Table 12 overleaf).

TABLE 12 (A): No of Households by the no/size of wood fuel bags as their secondary source of heat used per week in the winter

No. of 20Kg 25Kg 40kg 50kg Total No. of Kg Total No. bags of Households 1 3 2 - 6 410 11 2 - 2 4 2 620 8 3 1 6 1 2 930 10 4 1 1 0 - 180 2 5 - 2 - 2 750 4 Other - 1 (16) - 0 400 1 Total 5 28 5 12 3,290 36

Within the 20 designated zones, the total amount of coal / solid fuel (as a secondary source) burned per week during the winter ranged from 0Kgs to 1,020Kgs (Eglington). The top five (5) coal / solid fuel burning areas included Eglington (1,020Kgs), Altnagelvin / Trench Road (610Kgs), Rosemount / Northland Road (405Kgs), Kilfennan (350Kgs), and Strabane Town 3 (230Kgs). (See Table 12 (B) overleaf).

TABLE 12 (B): Quantities of wood fuel (kgs) as the secondary source of heat used per week in the winter

Area 20Kg 25Kg 40kg 50kg Total No. of Kg

Galliagh 0 0 0 0 0 Shantallow 0 0 0 50 50 Strathfoyle 0 0 0 0 0

Foyle Springs / 0 0 0 0 0 Creggan Road Pennyburn / 20 50 0 0 70 Racecourse Road

/ Culmore Road Rosemount / 0 75 80 250 405 Northland Caw 0 0 0 0 0

Creggan 0 0 80 0 80 Bogside / 0 0 0 0 0 Brandywell Lower Waterside 0 75 0 0 75

Kilfennan 0 150 0 200 350 Gobnascale 0 100 0 0 100 Altnagelvin / 60 200 0 350 610 Trench Road

Strabane Town 1 0 0 0 0 0 Strabane Town 2 0 0 0 0 0 Strabane Town 3 0 0 80 150 230 Castlederg 100 25 80 0 205

Newtownstewart 20 0 0 0 20 Claudy 0 75 0 0 75 Eglington 0 600 120 300 1,020 Total No. of Kg 200 1,350 440 1,300 3,290

2 households in total reported that they used wood fuel bags as their main source of heat per week in the winter and burned a total of 150kg (Average

75kg per week) of wood per week (See Table 13 below).

TABLE 13 (A): No of Households by the no/size of wood fuel bags as their main source used per week in the winter

No. of 20Kg 25Kg 40kg 50kg Total No. of Kg Total No. bags of Households 1 - - - 1 50 1 2 - - - - 0 0 3 - - - - 0 0 4 - 1 - - 100 1 5 - - - - 0 0 Other - - - - 0 0 Total - 1 - 1 150 2

Within the 20 designated zones, the total amount of wood fuel (as a main source) burned per week during the winter ranged from 0Kgs to 100Kgs (Caw). Wood was only burned in two (2) of the areas including – Caw and Rosemount / Northland Road. No wood was burned as a main source of fuel during the winter in 18 of the designated areas. (See Table 13 (B) overleaf).

TABLE 13 (B): Quantities of wood fuel (kgs) as the main source used per week in the winter

Area 20Kg 25Kg 40kg 50kg Total No. of Kg

Galliagh 0 0 0 0 0 Shantallow 0 0 0 0 0 Strathfoyle 0 0 0 0 0 Foyle Springs / 0 0 0 0 0

Creggan Road Pennyburn / 0 0 0 0 0 Racecourse Road / Culmore Road

Rosemount / 0 0 0 50 50 Northland Caw 0 100 0 0 100 Creggan 0 0 0 0 0

Bogside / 0 0 0 0 0 Brandywell Lower Waterside 0 0 0 0 0 Kilfennan 0 0 0 0 0

Gobnascale 0 0 0 0 0 Altnagelvin / 0 0 0 0 0 Trench Road Strabane Town 1 0 0 0 0 0

Strabane Town 2 0 0 0 0 0 Strabane Town 3 0 0 0 0 0 Castlederg 0 0 0 0 0 Newtownstewart 0 0 0 0 0

Claudy 0 0 0 0 0 Eglington 0 0 0 0 0 Total No. of Kg 0 100 0 50 150

2 households in total reported that they used wood fuel bags as their main source of heat per week in the summer and burned a total of 150kg (Average

75kg per week) of wood per week (See Table 14 below).

TABLE 14 (A): No of Households by the no/size of wood fuel bags as their main source used per week in the summer

No. of 20Kg 25Kg 40kg 50kg Total No. of Kg Total No of bags Households 1 - - - - 0 0 2 - 1 - 1 150 2 3 - - - - 0 0 4 - - - - 0 0 5 - - - - 0 0 Other - - - - 0 0 Total - 1 - 1 150 2

Within the 20 designated zones, the total amount of wood fuel (as a main source) burned per week during the summer ranged from 0Kgs to 100Kgs (Rosemount / Northland Road). Wood was only burned in two (2) of the areas including – Strabane Town 2 and Rosemount / Northland Road. No wood was burned as a main source of fuel during the summer in 18 of the designated areas. (See Table 14 (B) overleaf).

TABLE 14 (B): Quantities of wood fuel (kgs) as the main source used per week in the summer

Area 20Kg 25Kg 40kg 50kg Total No. of Kg

Galliagh 0 0 0 0 0 Shantallow 0 0 0 0 0 Strathfoyle 0 0 0 0 0 Foyle Springs / 0 0 0 0 0

Creggan Road Pennyburn / 0 0 0 0 0 Racecourse Road / Culmore Road

Rosemount / 0 0 0 100 100 Northland Caw 0 0 0 0 0 Creggan 0 0 0 0 0

Bogside / 0 0 0 0 Brandywell Lower Waterside 0 0 0 0 0 Kilfennan 0 0 0 0 0

Gobnascale 0 0 0 0 0 Altnagelvin / 0 0 0 0 0 Trench Road Strabane Town 1 0 0 0 0 0

Strabane Town 2 0 50 0 0 50 Strabane Town 3 0 0 0 0 0 Castlederg 0 0 0 0 0 Newtownstewart 0 0 0 0 0

Claudy 0 0 0 0 0 Eglington 0 0 0 0 0 Total No. of Kg 0 0 0 100 150

4 households in total reported that they used wood fuel bags as their secondary source of heat per week in the summer and burned a total of

165kg (Average 41.25kg per week) of coal/solid fuel per week (See Table 15 below).

TABLE 15 (A): No of Households by the no/size of wood fuel bags as their secondary source used per week in the summer

No. of 20Kg 25Kg 40kg 50kg Total No. of Kg Total No. bags of Households 1 2 1 - - 65 3 2 - - - 1 100 1 3 - - - - 0 0 4 - - - - 0 0 5 - - - - 0 0 Other - - - - 0 0 Total 2 1 0 1 165 4

Within the 20 designated zones, the total amount of wood fuel (as a secondary source) burned per week during the summer ranged from 0Kgs to 125Kgs (Rosemount / Northland Road). Wood was only burned in three (3) of the areas including – Rosemount / Northland Road, Newtownstewart, and Pennyburn / Racecourse Road / Culmore Road. No wood was burned as a secondary source of fuel during the summer in 17 of the designated areas. (See Table 15 (B) overleaf).

TABLE 15 (B): Quantities of wood fuel (kgs) used per week in the summer

Area 20Kg 25Kg 40kg 50kg Total No. of Kg Galliagh 0 0 0 0 0 Shantallow 0 0 0 0 0 Strathfoyle 0 0 0 0 0 Foyle Springs / 0 0 0 0 0 Creggan Road Pennyburn / 20 0 0 0 20 Racecourse Road / Culmore Road Rosemount / 0 25 0 100 125 Northland Caw 0 0 0 0 0 Creggan 0 0 0 0 0 Bogside / Brandywell 0 0 0 0 0 Lower Waterside 0 0 0 0 0 Kilfennan 0 0 0 0 Gobnascale 0 0 0 0 0 Altnagelvin / Trench 0 0 0 0 0 Road Strabane Town 1 0 0 0 0 0 Strabane Town 2 0 0 0 0 Strabane Town 3 0 0 0 0 0 Castlederg 0 0 0 0 0 Newtownstewart 20 0 0 0 20 Claudy 0 0 0 0 0 Eglington 0 0 0 0 0 Total No. of Kg 40 25 0 100 165

Section E

The types of heating appliances used

The most common type of heating appliance used by households who use coal/solid fuel across the 20 designated zones within the Derry City & Strabane District Council area was an open fire 67.19% (258 respondents) followed by Stove-multi fuel 17.71% (68 respondents), closed glass fire 7.55% (29 respondents), stove-wood 7.03% (27 respondents) and other 0.52% (2 respondents).

The use of an open fire when using coal/solid fuel ranged from 87.5% in Lower Waterside & Gobnascale to zero percent in Galliagh. Five (5) geographical areas had more than 80% using an open fire when using coal/solid fuel including Strathfoyle, Creggan, Lower Waterside, Gobnascale and Newtownstewart and a further five (5) geographical areas had more than 70% using an open fire when using coal/solid fuel including Foyle Springs/Creggan, Rosemount/Northland,

Caw, Strabane Town 3 and Castlederg (See Table 15 over leaf: Percentage of Households & Type of heating appliance used by households who use coal/solid fuel).

The use of a closed fire when using coal/solid fuel ranged from 15.15% in Bogside/Brandywell & Kilfennan to zero percent in Strathfoyle, Caw, Castlederg and Eglinton. 17 of the geographical areas had a small number of households who reported using a stove multi fuel with the highest no of households reported in Eglinton (8 households), followed by Kilfennan (6 households), Rosemount/Northland and Altnagelvin/Trench Rd (4 households) and Strabane

Town 2 & Lower Waterside (3 households) (See Appendix 7: TABLE F: No. of Households & Type of heating appliance used by households who use coal/solid fuel)

TABLE 16: Percentage of Households & Type of heating appliance used by households who use coal/solid fuel

No. Designated survey Open Fire Closed Stove Stove Other area Fire Multi fuel Wood 1 0 0 100% 0 0 Galliagh 2 69.23% 7.69% 15.38% 7.69% 0 Shantallow 3 84.62% 0 0 15.38% 0 Strathfoyle 4 76.47% 5.88% 11.76% 5.88% 0 Foyle Springs/Creggan 5 68.42% 10.53% 5.26% 5.26% 5.26% Pennyburn/Racecourse Road/Culmore Road 6 78.95% 10.53% 5.26% 5.26% 0 Rosemount/Northland 7 75% 0 12.5% 12.5% 0 Caw 8 86.96% 4.35% 4.35% 4.35% 0 Creggan 9 51.52% 15.15% 18.18% 12.12% 3.03% Bogside/Brandywell 10 87.5% 12.5% 0 0 0 Lower Waterside 11 51.52% 15.15% 18.18% 12.12% 3.03 Kilfennan 12 87.5% 12.5% 0 0 0 Gobnascale 13 63.64% 9.09% 13.64% 13.64% 0 Altnagelvin/Trench Road 14 37.5% 12.5% 37.5% 12.5% 0 Strabane Town 1 15 38.89% 11.11% 44.44% 5.56% 0 Strabane Town 2 16 77.78% 5.56% 16.67% 0 0 Strabane Town 3 17 71.43% 0 28.57% 0 0 Castlederg 18 80% 6.67% 13.33% 0 0 Newtownstewart 19 58.82% 5.88% 35.29% 0 0 Claudy 20 59.52% 0 26.19% 14.29% 0 Eglinton

Section F

Total number of households and persons who live in coal burning households in each of the 20 designated 1000m x 1000m survey areas.

Of those households (2141) who completed Question 6 ‘How many people live in the household’, 5462 persons lived within the households (See Appendix 8:

Total No of Persons living within the households in each geographical area). 23.49% of the households (503) surveyed were 1 person households, 33.77% of households (723) surveyed were 2 person households, 18.40% of households (394) surveyed were 3 person households, 14.81% of households (317) surveyed were 4 person households, 7.85% of households (168) surveyed were 5 person households, 1.45% of households (31) surveyed were 6 person households, 0.14% of households (3) surveyed were 7 person households and 0.09% of households (2) surveyed were 8 person households. The average size of the household that completed the survey was 3.95 persons per household.

451 (20.94%) of households reported that they used coal/solid fuel as either a primary or a secondary source (See Table 16 overleaf: Total No. of Households &

Total No. of Persons who live in coal burning households). Of those households who used coal/solid fuel as either the main or the secondary source, 1311 persons (24%) lived within these coal burning households

Of the 24% of persons who lived within coal burning households, 128 (9.76%) of persons lived within households who used coal/solid fuel as their main source of heating and 1183 (90.24%) of persons lived within households who used coal/solid fuel as their secondary source for heating (See TABLE 17 overleaf: Total No of persons who live in coal/solid burning homes with coal/solid fuel as either a primary or secondary method of heating)

TABLE 17: Total No. of Households & Total No. of Persons who live in coal burning households

No. Designated survey area Total No of Total No. of households who Persons who live in live in coal burning coal burning households households 1 5 18 Galliagh 2 15 48 Shantallow 3 13 53 Strathfoyle 4 19 52 Foyle Springs/Creggan 5 22 55 Pennyburn/Racecourse Road/Culmore Road 6 52 157 Rosemount/Northland 7 31 78 Caw 8 23 61 Creggan 9 8 13 Bogside/Brandywell 10 26 73 Lower Waterside 11 29 81 Kilfennan 12 8 23 Gobnascale 13 23 74 Altnagelvin/Trench Road 14 15 51 Strabane Town 1 15 24 86 Strabane Town 2 16 27 68 Strabane Town 3 17 27 59 Castlederg 18 18 52 Newtownstewart 19 25 77 Claudy 20 41 132 Eglinton Total 451 1311

TABLE 18: Total No of persons who live in coal/solid burning homes with coal/solid fuel as either a primary or a secondary method of heating.

No. Designated survey area Total No of Total No of TOTAL Persons who Persons who PERSONS live in live in coal coal/solid burning homes burning homes with coal/solid with coal/solid fuel as their fuel as their secondary primary method of method of heating heating 1 3 15 18 Galliagh 2 3 45 48 Shantallow 3 0 53 53 Strathfoyle 4 2 50 52 Foyle Springs/Creggan 5 0 55 55 Pennyburn/Racecourse Road/Culmore Road 6 8 149 157 Rosemount/Northland 7 6 72 78 Caw 8 14 47 61 Creggan 9 2 11 13 Bogside/Brandywell 10 1 72 73 Lower Waterside 11 13 68 81 Kilfennan 12 2 21 23 Gobnascale 13 4 70 74 Altnagelvin/Trench Road 14 17 34 51 Strabane Town 1 15 27 59 86 Strabane Town 2 16 2 66 68 Strabane Town 3 17 6 53 59 Castlederg 18 8 44 52 Newtownstewart 19 1 76 77 Claudy 20 9 123 132 Eglinton Total Persons 128 1183 1,311

Section G

Total number & Percentage of houses, which burn solid fuel, further, differentiated according to primary or secondary methods of heating, in each survey area

The total no of houses, which burn solid fuel, ranged from five (5) households in Galliagh to 52 houses in Rosemount/Northland. The highest percentage of houses, which burn solid, ranged from 45.63% in Eglinton to 3.55% in Galliagh.

The top five areas with the lowest percentage of houses, which burn solid fuel, were Galliagh (3.55%), Bogside/Brandywell (4.51%), Shantallow (11.83), Gobnascale (11.86%) and Foyle Spring/Creggan (14.18%).

Two areas, Claudy & Eglinton had over 40% of households which burn coal/solid fuel as either a primary or secondary method for heating their home (See Table 19 overleaf: Total number & % of houses which burn solid fuel, further differentiated according to primary or secondary methods of heating, in each survey area).

Strabane Town 3, Castlederg and Newtownstewart had over 30% of households which burn coal/solid fuel and a further six (6) areas had over 20% of households (Strabane Town 2, Altnagelvin/Trench Rd, Kilfennan, Caw & Rosemount/Northland, Pennyburn/Racecourse Rd/Culmore Rd) which burn coal/solid fuel as either the main or the secondary method of heating their home.

Table 19: Total number & percentage of houses, which burn solid fuel, further, differentiated according to primary or secondary methods of heating, in each survey area

No. Designated survey Total No. of No. & % No & % of Total % of area houses of houses houses which houses which burn which burn which burn solid fuel burn coal/solid coal/solid coal/solid fuel as a fuel fuel as a secondary primary method of method of heating heating 1 5 1 (0.71%) 4 (2.84%) 3.55% Galliagh 2 15 1 (0.81%) 14 (11.02%) 11.83% Shantallow 3 13 0 13 (19.7%) 19.7% Strathfoyle 4 19 1 (0.75%) 18 (13.43%) 14.18% Foyle Springs/Creggan 5 22 0 22 (24.44%) 24.44% Pennyburn/Racecourse Road/Culmore Road 6 52 3 (1.61%) 49 (24.38%) 25.99% Rosemount/Northland 7 31 2 (1.83%) 29 (25.66%) 27.49% Caw 8 23 4 (2.88%) 19 (13.67%) 16.55% Creggan 9 8 2 (1.12%) 6 (3.39%) 4.51% Bogside/Brandywell 10 26 1 (0.55%) 25 (13.74%) 14.29% Lower Waterside 11 29 4 (2.84%) 25 (17.73%) 20.57% Kilfennan 12 8 1 (1.45%) 7 (10.41%) 11.86% Gobnascale 13 23 1 (1.23%) 22 (26.83%) 28.06% Altnagelvin/Trench Road 14 15 7 (9.09%) 8 (10.53%) 19.62% Strabane Town 1 15 24 6 (7.06%) 18 (21.18%) 28.24% Strabane Town 2 16 27 1 (1.22%) 26 (31.71%) 32.93% Strabane Town 3 17 27 2 (2.56%) 25 (31.65%) 34.21% Castlederg 18 18 2 (3.92%) 16 (31.37%) 35.29% Newtownstewart 19 25 1 (1.85%) 24 (43.64%) 45.49% Claudy 20 41 3 (3.41%) 38 (42.22%) 45.63% Eglinton

Section H

Barriers (perceived or actual) to using cleaner fuels such as oil or gas.

Are there any barriers (perceived or real) to your household using cleaner fuels such as oil or gas?

Comment Comment Comment Thinking about gas Don’t know if gas available, if there was a Would accept gas but not available grant available Love gas but not available Health-sore head with oil Price of gas too expensive Gas not available Getting gas in Not interested Would be interested in gas but not available Getting gas in the next 2 years No, like economy 7 as I have constant heat No interest Gas not supplied here Don’t know if gas available, if there was a grant available Work and repair needed Have not got gas here but would like it Health-sore head with oil Gas Not available Getting gas in Getting gas in Expense to install Getting gas in Getting gas in the next 2 years If it was available Can’t afford it Gas not supplied here Thinking about gas To change would be a cost Have not got gas here but would like it Safety concern 2020 before we can get gas Getting gas in Doesn’t own house Like it to be a bit cheaper Getting gas in Need 4 people to agree to bring gas to the street Haven’t been offered by housing Can’t afford it Scared of gas Likes having stove, doesn’t want oil or gas To change would be a cost Thinking about installing gas Owns house and doesn’t want to install gas 2020 before we can get gas or oil, prefers fire Afraid of gas leak Was offered gas but refused as couldn’t Like it to be a bit cheaper keep open fire Low boxes hard to bend down, do not know how Gas isn’t available here yet Haven’t been offered by housing to work it Gas going in September Hassle of moving everything Likes having stove, doesn’t want oil or gas Don’t like the idea of it Not in this area yet Owns house and doesn’t want to install gas or oil, prefers fire

Comment Comment Comment Doesn’t like the idea of gas If gas was available in the area I would get Was offered gas but refused as couldn’t it in keep open fire Doesn’t like the idea of gas If gas was available in the area I would get Was offered gas but refused as couldn’t it in keep open fire Not interested Eager to get gas when in the area Gas isn’t available here yet I would like gas if in the area Hassle of moving everything Cost to redecorate the house Expense Not in this area yet Happy with existing heating Gas very expensive If gas was available in the area I would get Too expensive it in Wouldn’t install because of grants Eager to get gas when in the area Thinking about gas , too expensive Not available, would be interested I would like gas if in the area Meter would need entry to the house Would love gas but not available Expense Price Not available Gas very expensive Expensive Wouldn’t install because of grants If gas was available yes Price Not available, would be interested NIHE is not letting household change to gas Too much hassle Would love gas but not available Wouldn’t install because of grants Too dear Not available Afraid of gas Moved- cost and hassle Gas new to the area-changing to gas in a few Yes cost Don’t know much about it weeks Oil happy, would change to gas Thinking about gas Older person-doesn’t want the hassle Gas not available in the area yet, but flats have If gas was in the area- cleaner Too expensive gas Can’t afford to put gas in Rented property Cost of it No gas in the area Rented house cannot change to gas Landlord Student let Too expensive for gas to install Money-price Put gas in with grant available Would like to use gas but too expensive to install Thinking about gas Too expensive to convert Had discussion but haven’t had opportunity to Prefer gas, thinking about it Apartment block-no choice put in burner Private rented so not available Gas not sufficient Landlord chooses Would think about gas Gas not installed yet- will change in 2022 Awaiting gas

Comment Comment Comment Getting gas installed in summer but don’t expect Wouldn’t put gas in Don’t want gas it to make much of a difference cost wise Awaiting gas in summer Just bought would prefer gas Hassle Awaiting gas installation Prefer coal to oil Price to repair oil and too expensive to install gas Did not want gas, I refused; I hear complaints Awaiting gas No, just the price about gas and higher usage. Looking forward to gas installation Awaiting gas No, wish everyone was on cleaner fuel Have gas already Awaiting gas installation Safety Awaiting gas, can’t wait Awaiting gas installation Wife doesn’t want gas Will miss open fire, currently awaiting gas Awaiting gas Don’t like it too dear installation Awaiting gas but don’t want it, prefer current fuel Awaiting gas Not available in the area Work involved in installation Looking forward to getting gas installed in Not yet available in my area the summer Have gas Happy to switch Not in the area We are using twice as much gas as oil, spending Looking forward to gas Not in the area twice as much I like gas Would be better Yes, getting it in Not sure it is worth it Student debt needs paid first No time Noise of gas, safety Student debt needs paid first No time to get it in Price Would like gas Yes, considering it Happy with gas Would like gas and am trying to switch Yes, cost Work and installation time frames Safety and the smell No, never had it Looking forward to gas Price Yes, getting it in Looking forward to gas installation Safety, fear of explosion Awaiting gas and looking forward to it Looking forward to gas Safety, even afraid of neighbours Price of installation, wouldn’t get help explosions not just for mine

APPENDIX ONE

Table A: Minimum No of properties to be sampled within each geographical area

Area No. Area Name No. of Minimum 75% Households Sample Return 10%

1 1749 175 132 Galliagh 2 Shantallow 1616 162 122

3 Strathfoyle 871 88 66

4 Foyle Springs/Creggan Road 1654 166 125

5 1119 112 84 Pennyburn/Racecourse Road/Culmore Road 6 Rosemount/Northland 2473 248 186

7 Caw 1449 145 109

8 Creggan 1792 180 135

9 Bogside/Brandywell 2371 238 179

10 Lower Waterside 2350 235 177

11 Kilfennan 1675 168 126

12 Gobnascale 829 83 63

13 Altnagelvin/Trench Road 1064 107 81

14 Strabane Town 1 1004 101 76

15 Strabane Town 2 1127 113 85

16 Strabane Town 3 935 94 71

17 Castlederg 970 97 73

18 Newtownstewart 663 67 51

19 Claudy 686 69 52

20 Eglinton 1113 112 84

Total 24761 2760 2077

APPENDIX TWO

Table B: Outcome of Fieldwork

Sample Area Name Complete Refusal Non Non Circumstantial Eligible Contact Refusal Size

198 140 0 0 58 0 Galliagh 165 Shantallow 123 10 0 32 0

111 Strathfoyle 66 15 1 29 0

198 Foyle Springs/Creggan 134 2 1 61 0 Road

118 89 0 0 29 0 Pennyburn/Racecourse Road/Culmore Road 356 Rosemount/Northland 186 11 36 121 2

153 Caw 109 3 2 37 2

174 Creggan 139 0 3 30 2

247 Bogside/Brandywell 179 1 19 45 3

260 Lower Waterside 182 0 18 60 0

172 Kilfennan 141 5 0 26 0

89 Gobnascale 69 1 2 16 1

122 Altnagelvin/Trench Road 81 2 4 35 0

101 Strabane Town 1 77 3 7 14 0

114 Strabane Town 2 85 5 5 19 0

115 Strabane Town 3 82 0 9 24 0

109 Castlederg 78 3 3 23 2

78 Newtownstewart 51 2 5 19 1

61 Claudy 54 1 3 3 0

107 Eglinton 88 2 6 11 0

3048 2153 66 124 692 13

APPENDIX THREE

Table C: No of households & main type of fuel used for heating purposes

No. Designated survey Oil Gas Electricity Coal/Solid Wood Other area Fuel 1 101 36 2 1 0 0 Galliagh 2 89 32 1 1 0 0 Shantallow 3 18 48 0 0 0 0 Strathfoyle 4 112 21 0 1 0 0 Foyle Springs/Creggan 5 71 18 0 0 0 0 Pennyburn/Racecourse Road/Culmore Road 6 101 81 1 3 0 0 Rosemount/Northland 7 86 18 3 2 0 0 Caw 8 65 69 0 4 1 0 Creggan 9 82 95 0 2 0 0 Bogside/Brandywell 10 149 23 9 1 0 0 Lower Waterside 11 134 2 1 4 0 0 Kilfennan 12 48 18 0 1 0 2 Gobnascale 13 62 17 1 1 0 0 Altnagelvin/Trench Road 14 57 2 10 7 1 0 Strabane Town 1 15 71 6 1 6 1 0 Strabane Town 2 16 79 2 0 1 0 0 Strabane Town 3 17 76 0 0 2 0 0 Castlederg 18 49 0 0 2 0 0 Newtownstewart 19 53 0 0 1 0 0 Claudy 20 82 3 0 3 0 0 Eglinton 1585 491 29 43 3 2 TOTAL

APPENDIX FOUR

Table D: No of households & secondary type of fuel used for heating purposes

No. Designated survey Oil Gas Electricity Coal/Solid Wood Other None area Fuel 1 1 0 2 4 0 1 133 Galliagh 2 0 0 62 14 4 0 47 Shantallow 3 0 1 1 13 0 0 51 Strathfoyle 4 0 0 2 18 2 0 112 Foyle Springs/Creggan 5 0 2 2 22 3 0 62 Pennyburn/Racecourse Road/Culmore Road 6 0 2 28 49 18 9 95 Rosemount/Northland 7 1 4 11 29 4 0 64 Caw 8 0 0 6 19 1 1 112 Creggan 9 1 1 0 6 1 0 108 Bogside/Brandywell 10 0 3 11 25 2 0 141 Lower Waterside 11 4 3 1 25 5 0 103 Kilfennan 12 0 3 2 7 1 1 55 Gobnascale 13 1 6 7 22 4 0 42 Altnagelvin/Trench Road 14 4 0 6 8 1 0 57 Strabane Town 1 15 6 2 4 18 1 0 54 Strabane Town 2 16 0 3 2 26 0 0 51 Strabane Town 3 17 2 1 6 25 1 0 44 Castlederg 18 2 1 10 16 0 0 22 Newtownstewart 19 0 2 3 24 4 0 22 Claudy 20 1 0 2 38 10 0 39 Eglinton 23 34 168 408 62 2 1474 TOTAL

APPENDIX FIVE

Table E: No of households & No of litres of oil used per years

No. Designated survey 0-500 500- 1000- 1500-2000 More area litres per 999 1499 litres per than year litres litres per year 2000 per year litres per year year 1 0 5 51 30 14 Galliagh 2 1 9 31 24 24 Shantallow 3 0 13 4 0 0 Strathfoyle 4 0 9 102 1 0 Foyle Springs/Creggan 5 0 3 32 26 8 Pennyburn/Racecourse Road/Culmore Road 6 0 6 29 37 27 Rosemount/Northland 7 0 16 27 26 18 Caw 8 1 7 19 29 9 Creggan 9 3 12 26 30 9 Bogside/Brandywell 10 0 27 67 42 13 Lower Waterside 11 4 10 86 35 3 Kilfennan 12 0 6 4 20 18 Gobnascale 13 1 14 13 21 13 Altnagelvin/Trench Road 14 2 1 25 23 9 Strabane Town 1 15 0 4 26 27 15 Strabane Town 2 16 1 18 36 21 3 Strabane Town 3 17 4 17 35 10 6 Castlederg 18 3 17 21 6 4 Newtownstewart 19 0 4 15 15 19 Claudy 20 0 10 18 39 16 Eglinton 20 208 667 462 228 TOTAL

APPENDIX SIX

TABLE F: No. of Households & Type of heating appliance used by households who use coal/solid fuel

No. Designated survey Open Fire Closed Stove Stove Other area Fire Multi fuel Wood 1 0 0 2 0 0 Galliagh 2 9 1 2 1 0 Shantallow 3 11 0 0 2 0 Strathfoyle 4 13 1 2 1 0 Foyle Springs/Creggan 5 13 2 2 1 1 Pennyburn/Racecourse Road/Culmore Road 6 30 4 2 2 0 Rosemount/Northland 7 15 0 5 0 0 Caw 8 14 5 0 2 0 Creggan 9 6 0 1 1 0 Bogside/Brandywell 10 20 1 1 1 0 Lower Waterside 11 17 5 6 4 1 Kilfennan 12 7 1 0 0 0 Gobnascale 13 14 2 3 3 0 Altnagelvin/Trench Road 14 6 2 6 2 0 Strabane Town 1 15 7 2 8 1 0 Strabane Town 2 16 14 1 3 0 0 Strabane Town 3 17 15 0 6 0 0 Castlederg 18 12 1 2 0 0 Newtownstewart 19 10 1 6 0 0 Claudy 20 25 0 11 6 0 Eglinton 258 29 68 27 2 Total

APPENDIX SEVEN

TABLE G: Total No of Persons living within the households in each geographical area

Sample Area Name Households Total No. of people living in the households

198 132 395 Galliagh 165 Shantallow 123 328

111 Strathfoyle 66 187

198 Foyle Springs/Creggan Road 134 334

118 89 205 Pennyburn/Racecourse Road/Culmore Road 356 Rosemount/Northland 186 474

153 Caw 109 256

174 Creggan 139 332

247 Bogside/Brandywell 179 476

260 Lower Waterside 182 422

172 Kilfennan 141 329

89 Gobnascale 69 183

122 Altnagelvin/Trench Road 81 204

101 Strabane Town 1 77 210

114 Strabane Town 2 85 235

115 Strabane Town 3 82 204

109 Castlederg 78 150

78 Newtownstewart 51 135

61 Claudy 54 140

107 Eglinton 88 263

Total 2153 5462

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