A comprehensive, fully funded solution to accelerate the decarbonisation of social housing and local authority properties through a managed service model. The proposition provides solar photovoltaic panels and battery storage, delivering clear financial, environmental, and operational benefits for landlords, residents, and the wider community.

Under the model, SMS designs, installs, operates, maintains, and continually optimises the assets. SMS provides the upfront capital funding, covering procurement, deployment, maintenance, replacements, and upgrades. This removes the need for landlords to make significant capital investments or manage complex asset ownership responsibilities.

Participating Social Housing Landlords and Local Authorities enter into a long-term managed service agreement, typically over 25 years, and pay a clearly defined service subscription fee. Throughout the contract, SMS retains ownership and full responsibility for asset performance, compliance, maintenance, and lifecycle management.

Residents benefit from reduced energy costs through optimised onsite renewable generation and battery storage, lowering reliance on grid electricity and helping protect households from future energy price volatility.

The solution also supports landlords in meeting key sustainability targets, including EPC C requirements, while contributing to wider government and sector decarbonisation objectives.

Battery storage enables participation in flexibility markets, creating additional revenue opportunities that can be shared with landlords. This revenue can also help offset arrears risk where landlords seek to recover some or all of the resident subscription fee, supporting budget certainty and reducing consumer debt exposure.

In summary, the proposition offers a turnkey pathway for social housing providers to deliver low-carbon, future-ready homes at scale, with minimal financial risk and strong operational assurance.

Combined with SMS’s expertise and funding capability, the model enables landlords to unlock long-term value for residents, communities, and their wider environmental strategies.