The problem being addressed - how can the regions new and existing housing be low carbon by 2016?

SHAP is the Regional Sustainable Housing Partnership for the West Midlands with Partners from Social Housing providers and contractors including RSLs, ALMOS and Local Authority Housing Services together with representatives from Housing Bodies.

SHAP was established by Sustainability West Midlands in 2005 as the Sustainable Housing Action Programme to deliver projects on behalf of the Regional Housing Executive (Regional Assembly) Advantage West Midlands and the Energy Savings Trust. SHAP also provides specialist input on Sustainable Housing to Regional Strategies especially the Regional Housing Strategy and, subsequently the Regional Spatial Strategy.

Following the successful delivery of projects in the years up to 2008, SHAP has been established as a Company Limited by Guarantee and the principal project for 2009 is the preparation and publication of a Beyond Decent Homes Retrofit Standard which will be launched at a conference in October 2009.