THE Stockton Warm Zone has teamed up with Tees Valley Housing Group to provide extra warmth for a group of elderly residents in the town.
Cedar House became the first sheltered accommodation complex to be given the Warm Zone treatment.
The Government-backed initiative, that has seen Stockton Borough Council team up with Transco and British Gas to tackle 80 per cent of fuel poverty issues in Stockton within three years, has visited more than 25,000 homes.
About 43 flats at the complex have been fully insulated with cavity wall fill and loft lagging.
Laurence Wade, Warm Zone director, said: "Building regulations have changed significantly over the past few years. What we find when we go out to assess buildings such as Cedar House is that the amount of loft lagging that was put in when they were built is not as effective as it should be.
"We have been able to install cavity wall insulation and six inches of loft insulation and the result has been a big increase in home comfort for the people who live here."
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