Scottish government pledges £14 million to support housing associations installing energy efficiency measures
A new £14 million energy efficiency fund set up by the Scottish government to help householders keep their homes warmer is now also open to housing associations, a news report has been able to suggest. The interest-free scheme is part of the government’s Home Energy Efficiency Programme Scotland (HEEPS) and it is expected to help […]
Up to 1.79 million energy efficiency measures were installed across the UK until the end of January
An estimate 1.79 million energy efficiency measures were installed until the end of January across the UK, a recent news report has been able to reveal. All of the aforementioned measures were deployed via a number of government’s schemes such as the Energy Company Obligation (ECO) and the Green Deal (GD). The lifetime carbon savings […]
Lack of a long-term plan adversely affects progress in the energy efficiency of UK buildings
The lack of a long-term plan from successive UK governments is having a profoundly negative effect on the overall energy efficiency of UK buildings, according to the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE). The comments follow the publication of the House of Commons Energy and Climate Change Committee report Home Efficiency And Demand Reduction. […]
Competition and Markets Authority presents bold energy market reform proposals
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has set out a comprehensive and wide-ranging package of remedies to address the problems hindering competition, reform the energy market, open up competition and help customers get a better deal. Although competition has benefited those customers who have switched to competitively priced fixed-term deals, around 70% of the domestic […]
Government invests £1.5 million to boost low carbon heating in homes and businesses
The UK government has allocated £1.5 million to boost low carbon heating in homes and businesses, a recent news report has been able to suggest. An estimated 24 local authorities across England and Wales have received a share of the funding to develop 27 heating projects, with heating networks having the potential to supply between 14% […]
Stamp duty for energy efficient homes should be lower, thinktank suggests
Stamp duty for energy efficient homes should be up to £2,500 lower than for those that aren’t, a think tank has recently suggested. Policy Exchange believes the change to stamp duty could lead to 270,000 households a year improving their energy efficiency. It proposes linking the stamp duty system to the energy performance of a […]
Up to 2 million domestic customers hit with very high energy bills
Up to 2 million domestic customers were hit with unexpectedly high energy bills last year, a recent report from Citizens Advice has been able to suggest. An investigation by the aforementioned organization found the average back-bill was for £206, with 15% of those who had been back-billed saying they were charged more than £250. Back-billing […]
Fuel poverty costing every local Health and Wellbeing Board in England over £27,000 each day
Every local Health and Wellbeing Board in England is spending, on average, over £27,000 each day, or £10million per year on treating patients with health conditions caused or worsened by living in cold, damp housing, a new release by fuel poverty charity National Energy Action (NEA) has been able to reveal. Cold homes cost health […]
Energy efficiency and fuel savings can be achieved using the right technology
Energy efficiency technology and building energy management systems are becoming an integral part of our lives and will be used to help home owners and tenants save on heating and energy bills, a recent survey has been able to reveal. The poll carried out by housebuilder Barratt Homes found that 50 per cent of people […]
Number of households opting to switch suppliers rose by 15% in 2015
The number of households that have decided to switch their energy supplier in order to save energy and money has risen by 15% throughout 2015, a recent report by Ofgem has been able to find. The energy market regulator said that 6.1m gas and electricity accounts had been transferred during the year – about 800,000 […]