Posts Tagged Government

  • 1 in 3 adults worried about winter energy bills

    Aug 24

    Posted by: Justin | Number of Comments: Comments Off

    Category: News | Date Posted: Tuesday, August 24th, 2010

    According to a recent survey by Home Heat Helpline, a third of adults are worried they won’t be able to afford the cost of heating their over the upcoming winter months.

    Last Winter saw some of the coldest temperatures on record in the UK, as snow and ice brought chaos to the country. As a result, homes were forced to turn up their thermostats and use energy-hungry appliances such as electric heaters to keep themselves warm. This, together with ever-increasing prices, led to a huge rise in energy bills, and many found it difficult to find the …

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  • Your house to borrow money to pay for green facelift

    Mar 2

    Posted by: Justin | Number of Comments: No Comments

    Category: Environmental policy, Grants, News, Saving money, Solar power, Uncategorized | Date Posted: Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010

    A new scheme has been announced by the Government that would allow your house to borrow money from the government in order to buy energy saving improvements such as insulation and solar panels.

    The loan would be linked to your property, rather than to you, and is designed to help spread the cost of energy saving improvements by allowing households to pay back the loan from the energy savings made each year.

    The ‘save-as-you-pay’ initiative is part of the Governments plan to cut emissions from all 22 million UK households by 29% by 2020.

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  • It's not just cavity wall insulation, it's M&S cavity wall insulation

    Feb 18

    Posted by: Justin | Number of Comments: No Comments

    Category: Cavity wall insulation, Grants, News | Date Posted: Thursday, February 18th, 2010

    It’s a growing trend for high street stores to move into the home energy market. Sainsbury’s, B&Q, Tesco and now M&S all offer insulation services to help households cut energy bills.

    M&S launched it’s home energy division a year ago, offering a variety of environmentally friendly home energy products. This latest move into the insulation market is not unexpected, given the huge numbers of households yet to insulate their homes.

    Recent estimates suggest that 2 million homes could still benefit from grants available towards the cos…

    Location : Cavity wall insulation, Grants, News

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  • Spy planes to check we're not wasting energy

    Jan 20

    Posted by: Justin | Number of Comments: No Comments

    Category: Environmental policy, News | Date Posted: Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

    The latest in thermal imaging technology is to be used to assess the amount of energy being wasted by homes in Lancashire, it has been announced.

    In a joint project between 15 local councils and the Energy Saving Trust, planes will fly above Lancashire and detect the amount of heat escaping from local homes, in order to assess their energy efficiency.

    Houses deemed to be amongst the least energy efficient will be told of their low efficiency rating, and given advice on how to improve it. The cabinet member for environment and planning at Lanc…

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  • Free insulation grants to be slashed in pre-budget report

    Dec 6

    Posted by: Justin | Number of Comments: No Comments

    Category: Cavity wall insulation, Grants, Loft insulation, News, Saving money | Date Posted: Sunday, December 6th, 2009

    The Government is planning to slash grants available for cavity wall and loft insulation from April 2010, according to the BBC.

    A wait of 6 months for free insulation

    Those applying for 100% grant are being told they face a wait of up to 6 months for work to be done, as the amount of funding is due to be halved in 2010. The Warm Front scheme has made 2 million UK home more energy efficient since its launch in 2000, cutting the amount of wasted energy emitted and saving millions of pounds off the cost of energy bills across the country.

    The G…

    Location : Cavity wall insulation, Grants, Loft insulation, News, Saving money

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