Unlocking the Green Deal for Social Housing
As the contractor awarded with an unprecedented eight year contract with Britain’s biggest social housing landlord, Carillion has made every effort to ensure that Green Deal, as well as ECO, become a reality for the thousands of hard pressed tenants. Deservedly it can now have confidence in delivering improvements on the ground in significant numbers […]
DECC release figures for first quarter on Green Deal for energy efficiency improvements
The DECC (Department of Energy and Climate Change) has released first quarter figures on the Green Deal for energy efficiency improvements. The statistics reveal that around 40,000 Green Deal Assessments have been undertaken since the scheme started. 47% of households who had received a Green Deal Advice Report following an assessment said that they were […]
Government still a long way off Green Deal finance target but Minister for Energy and Climate Change emphasises it is still early days for Green Deal
Statistics show 36 households signed up to the Green Deal by the end of June but the figure still leaves the government a long way off the target of 10,000 Green Deal financing packages by the end of the year. The slow start to the scheme had been blamed on the fact only a few […]
Promising start for Green Deal as energy efficiency work begins in London, Kent and Wales
Following the launch of the Green Deal in January, energy efficiency schemes have begun around the country, in London, Enfield Council has joined forces with British Gas to deliver a £10 million energy efficiency improvement programme to the borough. The scheme will reduce the energy bills of 1,000 of Enfield’s lowest income households by an […]
Almost 1,800 Green Deal assessments have been lodged till date
Since the UK’s government flagship energy efficiency scheme “Green Deal” was launched officially at the end of this January, Green Deal providers have completed more than 1,800 assessments on homes. Last week, the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) released its figures which revealed that within a month, between the end of January until […]
Green Deal delays ‘will damage the insulation industry’
The insulation Industry Forum that gathers 70% of the UK’s industry claims that the Green Deal which starts operating in January 2013 will cut-off 16,000 jobs. Indeed, due to the gap found between the end of the subsidy schemes related to cavity wall solid wall and loft insulation, and the full operation of the Green […]
Green Deal finance and energy saving installations
The Green Deal provides a great deal opportunity for housing associations to retrofit their properties making them more energy efficient. Once Green Deal finance is in place which the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) is certain will be on 28th January, energy efficient improvements to properties can be made of up to £10,000 […]
Government predicts 93% fall in loft insulation under Green Deal
Loft insulation, one of the most energy efficient home insulation measures has been predicted to significantly decline when the Green deal goes live later in the year the government has predicted. Data from the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) states that the rate of installation of loft insulation is expected to fall by […]
