BRE’s appointment for examining solid wall insulation benefits
Currently, the Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC) has commissioned the Building Research Establishment (BRE) to carry out a research project, regarding the energy efficiency of the UK’s domestic buildings. The main aim of this research is to examine the solid wall properties. More particularly, it will investigate the heat losses in the approximately […]
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 […]
Government reconsiders the traditional retrofits
Following the publication of a report revealing a lack of understanding of how to respond to energy efficiency measures within the industry, government is preparing to revise the approach to older building retrofitting. The report also revealed that the heat loss of traditional buildings performed much better than stated in standard model and assessment methods. […]
Green Deals will take longer to pay off than predicted
Recent research has demonstrated that retrofits on homes deliver less than three-quarters of expected energy savings. Further new research has shown that only low cost Green Deal measures are likely to meet the flagship energy efficiency scheme’s “golden rule” payback criteria because energy efficiency retrofits perform significantly below predicted levels. Under the Green Deal energy […]
Community Energy Savings Programme (CESP)
Over the past years the Government has made a well publicised effort through market mechanism to drive energy efficiency in existing domestic properties. Just as in the commercial sector, most of the existing domestic housing stock will be the same in 2050 as it is today (in terms of building fabric), so the 2016 new […]