A consultation held by the coalition government on changes to energy regulations is expected to reduce carbon emissions targets compared with the previous governments plans.
Posts Tagged ‘ green deal ’
Coalition governemnt set to reduce carbon emissions targets
Thursday, February 2nd, 2012Green Deal potentially hazardous for old homes and calls for specialist assessors
Monday, January 23rd, 2012The Green Deal is aiming to help over 60,000 homes become more energy efficient and allowing for these improvements to be made through a charge on electricity bills as an incentive. However the government is considering a training scheme for specialist Green Deal assessors to deal with older homes due to fear that green energy installations could harm traditional buildings. Douglas Kent from the Society for the Preservation of Ancient Buildings (SPAB), said the body is in discussions with the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) over the idea. Other traditional buildings experts say that attaching modern non-porous insulation to breathable solid-wall buildings could lead to damp problems as well as other damage and also be hazardous to health for residents.
Government predicts 93% fall in loft insulation under Green Deal
Wednesday, January 18th, 2012Loft 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 93% when the Green Deal and Energy Company Obligation (ECO) are introduced, while cavity wall insulation will fall by 70%.
Green Deal Consultants
Friday, January 13th, 2012A quarter of the UK’s carbon emissions come from the energy used in homes with a similar amount coming from our businesses, industry and workplaces. On a national scale the UK economy needs to reduce CO2 emissions to comply with the carbon emissions budget legislated in the The Climate Change Act 2008.
Renewable Heat Incentive is first in the World
Tuesday, May 31st, 2011The government has announced details of its Renewable Heat incentive, the first in the world, aimed at reducing carbon emissions from energy used to produce heat-about half the UK total. Phase 1 for the non residential buildings will be introduced in the autumn of 2012 to coincide with the advert of the Green Deal. Air source heat pumps are not included in the RHI, nor is gas fired CHP. Among technologies that are included are biomass, solar thermal, ground source and water- source heat pumps and deep geothermal. The £860 million scheme is expected to increase green capital investment by £4.5 billion up to 2020 and increase the number of industrial, commercial and public-sector installations seven-fold by that time.
Subscribe to our RSS Q&A feed and get answers to common questions relating to EPC's.
