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Ministers launch new drive to improve energy efficiency of existing homes The government has launched a strategy to improve the energy efficiency of the UK's existing housing stock over the next decade which will involve a new obligation on energy companies to join forces with local authorities and pay for much of the work. Also under this plan ministers have promised legislation for 'pay as you save' green loans and measures to boost district heating networks. The government has proposed a number of targets. These include: * insulating 6 million homes by the end of 2011; * insulating all practical lofts and cavity walls by 2015; and * delivering some 7 million so-called eco-upgrades by 2020 (typically this would involve sold wall insulation and the provision of microgeneration measures like heat pumps). Ministers have claimed that the new strategy will help people make smarter use of energy in homes, making it easier to take action and reduce bills. Installing some technologies, such as solid wall insulation, could see energy bills cut by £380 a year (average between 2013 and 2020), the government has claimed. Ed Miliband, energy and climate secretary, said: "Making homes more energy efficient will help protect people from upward pressure on bills, tackle climate change, and make us less reliant on imported energy". Source: Utility Week © Faversham House Group Ltd 2010. News articles may be copied or forwarded
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