The number of properties owned by landlords that are energy inefficient are going down. The Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA) reported that in December last year, 61 per cent of landlords said that they had no properties rated F or G in terms of their energy efficiency. This was a rise of 11 per cent on the...
An official survey revealed nearly eight out of 10 people in the UK prefer renewable energy. According to the major poll published by the government today (Tuesday), of the 2,107 people asked in December and January just four per cent were opposed to using renewable energy. Revealingly, 67 per cent are worried UK supplies of fossil fuels are not sufficient to meet UK demand into the future. The findings tally with a series of...
Prospect Law is heading legal action for a total of 17 solar companies seeking damages over the feed-in tariff controversy. The law firm is making the claim against the Department of Energy and Climate Change following its hotly disputed cuts to solar feed-in tariffs (FIT), with the court case due to go ahead in the summer. The government last winter suddenly...
Ed Davey reckons a new energy efficiency programme has the potential to more than double the jobs in the insulation industry to 60,000. The Energy and Climate Change Secretary claims the flagship Green Deal scheme that launches on Monday “will increase the number of jobs of the next few years.” He added: “We know...
Snow and the big freeze this week have raised concerns for the vulnerable. The sub-zero weather is, if anything, set to get worse as we go into the weekend, forecasters have warned. Temperatures plummeted to around -8C overnight over much of England earlier in the week. Increased heating bills have led to worries that the number of deaths could outstrip the 24,000 that...
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