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Despite being heavily promoted by the UK Government, the Green Deal programme is apparently not enjoying a particularly impressive level of success, with only three households across the UK reportedly finalizing the loaning process for energy saving measures.

In a bid to boost Green Deal adoption in local communities, the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has just announced the launch of a new scheme that will allow local authorities to bid for funding from the £20m pot.

Energy firm E.ON has been slapped with a £3m fine after failing to comply with their reporting obligations under the government’s carbon emissions reduction target (Cert) programme, a news report in the media reveals.

Council homes in Cambridge are set to go through a massive overhaul designed to make them more energy efficient on the long term, a news report on the matter has revealed.

One of the requirements proposed in Ofgem’s Energy Company Obligation (ECO) scheme could see households across the UK being forced to cough up an extra £195 million on their energy bills, energy efficiency surveys company EUM

People living in rented accommodations might actually be able to save up to 190 pounds on their energy bills if they switch suppliers and go for the best available deal, the latest Ofgem guidelines suggest.

In a bid to support the Welsh economy, the country’s government has decided to actually cut the planned energy efficiency levels for new buildings, from the projected 40% to just 8%, thus reducing the overall costs of building a new home by around 4,000 pounds.

After receiving a fresh batch of data from the DECC (Department of Energy and Climate Change) regarding the consumers’ average energy use, energy market regulator Ofgem ha

NPOWER, one of the UK’s top 6 energy suppliers, has just issued a warning regarding the future hikes for household energy bills, blaming it all on the UK Government’s extensive subsidies for green energy.

Around 38% of people living in the UK are very concerned regarding their future energy bills, a BBC Radio 5 live survey has revealed. The study involved 1,035 adults and was conducted by ComRes, who interviewed people by telephone between 30 August and 1 September 2013.

A survey by the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) of their 10,000 members has revealed that more than 50% of the smaller construction companies believe that the government should introduce a strict set of regulations and incentives to make sure home improvements and extensions are energy efficient.

Centrica-owned British Gas, one of the UK’s most important energy suppliers, is likely to hit its 12 million customers with an estimated 8 percent price rise over the next few weeks, multiple media news sources have revealed.