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Homes across the South West of England are up to three times more likely to live in energy inefficient homes, recent figures from the Association for the Conservation of Energy (ACE) have been able to reveal. The data suggests that St Ives and North Cornwall are among the worst ten constituencies in England for “leaky” […]

A District Council will be providing grants of up to £4,000 for home owners who do not currently own a central heating system and would like to have one installed, a recent news report has been able to reveal. Stroud District Council, along with the other six district councils in the county and South Gloucestershire, […]

Experts are urging residential customers to review their current energy deals and switch to save money as wholesale prices have dropped significantly, a recent news report has been able to find. While 4 of the Big Six energy suppliers have already cut their bills by between 5.1% and 5.4%, delivering savings of around £30 to […]

Most consumers who have decided to take the plunge and deploy smart energy metering solutions have manager to reduce their energy bills as a result, a recent report by Smart Energy GB has been able to reveal. The research found that 52% of consumers have managed to save money while 80% have taken “at least […]

The number of households that have decided to switch their energy supplier in order to save energy and money has risen by 15% throughout 2015, a recent report by Ofgem has been able to find. The energy market regulator said that 6.1m gas and electricity accounts had been transferred during the year – about 800,000 […]

Energy efficiency technology and building energy management systems are becoming an integral part of our lives and will be used to help home owners and tenants save on heating and energy bills, a recent survey has been able to reveal. The poll carried out by housebuilder Barratt Homes found that 50 per cent of people […]

Every local Health and Wellbeing Board in England is spending, on average, over £27,000 each day, or £10million per year on treating patients with health conditions caused or worsened by living in cold, damp housing, a new release by fuel poverty charity National Energy Action (NEA) has been able to reveal. Cold homes cost health […]

Up to 2 million domestic customers were hit with unexpectedly high energy bills last year, a recent report from Citizens Advice has been able to suggest. An investigation by the aforementioned organization found the average back-bill was for £206, with 15% of those who had been back-billed saying they were charged more than £250. Back-billing […]

Stamp duty for energy efficient homes should be up to £2,500 lower than for those that aren’t, a think tank has recently suggested. Policy Exchange believes the change to stamp duty could lead to 270,000 households a year improving their energy efficiency. It proposes linking the stamp duty system to the energy performance of a […]

The UK government has allocated £1.5 million to boost low carbon heating in homes and businesses, a recent news report has been able to suggest. An estimated 24 local authorities across England and Wales have received a share of the funding to develop 27 heating projects, with heating networks having the potential to supply between 14% […]

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has set out a comprehensive and wide-ranging package of remedies to address the problems hindering competition, reform the energy market, open up competition and help customers get a better deal. Although competition has benefited those customers who have switched to competitively priced fixed-term deals, around 70% of the domestic […]

The lack of a long-term plan from successive UK governments is having a profoundly negative effect on the overall energy efficiency of UK buildings, according to the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE). The comments follow the publication of the House of Commons Energy and Climate Change Committee report Home Efficiency And Demand Reduction. […]