New home energy efficiency drive in the UK

Management of Environmental Quality

ISSN: 1477-7835

Article publication date: 2 January 2009

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(2009), "New home energy efficiency drive in the UK", Management of Environmental Quality, Vol. 20 No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/meq.2009.08320aab.004

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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New home energy efficiency drive in the UK

Article Type: News From: Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal, Volume 20, Issue 1

The British government has announced a new home energy efficiency drive that will require energy companies to invest £910 million (€1.15 billion) in improvements to cut consumption in residential sector. Around £560 million will feed into an existing programme subsidising measures such as loft and wall insulation. The rest will create a new programme offering tailored house-to-house help in deprived areas. Campaign group WWF said the move should be a “warm-up” for more comprehensive long-term measures to address the UK’s housing stock.

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