A government spokesman said it had already made huge progress in upgrading the energy efficiency of England’s homes – from 9% rated grade C in 2008, to 40% today.
He also said all new heating systems installed in UK homes from 2035 will be low-carbon technologies, like heat pumps or hydrogen-ready boilers. This will be a 14-year gradual transition, and to reduce the cost of the heat pump we are offering grants to households worth £5,000.
According to a group of business organizations and charities, Better insulation could save UK households more than £500 a year on energy bills.
The Energy Efficiency Infrastructure Group is calling on the prime minister to prioritize energy saving through home improvements. It could save the UK £7.8bn a year, the group says.
Households will witness the energy price cap increasing to take higher wholesale gas prices into account in April. They have already seen energy bills rise in recent months.
The government is trying to find ways to help the people on low incomes who will struggle to afford higher heating costs.
But the EEIG, which includes the CBI, Kingfisher, Energy Savings Trust, and the green group WWF, says this and previous administrations are partly to blame for higher bills because they failed to ensure Britain’s homes are adequately insulated.
“The cost-of-living crisis is being driven by soaring gas prices,” said EEIG chairwoman Sarah Kostense-Winterton. “A permanent solution to lower bills is by reducing demand through energy efficiency measures.
Britain has the coldest and leakiest housing stock in western Europe, leaving residents particularly exposed to spikes in gas prices.
Successive governments person failed to instrumentality policies to tackle the problem. The astir caller insulation scheme, the Green Homes Grant, was scrapped aft conscionable six months.
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