A Calderdale Council Report on home energy conservation plans for the next two years is critical of the new Green Deal and Energy Company Obligation policy. It advocates “more equitable”, publicly-funded home insulation and other measures to help householders save energy and reduce their energy bills. Calderdale Council Cabinet approved and adopted the Report at its May 2013 meeting.
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Interesting post Bouncing off the rebound about why it doesn’t make sense to talk about energy efficiency, if we want to reduce energy use, and why we do need to talk about energy conservation.
The argument in a nutshell: increased energy efficiency doesn’t necessarily mean reduced energy use, for a variety of convincing reasons.
I know the Energy Royd tagline is “Changing more than lightbulbs”. But sometimes changing a lightbulb is what you have to do.
So when I’d taken out the dead one and put in the new one, I saw this crossed-out wheelie bin symbol on the packet:
Here is some information about different types of home renewable heating systems
Heat pumps
This glossary explains Green Deal and Green Deal finance terms used in the post, Green Deal: a public private partnership too far
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Homeowners looking for money to pay for energy efficiency improvements to their homes may be interested in a new Retrofit mortgage from the Ecology Building Society.
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An article in the online Guardian reports that many Tories are publicly opposing the Green Deal only days after its official launch – and, possibly as a result of the uncertainties this creates, many large companies which were expected to take part in providing Green Deal services to householders don’t seem very interested in the scheme.
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Yorkshire Energy Services are now offering free loft and cavity wall insulation to all households in UK.
I read some news that a Cambridge company has produced a very low-energy component for use in smart electricity meters and other digitally interactive devices – like fridges, washing machines, freezers, tumble driers, kitchen equipment and other consumer goods.
As all these things become digitally interconnected, they form part of the “internet of things” – a network of wireless frequencies which allows any smart (radio frequency identification tagged) object to be located, logged and monitored.
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The new green team: Local government, sustainable energy, jobs & skills includes outlines of how local councils can create a revolving fund using income from the installation of renewables and FITs to help create a green team that would redeploy local council staff into delivering sustainable energy projects such as energy efficiency retrofits and renewables installation. Calderdale’s Energy Future mentions a new revolving loan fund without saying how it will work – could it be something like this? If anyone knows, please say.
