Home insulation work to collapse under Green Deal

摘要

Work on some of the most energy efficient home insulation measures will dramatically decline when the flagship energy efficiency scheme, the Green Deal, goes live later this year, the government has admitted. Official estimates obtained from the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) by Building show that the rate of installation of loft insulation is expected to fall by 93% when the Green Deal and the Energy Company Obligation (ECO) are introduced, while cavity wall insulation will fall 70% (see graph, below).