Green Deal articles

Green Deal - The UK's flagship energy efficiency scheme offers homes and businesses the chance to undertake building improvements at no upfront cost. Energy efficiency makeovers are then paid for through a levy on energy bills, but crucially the repayments have to be smaller than the financial savings that result from the improvement work.

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Policy Briefing: UK faces fresh calls to beef up energy efficiency efforts as EU closes crucial loophole

EU Commission rules out loophole that would have enabled UK to halve energy saving goal for 2020

Have your say 16 May 2013

Breaking: Green Deal assessments approach 19,000

Sources reveal plans for new research on Green Deal adoption will be published this summer

Have your say 14 May 2013

How the Church of England is spreading the energy efficiency gospel

With over 16,000 buildings to manage, the Church has to be evangelical on green issues if it is to meet its ambitious emissions reduction targets

Have your say 14 May 2013

Why do we expect energy companies to help us save energy?

Energy companies deserve condemnation for missing efficiency targets, but why are they asked to fund energy-saving efforts in the first place?

Have your say 03 May 2013

Policy briefing: Energy giants in firing line as Ofgem investigates missed efficiency targets

Investigations herald tougher stance from watchdog as energy giants face up to demanding new Green Deal and ECO targets

Have your say 01 May 2013

Leeds launches 'UK's largest' Green Deal scheme

Councillor says £100m initiative should help 12,000 homes fit energy efficiency measures

Have your say 17 Apr 2013

Could the courts bring the 'Conservatory Tax' back from the dead?

The chances of a U-turn remain slim, but legal action over energy efficiency standards could prove embarrassing for Eric Pickles

Have your say 16 Apr 2013

Breaking: Green Deal gathers pace after 7,400 assessments lodged in second month

Greg Barker welcomes new figures which show a 332 per cent increase in Green Deal assessments, as Finance Company opens for business

Have your say 11 Apr 2013

Energy Saving Co-operative launches share issue for 'Green Deal Plus' service

Organisation aims to raise up to £700,000, promising early investors a return of around six per cent

Have your say 06 Apr 2013

British Gas promises to insulate 7,000 Peterborough homes

City council joins with utility in first large scale Energy Company Obligation deal

Have your say 04 Apr 2013

Ed Davey: 'No one expects the commercial Green Deal to fly out the door'

Energy and Climate Change Secretary tells BusinessGreen Plus he wants industry organisations to help promote the energy efficiency scheme to businesses

Have your say 27 Mar 2013

In the Green Room with Knauf Insulation's John Sinfield

The insulation company's managing director eyes up the role of Climate Change Minister

Have your say 25 Mar 2013

Ministers should take the fight to Brussels over energy efficiency VAT hike

Andrew Warren argues that if British politicians are to fight Brussels over VAT for green measures they may want to broaden the battle

Have your say 20 Mar 2013

Five Green Things we learnt this week

From encouraging and daunting Green Deal data to the former NATO commander with his sights trained on the global oil industry

Have your say 15 Mar 2013

New Green Deal figures: A good result?

The government has confirmed that 1,803 properties were assessed for a Green Deal in the scheme's first month, but is that enough to reboot the industry?

Have your say 14 Mar 2013

Breaking: More than 1,800 Green Deal assessments lodged in first month

New figures also reveal £26.9m worth of contracts have been traded through ECO brokerage system

3 comments Have your say 14 Mar 2013

Poorest hit hardest by carbon policies, argues report

Joseph Rowntree Foundation urges government to use carbon taxes to pay for energy efficiency makeovers

1 comments Have your say 13 Mar 2013

Greg Barker seals £244m of Green Deal finance

Government poised to unveil 'encouraging' figures on first month of scheme's uptake

2 comments Have your say 13 Mar 2013

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