Could green mortgages help deliver the energy efficiency revolution Europe needs?

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European Energy Efficiency Mortgage initiative plans to offer better borrowing rates for those buying the greenest homes

Domestic energy efficiency policy in the UK has been stuck in limbo since the government's Green Deal was axed last summer. That flagship policy - which offered homeowners loans, then grants, towards...

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