OVO Energy pushes home carbon savings to forefront of new campaign

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Energy supplier claims making all homes carbon neutral could save the equivalent to 22 per cent of the UK's total emissions

If all UK homes were transformed to become zero carbon it could save more than 100 million tonnes of CO2 emissions per year, equating to 22 per cent of the country's total carbon emissions, according to...

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