Study: UK homes and businesses losing £3.1bn due to poor energy efficiency

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Study: UK homes and businesses losing £3.1bn due to poor energy efficiency

Report warns UK losing out on billions of savings as barriers to energy efficiency improvements prevent investing in measures that can deliver long-term savings

UK homes and businesses could be losing as much as £3.1bn in potential energy cost savings every year by not making efficiency improvements to their properties, even as energy bills are expected to climb...

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