Green Deal - new jobs insulating 3.5 million homes.

george [dicegeorge] · 2010-11-25T13:26:55+00:00

The Green Deal, a Liberal Democrat manifesto commitment, is the Government?s new and radical way of making energy efficiency available to all, whether people own or rent their property.Liberal Democrat Energy and Climate Change Secretary, Chris Huhne announced today that by 2015 up to 100,000 Green Deal workers could be employed in the effort to upgrade and insulate Britain?s homes. outdated housing stock leaks heat and wastes carbon.Our response is the Green Deal, a radical programme to bring our houses out of the dark ages.Over the next two years we expect to insulate 3.5 million homes, with a renewed focus on those in fuel poverty - and those who need it most.Then, from 2012 onwards, energy saving packages worth thousands will be installed in millions of homes, with the capital and interest costs covered by savings on energy bills.And we will look at how we can apply the Green Deal model to businesses, too ? enabling them to cut carbon, and cut costs.

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jgharston 15 years ago

Yebbutt... everybody knows Australia doesn't need insulating. Are telling me Neighbours lied to me?

I'm guessing standard Oz roofs are sheet aluminium or something, and a scattergun approach to nailing.

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Tony Bryer 15 years ago

You do down here - it doesn't get that cold compared with the UK but most 'houses' are bungalows so the roof losses are significant. And it stops the heat radiating down during the summer when loft spaces get seriously hot.

No, foil-faced insulation stapled into cables by untrained teenagers.

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