Policy & Research
Green Deal
During 2012 the coalition Government will complete its development of market framework for a Green Deal that will help make energy efficiency affordable for consumers, by removing the need to pay for work upfront and by providing the conditions for a competitive market that will provide best value and confidence in products for the customer.
The scale of the challenge for Britain’s housing stock is unparalleled: the Energy Saving Trust has found that in order to meet its carbon emissions targets for 2050, Britain must not only substantially decarbonise energy supplies, but nearly every home must have extensive energy efficiency and renewable energy measures applied and consumers will need to curb current increases in appliance use.
And carbon is not the only driver; reducing our energy demand is the most cost-efficient way to avoid suffering the worst impacts of rising fossil fuel prices.
Energy efficiency measures also make a home more comfortable, keeping it warmer in winter and cooler in summer, although the work required may be disruptive in the short-term.
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Latest News
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Committee on Climate Change’s report
14 December 2011
Responding to the Committee on Climate Change’s report on the effect of environmental policies on household energy bills, Audrey Gallacher, Director of Energy at Consumer Focus, said: ‘Consumer Focus agrees with the CCC that increased wholesale prices are the main reason behind recent energy price rises. However measures which are essential to make our energy [...]
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Green Deal – Consumer Focus response
23 November 2011
Responding to the Government’s Annual Energy Statement, Audrey Gallacher, Consumer Focus Director of Energy, said: ‘If the Government gets this right, it has the potential to transform millions of homes. The key test is for Government to engage people thoroughly and makes sure they have full confidence in the changes ahead. ‘We welcome the plans [...]
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Chris Huhne’s energy proposals
20 September 2011
Responding to energy proposals made by Chris Huhne today, Mike O’Connor, Chief Executive of Consumer Focus, said: ‘Hard-pressed consumers will welcome tougher action on energy firms. Consumers need the market to be more fair, to help those struggling in fuel poverty and to get to the root of why the energy market does not work [...]
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Consumer champions call for private rented homes to be warm and healthy
5 August 2011
Consumer Focus, along with more than thirty other organisations, is today calling for a minimum energy efficiency standard to be legally required of all private rented homes by 2016, so that renters can be guaranteed to live in a warm and healthy home. Audrey Gallacher, Director of Energy at Consumer Focus, said: ‘With almost 12 [...]
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Latest Publications
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Filling the gaps – Accuracy of Green Deal advice for cavity-walled homes
13 January 2012
Consumer Focus is asking Government to take swift action to make changes to the way energy efficiency assessments treats cavity wall insulation. Consumer Focus has found that RdSAP, the Government’s energy efficiency assessment method, will never recommend cavity wall insulation for homes built after 1983, despite up to 2.3 million homes being built after this date with clear, unfilled cavity walls.
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Keeping FiT – Consumers’ attitudes and experiences of microgeneration
12 December 2011
The type of consumers who have installed renewable technologies, and the obstacles to installation, show that there is still a significant way to go to make microgeneration accessible to all. But most consumers with installed systems have had a positive experience, which is encouraging others to invest. This report brings together complementary consumer research by [...]
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Scaling the solid wall
22 November 2011
Consumer Focus is committed to helping the Government meet its statutory targets to eliminate fuel poverty by 2016 and set its first carbon budget by 2020. We believe the new Energy Company Obligation (ECO) can potentially play an important role in meeting both fuel poverty and carbon targets. A well-designed ECO that focuses initially on [...]
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