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Articles tagged with: Insulation
Labour Says Spike In Cold Deaths Underlines Urgency Of Home Insulation Scheme
Energy
Labour Says Spike In Cold Deaths Underlines Urgency Of Home Insulation Scheme
Labour has renewed calls for better home insulation in response to the "appalling and avoidable" increase in excess death estimates due to cold, damp homes.
Empowering British energy saving communities and businesses Partner content
Environment
By Mineral Wool Insulation Manufacturers Association
Empowering British energy saving communities and businesses
Energy saving is just as important as energy generation. Net Zero success relies on our ability to empower and reward businesses and communities to deliver energy savings.
How Liz Truss’s government can achieve energy security and savings this winter Partner content
Environment
By Mineral Wool Insulation Manufacturers Association
How Liz Truss’s government can achieve energy security and savings this winter
The Prime Minister must trust British insulation businesses to deliver.
The energy bills freeze is welcome but now we need to insulate the nation
Energy
By Dame Clare Moriarty
The energy bills freeze is welcome but now we need to insulate the nation
An energy bill freeze is in – a huge relief to millions of households – but no one has any doubt this crisis is far from over.
Partner content
Environment
By OFTEC
Technician survey reveals majority of customer homes not ready for heat pumps
Heating technicians have voiced concerns over the government’s proposals to convert off-grid homes to heat pumps with the vast majority (87%) revealing less than one-fifth (20%) of the properties they service are currently ready for the technology.
Partner content
Environment
By OFTEC
Spring Budget 2022 Statement – OFTEC Reactive Comment
The current energy crisis means the government must provide help to enable households to reduce their bills, while also supporting the drive towards low carbon solutions.
An open letter to BEIS Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng Partner content
Environment
By Knauf Insulation Northern Europe
An open letter to BEIS Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng
The Energy Security Strategy demands an urgent shift to measuring home efficiency performance.
The Chancellor can cut bills by helping to upgrade our leaky homes Partner content
Environment
By ROCKWOOL UK
The Chancellor can cut bills by helping to upgrade our leaky homes
Investing in a nationwide home insulation programme can provide a long-term solution for bringing down energy bills and delivering net-zero.
Energy bill loan will not be enough to help families with rising costs – we need a plan to insulate more homes
Energy
By Lord Willetts
Energy bill loan will not be enough to help families with rising costs – we need a plan to insulate more homes
There is no escaping the financial struggles that 2022 will bring – families are already being squeezed as real wages fall with inflation pushing up the cost of day-to-day life.
Urgent action is required to prevent avoidable deaths as millions more face fuel poverty this winter
Economy
By Baroness McIntosh
Urgent action is required to prevent avoidable deaths as millions more face fuel poverty this winter
It is a matter of great concern that against the background of rising inflation, the end of furlough and cut to Universal Credit that the price cap might end in April 2022.
Budget 2021: Green Homes Grant success pivotal for a green recovery  Partner content
Environment
By Mineral Wool Insulation Manufacturers Association
Budget 2021: Green Homes Grant success pivotal for a green recovery 
Now is not the time for the UK to risk undermining its credibility on the global stage at the COP26 and G7 summits, by allowing a keystone green stimulus measure to fail.
Why buildings must be the linchpin of the UK’s climate and green recovery plans Partner content
Coronavirus
By ROCKWOOL UK
Why buildings must be the linchpin of the UK’s climate and green recovery plans
When the Chancellor stands up today to deliver his spending review, he should double down on his ambitions for the built environment.
Partner content
Environment
By Mineral Wool Insulation Manufacturers Association
MIMA's comment on The Prime Minister’s 10 Point Plan on a Green Industrial Revolution
Sarah Kostense-Winterton, Executive Director of the Mineral Wool Insulation Manufacturers Association (MIMA) comments on The Prime Minister’s 10 Point Plan on a Green Industrial Revolution;
Environment
By Mineral Wool Insulation Manufacturers Association
The Green Homes Grant must be the first step in a longer-term, Government-led buildings energy efficiency and decarbonisation plan
The goal must be to ensure future new builds are safe, efficient, resilient, and perform as intended whilst avoiding significant unintended consequences in terms of poor quality installations and short-term boom and bust in the energy efficiency market.
Exclusive: Government’s green homes plan risks ‘throwing people into the arms of scammers’, MPs warn
Environment
Exclusive: Government’s green homes plan risks ‘throwing people into the arms of scammers’, MPs warn
MPs have warned the Government that a “rushed” energy-saving scheme could leave homeowners at risk of being exploited by scammers and rogue traders.
The Chancellor’s statement is a good start, but what next for energy efficiency policy? Partner content
Coronavirus
By ROCKWOOL UK
The Chancellor’s statement is a good start, but what next for energy efficiency policy?
While the Chancellor’s announcement this week is a step in the right direction, more must be done to ensure we reach our net zero goals and deliver a truly green recovery.
Improving the energy efficiency of our homes is central to a green recovery
Coronavirus
By Wera Hobhouse MP
Improving the energy efficiency of our homes is central to a green recovery
Investing in improving the energy efficiency of our homes has the potential to create desperately needed jobs, as well as helping to achieve a carbon zero future, protecting our planet for future generations.
Coronavirus
By Mineral Wool Insulation Manufacturers Association
Green recovery is impossible without tackling Britain’s leaky homes and buildings, coalition of leading business groups warns
Tackling the UK’s leaky housing and building stock must be a central part of the UK’s stimulus to recover from Covid-19, says the collaboration of leading cross-industry organisations and businesses, The Energy Efficiency Infrastructure Group.