All Refurbishment articles – Page 4
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NewsManchester picks three firms for £400m Green Deal scheme
Three firms have been appointed to Greater Manchester’s £400m Green Deal scheme
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NewsContractors to earn less for retrofit work under ECO
Analysis by Building shows poor return due to fall in carbon price since government cuts to ECO scheme
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NewsUK lags behind Europe on energy efficiency funding
Campaign group claims Treasury is refusing to earmark £60bn in carbon taxes for energy efficiency programmes
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CommentForget what you think you know about energy efficiency
Is it time to focus on consumer education rather than more loft insulation?
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Archive TitlesGreen Deal finance redtape cut
Green Deal Finance Company removes barriers for firms to lend under flagship government scheme
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CommentWho’s responsible for making the Green Deal work?
The government should have realised long ago that small firms were best placed to deliver its flagship scheme
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NewsIndustry casts doubt on Barker's Green Deal claims
Industry leaders question energy minister’s claim that 81% of people taking a Green Deal assessment carry out retrofit work
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NewsGreg Barker: 'Carillion should examine its Green Deal business model'
Energy minister attacks big construction firms that are struggling to make the government’s flagship energy efficiency scheme work
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NewsBarker admits Green Deal forecast was ‘spectacularly wrong’
Energy minister admits prediction that 10,000 Green Deal plans would be signed in the first year of the flagship scheme was well off
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NewsJust 626 Green Deals completed in scheme's first year
Official statistics reveal flagship retrofit scheme dramatically underperformed in the 12 months since its launch
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CommentWe need Green Deal 2.0
The Green Deal celebrates its first rocky year in existence this month, it now needs to evolve
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NewsIndustry calls for Green Deal loan guarantees
UK Green Building Council report calls for government to underwrite Green Deal loans in bid to bring down interest rate and drive take up
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NewsRetrofit delivering 'half the energy savings promised'
In a bow to the Green Deal, analysis of government data finds energy efficiency measures only delivering half the savings promised
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NewsLabour plans to boost retrofit with Green Deal guarantee
Shadow energy minister reveals strategy to drive take-up of beleaguered energy efficiency scheme
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CommentEnergy firms are getting off scot-free under ECO reforms
George Osborne has eviscerated ECO and left it in a position where nearly no work needs to be done
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CommentWhy do we put up with these dumb homes?
If our homes were a car they would be about as advanced as a 1950s Cadillac
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NewsBrussels backs 40% emissions reduction target
Members of the European parliament approve plans that should stimulate investment in green projects
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CommentWhat does 2014 hold for sustainability?
My four predictions for the sustainability agenda this year
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NewsBoris warns over Allowable Solution plans
Mayor of London urges the government to require London housebuilders to keep the energy projects that they will have to undertake to meet carbon standards from 2016 in the capital