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The government is unveiling measures to relax planning rules to boost the economy. Here’s what we know so far: What’s happening? The government has announced a relaxation of planning rules for the construction industry and owners of homes and businesses in England. This includes removing some requirements to build social housing as part of a […]

The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has released its much-anticipated consultation over the ongoing level of support for solar PV technology under the Renewable Obligation (RO) scheme. DECC proposes that large-scale solar PV installations should receive 1.5 ROCs/MWh from March 31, 2013. The proposed support level will then reduce by 0.2 every year […]

Lighting Lighting accounts for 8% of a typical household’s energy bills: cutting your lighting bill is one of the easiest ways to save energy and money in the home. Replacing bulbs Whether you rent or own your property, or live in a house, flat or bungalow, you can save money today by changing the way […]

What is the Renewable Heat Premium Payment? This is a UK Government scheme designed to help you afford renewable technologies for your home, such as: * solar thermal panels * heat pumps ( air to water, ground source or water source but excluding air to air and exhaust air heat pumps), and * biomass boilers. […]

The UK government looks set to undertake a partial U-turn and launch a national communications campaign to promote its new Green Deal energy efficiency scheme when it launches in the autumn. Ministers have repeatedly rebuffed calls from the energy efficiency sector for a high-profile advertising and communications campaign to drive awareness of the scheme and […]