All Refurbishment articles – Page 3
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Government enhances Green Deal incentive scheme
Households able to claim up to £7,600 in cash from revamped incentive package
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Energy bosses warn of further Green Deal job losses
Energy leaders highlight boiler replacement industry as sector that might see cuts due to uncertainty about the government’s flagship energy efficiency scheme
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Green Deal 'undermined' by scammers
Citizens Advice Bureau reports that a large proportion of Green Deal calls are about scams
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Government's ECO cuts '£250m deeper than first thought'
Analysis by the Association for the Conservation of Energy finds that bonus credits will wipe more off scheme’s value than government predicted
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Labour moves to stop green standards cut
Shadow energy secretary fights to preserve councils’ authority to set higher energy efficiency standards
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Time to move on from ECO
The government’s flagship retrofit policy is now even more flawed than when it started
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Government urged to act as Green Deal sinks to new low
Latest figures show number of new households joining the retrofit scheme dwindled to just 33 in February
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Retrofit schemes flounder in face of ECO cuts
Carillion’s £1.6bn Birmingham Energy Savers project is one of 49 local authority schemes being revised or on hold
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Green Deal continues sluggish progress
Number of completed Green Deals rises to just 883, but ECO work begins to pick up following end of year slump
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ECO cuts will cost 14,000 industry jobs
Government admits proposed changes to Energy Companies Obligation will slash energy efficiency spending by £900m and create 14,000 fewer jobs
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Ministers told it's 'critical' to draft Part L 2016 now
Exclusive: Industry leaders unite to urge action after government fails to schedule meeting to discuss future of energy regulations
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Government admits its retrofit cuts will cost 14,000 jobs
Government’s impact assessment on its proposed changes to Energy Companies Obligation shows spending will be slashed by £900m, costing 14,000 jobs
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Contractors call for Budget boost to green construction
UKCG calls for ‘proper programme for retrofit’ as energy secretary Ed Davey pledges reforms to help market
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Government announces Green Deal boost
Ecobuild latest: The government unveils £19m boost for the Green Deal
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Contractors call for green construction boost
Ecobuild latest: The UK Contractors Group urges the chancellor to use budget to put in place a new national retrofit plan to boost green construction
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Green Deal is not the only way to fund emissions reductions
Just because few people are taking up the Green Deal offer doesn’t mean innovative finance solutions for energy efficiency are dead
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The cost of cuts to help for fuel poor homes
Cuts in government programmes that help the fuel poor have also hurt construction
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ECO retrofit measures dip sharply
The number of energy efficiency measures installed falls 20% following government’s announcement of cuts to the scheme