The Government’s Green Deal Initiative was launched on 28th January 2013 with the task of encouraging homeowners and businesses to carry out energy efficient home improvements to their buildings. There are 45 different types of qualifying installations including cavity wall insulation, loft insulation and replacing old central heating boilers with new energy efficient condensing boilers. […]

The European Commission intends to extend the Ecodesign Directive which changed the rules relating to light bulbs, so that they apply to water-related products such as power showers and mixer taps.  Under plans currently being considered in Brussels the European Commission can declare almost any product ‘energy-related’ so that strict ‘energy efficiency’ rules can be […]

The Government’s Green Deal Initiative was finally launched on 28th January 2013, providing loans to cover the upfront costs of energy efficient home improvements to private householders.  As many as 45 different home improvement products are covered by the scheme, under which the householder settles the Green Deal Loan with repayments added to their electricity […]