Energy: Housing
(asked on 20th March 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the (a) level of further cost-effective energy efficiency measures that could be installed in homes and (b) effect of those measures on the energy bills of those households.
(a) There is a large range of cost effective energy efficiency measures households could install in their homes. Each household has its own set of energy requirements. However, so a measure that is cost effective for one household may not be cost effective for another. The recent consultation impact assessment for the revised Private Rental Sector Regulations (see table 3a) shows the types of measures we expect to be installed to improve Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) Band F and G properties to band E[1]. This gives an indication, for each budget cap, of the likely mix of measures we would expect to be a cost effective way to improve the energy performance of homes.
(b) As set out in the Clean Growth Strategy, upgrading the energy performance of homes can lead to significant bill savings for consumers. For example, the annual running costs of an EPC Band C rated home are £270 lower than the average Band D rated home and £650 less than the average Band E home.