🔴🌳Green alternatives to gas boilers will cost £11.8 billion MORE than the Government has budgeted for over the next four years.
The scale of home retrofits has been vastly underestimated.
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The scale of home retrofits has been vastly underestimated.
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The Government has committed to replacing oil and gas boilers at a rate of 600,000/year by 2028 to help reach net zero.
❌Campaigners say this will need to rise to 900,000.
However, the Government has underestimated how many homeowners can pay to retrofit and install heat pumps
❌Campaigners say this will need to rise to 900,000.
However, the Government has underestimated how many homeowners can pay to retrofit and install heat pumps
The technology is similar to a refrigerator in reverse.
⚡️It runs on electricity
🌡️Heats radiators to a lower temperature
It often requires insulation, bigger radiators and underfloor heating to keep older homes warm
telegraph.co.uk/environment/20…
⚡️It runs on electricity
🌡️Heats radiators to a lower temperature
It often requires insulation, bigger radiators and underfloor heating to keep older homes warm
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The scale of the challenge to install them is immense.
📝The Government want to achieve energy efficiency retrofits in around 17 million homes by 2035.
💷Each is expected to cost £4,400
📝The Government want to achieve energy efficiency retrofits in around 17 million homes by 2035.
💷Each is expected to cost £4,400
EEIG wants the full costs of installations in low-income households to be paid for, and grants of up to £6,000 for others.
Overall, EEIG said, greening home heating would require £17.8B in public money, some £6B of which had already been committed by the Government
Overall, EEIG said, greening home heating would require £17.8B in public money, some £6B of which had already been committed by the Government
❓Do you think energy efficiency retrofits are worth the cost?
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📚Experts say a huge education campaign is needed to explain to British people how heat pumps work, and why gas boilers are a problem.
Heating homes accounts for around 14% of UK greenhouse gas emissions
The vast majority comes from gas boilers in the 85% of homes that use them
Heating homes accounts for around 14% of UK greenhouse gas emissions
The vast majority comes from gas boilers in the 85% of homes that use them
❓Would you be interested in learning about how heat pumps work and why gas boilers are a problem?
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🌍Heat pumps are common in Europe - particularly Nordic countries - belying the idea that they cannot be used in colder climates.
❌But heat pumps are an unfamiliar technology and can be tricky to get right, particularly in the UK’s older, less well insulated homes
❌But heat pumps are an unfamiliar technology and can be tricky to get right, particularly in the UK’s older, less well insulated homes
🌡️The technology can also take more than two hours to heat water and is designed to heat up gently to a lower temperature, requiring planning ahead for showers and times when you will be home
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Analysis: Downing Street has vastly underestimated the scale of home retrofits needed to reach its net zero targets
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