Press Release
Growth in Green Deals marks break in the clouds
for energy efficiency scheme, says UK-GBC
For immediate release: Thursday 20 November 2014
For further information contact: James Kershaw, Press Officer
Contact number: 020 7291 9948 or 07815 611 427
The UK Green Building Council has today responded to the latest statistics showing steady
growth of the Government’s Green Deal scheme.
The figures showed that almost 1,500 Green Deal plans were registered last month –
bringing the total number of plans in progress to 7,207 at the end of October (up from 5,736
at the end of September).
However, the number of installations under the Energy Company Obligation (ECO) continue
to be at low levels, with just 23,325 installations in September, compared to a high of
almost 100,000 in March – when the energy companies were incentivised to deliver carbon
savings with uplifts in carbon scores (see notes to editors).
Richard Twinn, Policy and Public Affairs Officer at UK-GBC, said: “With a record number
of new Green Deal’s last month, we’re starting to see a break in the clouds for the
Government’s flagship energy efficiency scheme.
“But it’s not all blue skies just yet - the recent rise in plans isn’t even close to making up
for the drop in energy saving measures being installed under its sister scheme ECO. We
need to see continued demand in energy efficiency into next year if the Green Deal is to
truly weather the storm.”
ENDS
Notes to editors
Energy companies which delivered more than 35 per cent of their carbon target (under the CERO sub
obligation) up to March 2014, received an uplift of 1.75 on the carbon savings of the measures they had
delivered.
Click here to see the latest statistics.
About UK-GBC
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The UK Green Building Council (UK-GBC) is a charity and membership organisation which campaigns for a
sustainable built environment – one that enables a high quality of life for people, within the limits our
planet can support.
Uniquely bringing together anyone involved in the complex process of planning, designing, constructing,
maintaining and operating buildings, along with NGOs, academic institutions and government agencies.
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