Solutions for our homes
Solutions for our homes to help clean the air
Challenge 1 - Waste less heat
Challenge 2 - Promote low-emission Sources of heating
Challenge 3 - Switch to zero emissions electricity
The solutions are here. Let’s implement them.
43% Reduction in UK greenhouse emissions since 1990
Source: Reducing UK Emissions parliamentary report 2018
Better boilers, insulation, and efficient design can cut energy demand by 14% by 2030.
Source: 2018 Progress Report to Parliament76
Energy efficiency is vital to cutting the costs of energy for homes and businesses and is a cost-effective method of reducing our carbon emissions. In spite of this, and the inclusion of energy efficiency targets in the Clean Growth Strategy, the current rate of improvements to buildings is far too slow.
Rachel Reeves MP, BEIS Committee Chair 74
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*Smoke plumes are not to scale. Emission factors show emissions in the home - emissions during production of fuel or electricity are not included here. Emission factors taken from EMEP 2016 Guidebook (1A4 - small combustion tables). The following definitions were used: Solid fuel open fire wood burned in an open fire, Non-Defra approved stove, Wood in a convetional stove, Defra-approved/ Ecodesign stove, Wood in an advanced /ecolabelledstove, Pellet fired boiler, Wood in pellet stoves and boilers, Oil fired boiler, Fuel oil in a medium (.50KWth<1MWth) boiler, Gas fired boiler, Natural gas in a small (<50kWth) boiler.
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