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‘ Do We Now Need a Green Deal II ?’
The rate at which energy prices have risen in the last few months has been staggering and there are no indications of an end to the rises anytime soon . With further price rises expected this coming winter , rising costs are fuelling inflation and pushing many households into debt . So is it time to look again at some form of ‘ Green Deal ’ from the Government or is there anything we can do as home and business owner occupiers ?
BY PHIL SLINGER - CAB CHIEF EXECUTIVE
We talk of ‘ sustainability ’, which the Oxford Dictionary defines as “ The use of natural products and energy in a way that does not harm the environment ” We are reliably reminded that we continue to harm our global environment , the sooner we stop the sooner we can slow global warming . A great deal of work has already been achieved in the move towards sustainability , but there is much more work to be done .
The original ‘ Green Deal ’ was a Government initiative launched in January 2013 which encouraged consumers to apply for a loan to insulate their homes which included building fabric insulation , new windows and doors . These loans were taken out over a 10 to 25 year period and were intended to be paid off from the savings that improvements would make . The scheme was not a huge success , by the end of June 2015 , only 10,000 households had installed energy saving measures using
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