Green Deal – The Existing Homes Alliance recommendations for a successful programme and motivating consumers to take it up

The Existing Homes Alliance has issued a report to Government outline crucial detail and recommendations it considers to be crucial for the delivery of a successful carbon reduction policy.

The Green Deal has the potential to offer a huge opportunity for retrofitting existing housing but we have one chance to get it right!

Our steering group members have therefore worked with other key organisations to offer advice to Government for:

• Financing deep, low carbon retrofit;
• Considering the cost of refurbishing an existing home to the required standard;
• How the retrofit is delivered;
• How we communicate to householders and the tools and resources required;
• How we achieve and maintain quality of work and advice; and
• What incentives and legislation may be required to drive householders to act.

Download the reports here:
Full report - Key Policies for Accelerating Low Carbon Retrofit in the Existing Domestic Building Stock,
Dec 2010

Executive Summary - Key Policies for Accelerating Low Carbon Retrofit in the Existing Domestic Building Stock, Dec 2010

Getting the right policy framework and infrastructure in place is vital but it is worthless without householders taking it up.  That’s why to complement this work, the Alliance has also developed a paper on motivating consumers.

Download the paper here:
Creating Demand for the Green Deal, Dec 2010