Latest From Greg Barker Comments on Energy Efficiency Requirements

[The Launderer]

Fairly lengthy article from Greg Barker here:

Solar energy industry may be on threshold of an exciting era | Greg Barker | Environment | guardian.co.uk

Little concerned about his comments on the Energy efficiency Requirements:

" We really shouldn't be offering a costly subsidy to people to generate renewable energy when in the same building it is being unnecessarily wasted."

 

[BruceB]

" We really shouldn't be offering a costly subsidy to people to generate renewable energy when in the same building it is being unnecessarily wasted."

Except that it is government legislation on listed buildings preventing the installation of insulation/double glazing etc that causes energy to be wasted. Unfair to cut these owners off from renewables in my opinion.

 

[moggy1968]

absolutely. The proposal means that those who want to try and reduce their carbon footprint are prevented from doing so because they live in an older property. it's a nonsence.

 

[liquidity]

Interesting how he says "but a return to 43p could be catastrophic for the budget." Not would but could. Is he expecting to be defeated? Or am I reading too much into it?

 

[mdovey]

absolutely. The proposal means that those who want to try and reduce their carbon footprint are prevented from doing so because they live in an older property. it's a nonsence.

Let's face it, those living in listed buildings (conservation areas etc.) weren't considered when setting the 12 December deadline (a point I made, for what it was worth, in my response to the consultation). Any solar order which had a planning permission decision in progress on the 31 October would be unlikely to have been completed by the 12 Dec!