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Government highlights insulation progress
17/09/10
Edited by Bob Witham.The government has published new statistics from the Energy Saving Trust showing how much loft and cavity wall insulation builders have installed in homes across Britain under the Carbon Emissions Reduction Target (CERT) since 2008.
It is the first time that local-level statistics on these types of green home improvement have been made publicly available.
They show the areas with the highest proportion of residential property insulated under the scheme in its first two years were Kirklees (22.5 per cent), Anglesey (18 per cent), Camarthenshire (14.6 per cent), Wyre (13.4 per cent) and South Ribble (13.3 per cent).
In contrast, the five areas with the lowest proportion of housing lagged through the CERT programme were Westminster (0.2 per cent), Tower Hamlets (0.5 per cent), Kensington & Chelsea (0.5 per cent), Hammersmith & Fulham (0.7 per cent) and Southwark (0.7 per cent).
Energy secretary Chris Huhne said some parts of the country have not done as well as others because they have certain types of dwellings that are more difficult or expensive for builders to treat.
In June, the government extended the CERT programme to 2012, which should see a further 3.5 million properties receive loft and cavity wall insulation.
Under the scheme, domestic energy suppliers with more than 50,000 customers must take steps to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide emitted by households.
