LINKS to 2013 ENERGY EFFICIENCY for esp homes/properties, Green Deal & alternatives, fuel poverty, news articles - collated by Henry Adams 
 My web-site HUB page HERE

My Climate Change & Energy introductory web-page also has links: to websites and selected articles that give a background or priority over-view to these broader subjects.
 
My web-page LINKS to 2013 CLIMATE CHANGE & ENERGY news articles also has refs/links on present subject up to 25jun13, as present web-page created on that date.

My archive LINKS.pdf  - to April 2013 (Jan-April overlap with present html page) - warning: big file!

Why have I created this page?
The Green Deal is absurdly unambitious and unattractive in relation to the scale and urgency of what is necessary.
The Energy Bill Revolution is an excellent idea, and I quote from its web-page (my emphasis): 
"Families are suffering huge financial hardship, and one in five households can’t afford to heat their homes. Cold homes are damaging the health of our most vulnerable citizens, including children and older people.  But there is a fair and permanent solution. We can have warm homes and reduce our fuel bills.  We call on the Government to use the money it gets from our carbon taxes to make our homes super-energy efficient – driving down our energy bills forever."  Please sign petition.
And maybe we should also bear in mind (& not rule out) Ad-air-Turner-style "helicopter money"?.

If government regards 'energy security' as a reason for a need for UK shale gas for electricity generation, then we should also reduce our demand-need for gas by needing less of it for heating properties.  This would reduce the amount of gas UK needs to import - and mean that in emergencies of gas shortage - we would have more available in temporary storage (e.g. on Isle of Grain storage infrastructure, Kent) for electricity as less of that needed for heating. Of course this is an indirect effect, and I'm not trying to presume that gas in UK is a zero-sum gain between heating and electricity generation - except maybe in emergencies.

Follow FoE's Dave Timms on this subject:
https://twitter.com/davetimms    @davetimms http://discussion.guardian.co.uk/comment-permalink/24584349

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In approximate chronological order (most recent first); not fully comprehensive - just the selection I've spotted.

No UK households have completed green deal process, figures show   Environment   guardian.co.uk 27jun13  http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/jun/27/green-deal-energy-efficiency?CMP=twt_fd

Green deal in danger of becoming a middle class subsidy   Damian Carrington   Environment   guardian.co.uk 25jun13 
It's early days, but consumers appear to be swiping the introductory cashback while ignoring the loan deal at the heart of the UK government's flagship energy efficiency policy http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/damian-carrington-blog/2013/jun/25/green-deal-energy-efficiency-cashback?CMP=twt_gu & read Dave Timms (FoE) comment below it.
http://discussion.guardian.co.uk/comment-permalink/24584349

Green_Deal_assessment_survey_summary_report_FINAL https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/208372/Green_Deal_assessment_survey_summary_report_FINAL.pdf

DECC: The Future of Heating: Meeting the challenge Executive Summary 16_04-The_Future_of_Heating-ExSUM_Accessible  https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/190150/16_04-The_Future_of_Heating-ExSUM_Accessible.pdf 

Government insists Green Deal making 'very encouraging' progress - 24 Jun 2013 - News from BusinessGreen 24jun13 http://www.businessgreen.com/bg/news/2276905/government-insists-green-deal-making-very-encouraging-progress

Government’s green deal branded a failure as fewer than ten UK homes take out loans offered - Green Living - Environment - The Independent 23jun13 http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/green-living/governments-green-deal-branded-a-failure-as-fewer-than-ten-uk-homes-take-out-loans-offered-8669959.html
 
Energy efficiency in homes  Lofty ambitions   The Economist 22jun13 http://www.economist.com/news/britain/21579837-governments-flagship-green-policy-misunderstands-human-nature-lofty-ambitions?fsrc=scn/tw_ec/lofty_ambitions&utm_source=buffer&utm_campaign=Buffer&utm_content=buffer23804&utm_medium=twitter