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