{"id":91049,"date":"2021-03-25T09:57:25","date_gmt":"2021-03-25T09:57:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=91049"},"modified":"2021-03-25T13:01:47","modified_gmt":"2021-03-25T13:01:47","slug":"energy-saving-homes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/energy-saving-homes\/91049\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00a3526m energy saving to improve UK&#8217;s poorest performing homes"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>The allocation of \u00a350m towards reducing carbon emissions in 50,000 social housing and low-income households across England and Scotland has been welcomed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/stakeholders\/actis-insulation\/38716\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">building insulation<\/a> specialist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insulation-actis.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Actis<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>The money, which is being distributed to more than 300 local authorities under the government&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/green-homes-grant-scheme\/83740\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Green Homes Grant<\/a>, will fund energy saving initiatives for fuel poor households.<\/p>\n<p>The measures include insulation in lofts, floors and in walls, as well as\u00a0renewables such as solar panels and heat pumps.<\/p>\n<p>Actis UK and Ireland sales director Mark Cooper said the move was an important step towards helping improve the thermal efficiency of some of the UK&#8217;s poorest performing homes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Around 25% of Britain&#8217;s housing stock is more than 100 years old.\u00a0 It is amongst the worst housing stock in the whole of Europe when it comes to energy efficiency, and is responsible for a third of our carbon emissions. Improving insulation is a pretty crucial element in enabling the nation to reduce its carbon emissions,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<h3>Fabric first energy saving homes<\/h3>\n<p>He stressed the importance of adopting a &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/fabric-first-social-homes\/90417\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">fabric first<\/a>&#8221; approach.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It makes financial sense to ensure that the existing building fabric is as energy efficient as possible before spending resources on other measures. 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