An Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU) assessment has found that six million homes had been upgraded to energy performance certificate band C from 2009 to 2019 courtesy of relatively simple home-improvement measures such as loft and cavity wall insulation.
Upgrading a home from band D to band C cuts gas demand by 20 per cent per home, saving each one around £194 per year from April 2022 – and potentially even more if energy bills climb further, as is expected in the face of ballooning gas prices due to reduced supply, increased demand and Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
The energy efficiency measures installed in the decade to 2019 will save bill-payers an estimated £1.15bn this year, the organisation said.
As debate rages on how to tackle surging energy bills, green campaigners and anti-fuel poverty charities have called on the Government to increase efforts to improve the energy efficiency of the UK’s draughty, heat-leaking homes to cut fuel...