‘Green deal’ will fail, government’s climate advisers warn
According to this article “The government’s impact assessment forecasts that several factors will severely limit the take-up of the scheme, including the hassle of having builders in, the fear of cowboy contractors and being unaware of the scheme or the benefits to their homes and energy bills. There are 6m lofts in the UK that are poorly lagged, but the impact assessment suggests just 10% of this will be properly insulated by 2020 as a result of the green deal. Of the further 6.3m cavity walls yet to be insulated, just 1.7m are forecast to be treated under the plan.”
With the controversy over the changes to the Feed in Tariff scheme it seems to me that the policy on engaging people at the very local in contributing, through nationally planned schemes, to reducing their carbon footprint is struggling to make traction. I wonder what the answer is?