Retrofitting Leaky Homes Would Cost £5bn Over Next Four Years

Renovating the UK’s draughty homes to low-carbon standards would cost the government only £5bn within the next four years and would create 100,000 jobs, cut people’s energy bills, increase tax revenue and bring tens of billions in economic benefits, the construction industry has estimated. Sector leaders have written to ministers proposing a new “national retrofit strategy” that they say would boost a green recovery in the UK and put Britain on track to meet its climate targets. The proposal comes ahead of the government’s heat and buildings strategy, which is expected to be published soon. Read more on the Guardian website.

Retrofitting leaky homes would cost £5bn over next four years, UK ministers told | Environment | The Guardian