Minister unveils Green Deal advice plan for tenants and homeowners

24dasg.com - 31st January 2011

Junior housing minister Andrew Stunnell has outlined plans for a new scheme that will enable homeowners and tenants to receive tailored advice about how to make their homes greener and save money, delivered direct to their door.

Compnaies offering services to upgrade homes through the Government's Green Deal will be able to access information about the energy efficiency of properties that have an Energy Performance Certificate, and deliver tailored advice to individual homes. Proposals published last week set out how the system for accessing this information will work.

The Green Deal is the Government's new and radical way of making energy efficiency available to all, whether people own or rent their property. Green Dea providers will carry out work to upgrade properties so they become warmer and cheaper to run. Homeowners and tenats will have the opportunity to save money with all the costs to upgrade the property paid back from the savings on energy bills.