Council offers help to insulate homes
Monday, 19th October 2009.
Thousands of households in St Edmundsbury could benefit from a programme offering generous fixed price help to make sure that homes are properly insulated this winter.
St Edmundsbury has been chosen to host the launch of a regional scheme offering fixed cost insulation, which coincides with Energy Saving Week.
Loft insulation costs £149, which in an un-insulated loft could be saved in energy bills in a year. Upgrading from a four-inch layer to a full 12 inches could save £75 a year. The fixed cost of cavity wall insulation is also £149 which could save around £115 a year on fuel costs.
Cllr Peter Stevens, St Edmundsbury Council cabinet member for environment said:
“With fuel bills predicted to rise sharply in the future, there are still households paying more than they need to for energy wasted through poor insulation, and I strongly recommend this scheme to them."
The programme is being run through a region wide consortium of councils and contractors and is funded through a Government initiative.
Cllr Stevens said: “Although there are many schemes to help with insulating homes, we estimate that we still have thousands of properties that need to be brought up to standard.
"There are all kinds of reasons for this. It may be that a young family is renovating a property or that established homeowners haven’t been up in the loft for years and just don’t know. There are even roof spaces that have no loft access.
"This programme will underpin all the other schemes available, as a ‘catch-all’ so that no-one who needs help falls through the net."
St Edmundsbury has been chosen to host the launch of a regional scheme offering fixed cost insulation, which coincides with Energy Saving Week.
Loft insulation costs £149, which in an un-insulated loft could be saved in energy bills in a year. Upgrading from a four-inch layer to a full 12 inches could save £75 a year. The fixed cost of cavity wall insulation is also £149 which could save around £115 a year on fuel costs.
Cllr Peter Stevens, St Edmundsbury Council cabinet member for environment said:
“With fuel bills predicted to rise sharply in the future, there are still households paying more than they need to for energy wasted through poor insulation, and I strongly recommend this scheme to them."
The programme is being run through a region wide consortium of councils and contractors and is funded through a Government initiative.
Cllr Stevens said: “Although there are many schemes to help with insulating homes, we estimate that we still have thousands of properties that need to be brought up to standard.
"There are all kinds of reasons for this. It may be that a young family is renovating a property or that established homeowners haven’t been up in the loft for years and just don’t know. There are even roof spaces that have no loft access.
"This programme will underpin all the other schemes available, as a ‘catch-all’ so that no-one who needs help falls through the net."
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