UK: Reluctance to retrofit?

An energy problem??

Only one in six UK homeowners have plans to improve the energy efficiency of their home in the next five years

Only one in eight (13 percent) of people in the UK admit that the energy efficiency of their home was something they seriously considered when they bought it, according to new research from EEIG (The Energy Efficiency Infrastructure Group).

Whilst this figure rises to 29 percent of those aged 18-34 – more recent homeowners – the findings demonstrate a fundamental lack of engagement with household energy efficiency, which currently accounts for a fifth of all UK carbon emissions and 35 percent of the UK’s energy use. London homeowners have greater consideration, with 26 percent reporting that they took energy consumption into account, compared to just 5 percent in Wales.

Despite national energy supply concerns, rapidly increasing energy bills, and with COP26 just 3 weeks away, only one in six (16 percent) homeowners in the UK have serious plans to improve the energy efficiency of their home in the next five years. Breaking this picture down regionally, people in the West Midlands and London come out on top with 21 percent and 30 percent respectively having plans laid out to tackle the energy consumption of their home, compared to just 5 percent in the North East and 10 percent in Wales.  Read more…

Only one in six UK homeowners have plans to improve the energy efficiency of their home in the next five years

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