Friends of the Earth has welcomed the call for government to consider a number of ways to strengthen legislation to tackle fuel poverty in privately rented homes. These were highlighted in a letter to Greg Barker MP, Minister of State for Energy and Climate Change...
An independent report has been published today advising the government how it could best tackle the problem of fuel poverty. The latest official fuel poverty figures show 4m households in England in fuel poverty, compared to 1.2m in 2004 according to a report from the...
Eliminating fuel poverty is a major issue for the National Home Improvement Council, consequently Dr Lubo Jankovic’s, Birmingham City University, research is highly welcomed. His call for action coincides with the publication of his latest research in a book entitled:...
Lord Ezra, founder chairman of the National Home Improvement Council, highlighted in the drastic increase in fuel poverty at question time in the House of Lords, on 16 February. The government submitted that an increasing number of people are living in fuel poverty...
Secretary of State for Energy & Climate Change has commissioned a special report concerning fuel poverty from Professor John Hills, Centre for the Analysis of Social Exclusion, London School of Economics s. It is due to be published this month although no specific...
Several key speakers will present important eco-papers at Retrofit 2012, the second major conference to be held by Salford University. It takes place next week from 24-26 January at Salford’s Lowry theatre. Speakers include: Professor Kevin Anderson, deputy director,...
Next week’s Big Energy Week (16 – 21 January) follows very much what the NHIC Educational Trust has close to its heart and that is the growing incidence of fuel poverty. In fact, it confronts early 4million UK households! Fuel bills are stretching household finances...
The National Home Improvement Council is an important part of the Private Rented Sector energy efficiency coalition, which held a special ‘big pat on the back’ celebration this week in Portcullis House, London SW1. The coalition aims at raising standards in many...
Both NHIC and the NHIC Educational Trust are passionate about reducing levels of fuel poverty in the UK. A recent report in The Guardian, however, suggests that fuel poverty now affects an unprecedented quarter of all homes in the UK! This is a result of our current...