Energy Efficiency In British Housing
Domestic housing in the United Kingdom presents a possible opportunity for achieving the 20% overall cut in UK carbon dioxide emissions targeted by the Government for 2010. However, the process of achieving that drop is proving problematic given the very wide range of age and condition of the UK housing stock.
Read more about Energy Efficiency In British Housing: Carbon Emissions, Domestic Energy Use, The Green Deal, Building Regulations, Home Energy Labelling, Other Rating Schemes, Grants, Local Government, Demonstration and Pioneering Projects, International Comparisons, Research, Existing Housing Stock, Historic Building Regulations Energy Efficiency Requirements
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