{"id":44450,"date":"2014-07-01T14:39:00","date_gmt":"2014-07-01T14:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=51201c9dd12a15093418d6545a339437"},"modified":"2014-07-01T14:39:00","modified_gmt":"2014-07-01T14:39:00","slug":"news-story-green-deal-home-improvement-fund-has-its-biggest-week-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=44450","title":{"rendered":"News story: Green Deal Home Improvement Fund has its biggest week yet"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>Funds issued for the Green Deal Home Improvement Fund have surged by \u00a38 million in one week \u2013 taking the new scheme\u2019s three week total to \u00a316.5 million issued, according to industry estimates.<\/p>\n<p>4490 households have applied for the Green Deal Home Improvement Fund which offers instant money back for making energy saving home improvements. <\/p>\n<p>Climate Change Minister Greg Barker, said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith the Green Deal Home Improvement Fund off to such an encouraging start, it\u2019s the perfect time to make your home more energy efficient. Act now, get money for the improvements and enjoy a warmer home and lower energy bills this winter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Under the new incentive scheme domestic energy customers can get:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>up to \u00a31000 for installing two measures from an approved list; and\/or<\/li>\n<li>up to \u00a36000 for installing solid wall insulation; and<\/li>\n<li>up to \u00a3100 refunded for their Green Deal Assessment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Green Deal Home Improvement Fund also entitles those who have bought a property in the 12 months prior to application to qualify for up to an additional \u00a3500 if they carry out energy efficiency improvements.<\/p>\n<div class=\"call-to-action\">\n<ul>\n<li>Green Deal Home Improvement Fund application data is available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/energy-savings-advice-service-esas-calls-and-green-deal-webpage-views\">on GOV.UK.<\/a> <\/li>\n<li>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/7600-to-make-your-home-more-energy-efficient\">More information about the Green Deal Home Improvement Fund<\/a> is also available. <\/li>\n<li>Householders can find out more by calling the Energy Saving Advice Service (ESAS) on 0300 123 1234 or by visiting <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gov.uk\/greendeal\">the Green Deal web pages<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Funds issued for the Green Deal Home Improvement Fund have surged by \u00a38 million in one week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44450"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=44450"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44450\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44464,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44450\/revisions\/44464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=44450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=44450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}