{"id":44732,"date":"2014-07-08T13:49:00","date_gmt":"2014-07-08T13:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=b0587d70766d4c7e3e108c8670ecc5b1"},"modified":"2014-07-08T13:49:00","modified_gmt":"2014-07-08T13:49:00","slug":"news-story-decc-encourages-families-to-act-now-on-energy-efficiency-with-green-deal-home-improvement-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=44732","title":{"rendered":"News story: DECC encourages families to act now on energy efficiency with Green Deal Home Improvement Fund"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>As the Green Deal Home Improvement Fund has issued \u00a325 million in vouchers in its first four weeks, the Department of Energy and Climate Change is encouraging families and households to act now to make their homes more energy efficient and get money back for the improvements.<\/p>\n<p>At the one month milestone, 4405 households in England and Wales are already taking advantage of the new scheme which offers up to \u00a37600 for energy saving measures such as solid wall insulation, new heating systems and double glazing. With the current rates guaranteed for the first \u00a350 million, people should act now to enjoy the benefits of a warmer, greener home and lower energy bills.<\/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 Green Deal Home Improvement Fund 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>\n<p>Householders can find out more by calling the Energy Saving Advice Service (ESAS) on 0300 123 1234 or by visiting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/green-deal-energy-saving-measures\">the Green Deal pages on the GOV.UK website<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Green Deal Home Improvement Fund application data is also published on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/energy-savings-advice-service-esas-calls-and-green-deal-webpage-views\">the GOV.UK website<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Green Deal Home Improvement Fund has issued \u00a325 million in its first four weeks and DECC is encouraging households to act now to get money back for their home improvements.<\/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\/44732"}],"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=44732"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44732\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44783,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44732\/revisions\/44783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=44732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=44732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}