{"id":50486,"date":"2014-11-20T09:59:02","date_gmt":"2014-11-20T09:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=4c769afed1a6161f4ada94aab2b36fd9"},"modified":"2014-11-20T09:59:02","modified_gmt":"2014-11-20T09:59:02","slug":"news-story-energy-efficiency-in-rural-homes-increases-by-almost-3000-in-six-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=50486","title":{"rendered":"News story: Energy efficiency in rural homes increases by almost 3000% in six months"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>People in rural areas living in draughty homes will be a lot cosier this winter thanks to government action to increase the number of homes eligible for insulation work from energy companies.<\/p>\n<p>The number of energy efficiency measures installed through the Energy Company Obligation (ECO) scheme is up almost thirty-fold in just 6 months.<\/p>\n<p>Energy companies have installed an estimated 23,400 insulation types \u2013 such as in lofts and cavity walls \u2013 in rural homes, as a result of changes to the ECO scheme announced in April this year, a dramatic increase from 834 measures at the end of March. <\/p>\n<p>This achievement is recognised by the energy regulator Ofgem. In its latest progress report into energy companies delivering their ECO obligations, Ofgem reported that suppliers have jumped from meeting just 2 per cent of their targets in March to 55 per cent in September.<\/p>\n<p>Parliamentary under Secretary of State for Energy, Amber Rudd, said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve seen a major increase in the number of rural homes that have been made warmer and cheaper to heat \u2013 23,400 measures installed, up from 834 in April.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese new estimates from energy companies are a sure sign that action from Government to help people living in rural areas is working.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to see energy companies continue to deliver their obligations so more rural communities can reap the benefits and stay warm this winter.\u201d<br \/>\nThe new figures were revealed in today\u2019s statistical report on the Government\u2019s home energy efficiency programmes, covering the period up to the end of September. <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/statistics\/green-deal-and-energy-company-obligation-eco-october-2014\">Green Deal and Energy Company Obligation (ECO) October 2014<\/a> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People in rural areas living in draughty homes will be a lot cosier this winter thanks to government action.<\/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\/50486"}],"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=50486"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50486\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=50486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=50486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=50486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}