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Fuel poverty – a serious national problem

...households in fuel poverty could rise to 9.2m or 43% of households. www.decc.gov.uk/hillsfuelpovertyreview Greg Barker added: “People can still get help with heating and insulation through Warm Front, and around...

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EOGB hits out at oil’s exclusion from ECO funding

...aims to help low income households reduce their energy bills through energy efficiency measures, would see oil-heated households unable to repair or replace an old, faulty or broken boiler with...

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The distributor offer revisited

...dilemmas. Energy efficiency The OFT study also found lower levels of energy efficiency in the dwellings of off-grid households.   In Britain, 49% of off-grid households had the lowest Energy Performance...
Tim Doggett of the CBA addresses the challenges in the chemical supply chain

Interview

The chemical supply chain: addressing ongoing challenges

...to roll out Carbon Literacy to their own organisations as well as suppliers and customers alike. Educating and engaging The CBA represents distributors, manufacturers, traders, warehouse operators, logistics and transport...

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ECO3 – oil is included!

Removing oil boilers from the ECO3 scheme would unfairly discriminate against rural households and could lead to even higher levels of fuel poverty said OFTEC CEO Paul Rose OFTEC has...

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New logistics firm launched

...Lateu can manage in-house fleets or utilise approved sub-contractors (pre vetted to meet the high standards of the industry). In addition to logistics management the company can set up and...

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Identifying vulnerable customers

...price comparison sites, such information is not usually known. It has already been suggested to government that if distributors were able to access the government’s register of vulnerable households, they...

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A compelling case for oil-fired heating

“Government funding to support the development, evaluation and piloting of an ultra-low carbon fuel would be valued,” says Paul Rose A two-stage approach to reducing carbon emissions from oil-using households...

Opinion

Industry responds to CCC Sixth Carbon Budget

...and increasing costs for 1.5m households in the UK. Many of the CCC recommendations and timelines would allow UKIFDA members to play a part in achieving the net-zero aims but...

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The £50 Energy Savings challenge

David Blevings, Ireland manager of OFTEC As Northern Ireland’s energy companies joined together to celebrate Energy Aware Week last week, OFTEC issued an “energy savings challenge” to householders that could...

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Oil heating is more competitive

...and installations of energy efficient boilers (32% of households had condensing boilers in 2010 compared with 24% in 2009) enabled households to heat their home with less energy. There was...
The truth behind the noise about emissions

Opinion

Emissions: how harmful are they?

...and other greenhouse gas equivalents known as CO2 are the major cause of climate change, melting ice caps, gaps in the ozone layer and countless other misfortunes. What then is...