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Maidstone Borough Council

… bills and so are less likely to live in fuel poverty. The Future Homes Standard describes the new standards anticipated to be introduced by 2025 which would continue this trend and require low-carbon heating and excellent energy efciency. The energy efciency of many older homes has been improved by installing loft insulation, cavity wall insulation, double glazing and more efcient heating systems…

…. Some older buildings have solid walls and these can be insulated externally or internally but this is much more expensive than installing cavity wall insulation and few buildings have been insulated in this way. The majority homes in England are heated using fossil fuels, mainly gas, but a small number use oil or coal. We must transform buildings by improving the insulation, changing to low…

… to the insulation of their homes, but it is likely that the homes that have been improved could beneft from further insulation works and improved heating systems. There are still a signifcant number of poorly insulated homes where improvements in efciency would lower heating costs and so reduce carbon emissions and fuel poverty. The Government’s Green Homes Grant Scheme, due to open for applications…

… at the end of September 2020, should help to improve the energy efciency of existing homes. It will provide homeowners vouchers to cover 2 of the cost of works including insulation of walls, foors and roofs, installation of low carbon heating including heat pumps and solar hot water measures up to £5,000. Homeowners in receipt of certain benefts can receive a voucher for all of the costs of the works…

… and Power systems and District Heating scheme developments across the community Promote insulation retroftting schemes Promote low carbon heating schemes to residents and businesses Promote water efciency measures 15 http:wisely.We Theme 3 - Generating Renewable Energy Our aim for generating renewable energy: To take every opportunity to generate…