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Energy Strategy 2013-2016

The Energy Strategy adopted by the Executive Committee on 7 February 2013 has a five point plan:

Making fuel cheaper so that people can afford to stay warm

Providing Green jobs for local people through the development of a green economy

Keeping residents warmer by developing improving the fuel efficiency and better insulating Islington housing stock

Homes people can afford by ensuring that new housing is genuinely affordable in terms of its energy efficiency rating and cost of heating

Providing an alternative to private energy companies through Islington owned power stations and brokering better fuel prices for our residents.

CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme

The CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme was introduced by government in 2008. Organisations that meet the qualification criteria, based on how much electricity they consumed in 2008, are obliged to participate in the CRC.

As well as reducing carbon emissions, the scheme will help organisations save money by reducing their energy bills. The better an organisation performs in terms of cutting its emissions, the higher it will appear in the annual performance league table.

In the latest published table for 2011/12 Islington was ranked 1301 with emissions of  23017 tonnes of CO2.

 

Carbon Dioxide Emissions Within the Scope of Loal Authorities

This dataset from the Department of Energy and Clinmate Change  measures end-user carbon dioxide emissions in the local area from the industrial, domestic and transport sector. It relies on a draw-down of information from the National Inventory of Greenhouse Gas emissions and covers the years 2005-2010.

Fuel Poverty in London

In From The Cold, a report from the Health and Public Services Committee of the London Assembly, makes a series of recommendations that could help improve the situation for the nearly one in five London households who struggle to heat their homes and pay their energy bills.

Unless action is taken to tackle the problem, long-term energy price rises will continue to push more people into fuel poverty: the Greater London Authority’s (GLA) own projections show a worst case scenario that almost a quarter of households will be in fuel poverty by next year.

Energy Grants

Grants provided by the Council are for 100% of the cost of heating, insulation and security measures.
You qualify for a grant if you are an owner-occupier or leaseholder, and receive a qualifying benefit.

 Grants are available for: gas central heating, replacing old inefficient boilers, loft insulation, cavity wall insulation, locks on external doors and accessible windows, smoke alarms other security and small energy saving measures as necessary, including London bars, spy-glass, and door chains. Funds are limited and allocated on a first come first served basis.

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