In light of the Climate change conference currently being held in Glasgow, The Department for Business Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) have announced they will fund £4.3 million to councils across the country. The funding will support local radio ads, road shows and workshops for landlords to help raise awareness as well as free property surveys.
This will be able to support landlords in improving their properties to make them more energy efficient. As we know, a property that is better insulated will over time reduce carbon emissions, which will reduce energy bills, as well as help towards improving the climate.
One step towards this is to ensure that from 2035 gas boilers can no longer be installed, a more environmentally friendly way to heat a property would be by using an electric heat pump.
With an average cost of £11,000 – £15,000 to install heat pumps homeowners may be eligible for a grant of upto £5,000, to contribute towards converting heating systems.
The funding will only cover around 90,000 homes.
Plans from the Government include cutting the cost of heat pumps in half by 2035 and them costing the same as a gas boiler by 2050, as volumes in production increase. After all a heat pump is basically only a fridge working backwards so it is not expensive technology.
The Government aim is for all homes across the UK to have an EPC C rating by 2035. However, in a consultation launched last year they are proposing to bring that date forward to 2025 for new lettings and 2028 for all existing tenancies.
If there is one thing we can be certain of it is that there is going to be relentless pressure on properties in the next 30 years as all properties, home owners and rented ones, are targeted to be carbon neutral by 2050.
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