The ‘Green Deal’, the coalition government’s flagship environmental policy programme, is intended to leverage around £12 billion of investment into residential and commercial energy efficiency. The Green Deal mechanism will enable households and businesses to install energy efficiency improvements to their property from registered providers at no upfront cost, with repayments attached to the property rather than the individual.
This project, supported by EDF Energy, seeks to examine the prospects for, and potential impact of, the Green Deal for London. It will look at the government’s policy and legislative proposals, and explore their implications for London’s housing stock, economy and communities. Our research will primarily focus on the role that London Boroughs can play in driving demand for the Green Deal and widening access to the scheme, in order to ensure the maximum environmental, social and economic benefit across the capital. It will make recommendations to central government and to London’s democratic representatives, businesses and community organisations in how to ensure the Green Deal is implemented in the most efficient and effective way possible.
News and Project Updates
- Driving demand for the Green Deal in London: Financial Challenges March 23, 2012
A report from the third event in our series on driving demand for the Green Deal in London focused on the financial challenges for Boroughs
- Driving Community Demand for the Green Deal March 5, 2012
We held the second in our series on driving demand for the Green Deal in London, focusing on communities. We heard from: Energise Barnet, the CIC working closely with Barnet Council to engage their communities in energy efficiency; EDF energy, on lesso...
- The Green Deal and Energy Company Obligation Explained February 20, 2012
Luke Hildyard outlines the key features of Green Deal and ECO, and the potential roles that London Boroughs could play in their delivery.
- Will London miss out on funding from the Energy Company Obligation? February 14, 2012
There is a real danger that London will not receive its fair share of the forthcoming Energy Company Obligation (ECO). ECO is a Government scheme that will mandate the major energy suppliers to deliver specified carbon and fuel poverty reduction target...
- Driving Demand for the Green Deal February 8, 2012
Future of London has held the first of three seminars focused on how London Boroughs can be "Green Deal Friendly" and drive demand for the mechanism in their area.