Greg barker

Energy Efficiency – Changing the Conversation.

The success of so many of the things we are doing to help people with energy bills and reduce consumption depends on building consumer trust. Trust in companies both big and small, trust in consumer groups, trust in service providers, trust in the Government and its agencies. Trust is about actively engaging with consumers, listening […]

The Government has applauded the work Plumb Center is doing on Green Deal, which will help put more money in installers’ pockets. Energy efficient improvements under Green Deal can be financed with reduced, or in some cases, no up-front costs to the householder, with the costs repaid over time by the savings made by the […]

The Government’s Energy and Climate Change Minister, Greg Barker, told Sky News on 21 January that ‘street-by-street’ retro-fit is the key to tackling fuel poverty caused by rising energy bills. He believes Government policies like the Green Deal – an initiative to encourage homeowners to invest in energy-efficient home improvements with little or no up-front […]

Greg Barker, the Minister for Energy and Climate Change(pictured below), says street-by-street retro-fitting is the key to tackling the scourge of fuel poverty – which it’s estimated will affect nine million UK homes by 2016. Speaking on Sky News today (January 21), Mr Barker said the country faces a “massive dilemma” because of spiralling fuel […]