A cross-party panel of MPs and experts describes flagship energy saving scheme as 鈥榝inancially unattractive鈥� and 鈥榦verly complicated鈥�
A cross-party panel of MPs and experts has echoed 星空传媒鈥檚 call for the government to introduce long-term incentives for the Green Deal to boost the faltering retrofit scheme.
The report, by an expert panel set up by the All Party Parliamentary Group for Excellence in the Built Environment, also warned that the Green Deal 鈥渕ay not be strong enough to be a significant influence in meeting the UK鈥檚 carbon emissions targets鈥�. It added: 鈥淔inancially, the Green Deal is unattractive and uncompetitive. It is overly complicated and it doesn鈥檛 work for social housing organisations.鈥�
The panel said it was concerned that the Green Deal and its sister scheme the Energy Companies Obligation (ECO), would actually deliver reductions in carbon emissions slower than the two schemes they replaced in January, the Carbon Emission Reduction Target (CERT) and the Community Energy Saving Programme (CESP).
It said only a surge in energy prices could make the Green Deal attractive enough to gain momen