Developers will be required to install solar panels and heat pumps in all new homes in England as part of updated planning requirements published by the government.
Developers will be required to install solar panels and heat pumps in all new homes in England as part of updated planning requirements published by the government.
I love this news, but I wish we revisited the Liberal Democrats’ efforts in 2010 to insulate the existing housing stock. My mum’s 1970s house got loft insulation for free from the coalition government and it’s now so good at retaining heat.
I now live in a Victorian house that is extremely expensive to heat and I have to have windows/vents open to prevent damp. I wish we got free loft insulation…
If you’re not renting, have you looked into a small MVHR unit?
It draws air in and out of the house across a matrix, which heats/cools.
This means that the air gets refreshed, without cooling it too much.