UK private renters could save billions if energy efficiency minimum is raised

Bill payers stand to collectively save billions if minimum standard raised to a C rating, research suggestsRaising the minimum standard of energy efficiency to a C rating for privately rented homes would save bill payers about ?570 a year, research has found.This would amount to annual savings totalling ?1.75bn across the UK, according to the thinktank E3G in a report called Cutting Energy Bills and Raising Standards for Private Renters. Continue reading...