Sentence examples for efficiency of their homes from inspiring English sources

There is nothing wrong, and everything that is good, about helping people to improve the energy efficiency of their homes.

In fact, the charity says the key to reducing the risk of death from cold among pensioners is to improve the energy efficiency of their homes.

The group of MPs also found that "there is currently little financial incentive for households" to improve the energy efficiency of their homes.

Introduced in January 2013, the green deal lends money to householders to help them improve the energy efficiency of their homes through insulation, boiler upgrades and double glazing.

In Wales, Welsh government policies such as free bus travel and assistance for people to improve the energy efficiency of their homes helped reduce major costs faced by older households, it says.

I believe the government could offer more to homeowners who improve the energy efficiency of their homes, when the feds offer money or rebates you'd be surprised at how many homeowners jump on getting their project started.

David, 79, a former chemical engineer, and his wife, Joan, 76, a retired primary-school teacher, had already made significant changes to the energy efficiency of their home, including fitting a solar hot-water panel nine years ago, installing a wood-burning stove and even using rain water for their downstairs loo.

On biofuels, Mr Brown said: "I am extending to 2010 the biofuels duty differential worth 20p per litre, a fuel duty discount of 40%, and I am also extending to 2012 the biogas incentive worth 40p per litre, a discount on fuel duty of over 80%." The chancellor also announced that every household will be offered the means to improve the energy efficiency of their home by 2017.

"It requires homeowners to invest money into improving the efficiency of their home," says Mazria.

As part of the 2009 U.S. economic stimulus package, the government provided funds for low-income families to upgrade the energy-efficiency of their homes.

His initiative to make energy companies invest more in improving the efficiency of their customers' homes reflects all the attributes that once made him such a respected chancellor: prudence; thinking for the long term; and putting an end to the economics of boom and bust – in this case, by generating new employment in the UK's collapsing construction industry.