I-UKGBC iphendula imibiko ephathelene nekusasa Lesibopho Senkampani Yamandla

Ukulandela imibiko evela ku-Times ukuthi i-HM Treasury icabanga ukunciphisa uhlelo lwe-Energy Company Obligation (ECO) phakathi nokukhathazeka ngokukhuphuka kwentengo yegesi, e-UK. Ukwakhiwa Okuhlaza UMkhandlu namuhla ukhiphe la mazwi alandelayo.

USimon McWhirter, Umqondisi Wezokuxhumana, Inqubomgomo Nezindawo e-UKGBC:

We’re extremely concerned to read reports today that the Government is considering scrapping the Energy Company Obligation (ECO) scheme. ECO is currently the only UK-wide scheme delivering energy saving measures for low income and vulnerable households. It therefore plays a vital role in helping reduce energy bills for those households, protecting them from fuel poverty and it would be both short-sighted and very damaging if it were scrapped. Green izintela njengamanje zenza u-3% kuphela wezikweletu zegesi futhi azinacala ngokukhuphuka kwezikweletu zezinsiza. Indlela eqinisekile nephephe kunazo zonke yokunciphisa izikweletu zamandla kagesi wasekhaya ukwehlisa isidingo samandla kukho konke amakhaya.

The UK has one of the oldest and leakiest housing stocks in Europe, which is the outcome of failures by successive governments to address the retrofit challenge in a coherent and coordinated way. With energy bills becoming unaffordable, UKGBC is calling on government to translate this moment of crisis into an opportunity to launch a National Retrofit Strategy. This will protect households from energy price rises, end fuel poverty, slash climate emissions and create a new nationwide jobs boom in the building sector. In the meantime, ECO remains vital and should be carefully protected.

Imibiko yokuthi uMnyango Wezezimali ubuyekeza ikusasa Lesibopho Senkampani Yamandla ishicilelwe yiThe Times lapha.

Okuthunyelwe I-UKGBC iphendula imibiko ephathelene nekusasa Lesibopho Senkampani Yamandla ivele kuqala UKGBC – UK Green Building Council.