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Scheme aims to boost energy efficiency of buildings

18 August 2010
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Scheme aims to boost energy efficiency of buildingsA new initiative aims to industrialise supply chains in order to speed up efforts to enhance the energy efficiency of buildings.

Launched by a consortium led by the Energy Technologies Institute (ETI), the project is looking to improve the operations management of distribution channels in order to facilitate the refurbishment and retrofitting of existing residential properties.

The £3 million scheme is part of efforts to meet the UK's 2050 goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and ensure that more homes are energy-efficient by improving design, supply and implementation processes.

Covering two years, it will focus on developing technologies in order to reduce the impact on the environment of most of the 26 million residential properties in the UK through supply chain solutions.

ETI chief executive Dr David Clarke commented: "Persuading consumers to take-up refurbishment and technology retro-fit opportunities requires us to address the challenge of creating supply chains and delivery routes which consumers trust and which they consider affordable."

The launch of the ETI initiative comes in the wake of calls by Ebico for property owners to make buildings more energy-efficient ahead of a new European Union directive that comes into force in 2012 regarding the sale of homes.ADNFCR-3058-ID-800030361-ADNFCR
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