We are pleased to announce that the National Heart Forum has joined the Energy Bill Revolution alliance, for warm homes and lower bills.
The Energy Bill Revolution is calling on the Government to use the money it gets from carbon taxes to make our homes super-energy efficient. This is the only permanent way to drive down energy bills and end fuel poverty.
From next year the Government will be collecting over £2 billion in carbon tax every year, rising to £4 billion by 2020 and £7 billion by 2027. Recycled back into energy efficiency programmes, this would be enough to super-insulate more than 600,000 homes a year, bringing 9 out of 10 homes out of fuel poverty. It could also quadruple carbon emission savings from households compared to the government’s new energy efficiency policies and create up to 200,000 more jobs – exactly what we need to support the UK’s economic recovery.
Jane Landon, Deputy CEO of National Heart Forum, said:
“Cold, damp, thermally inefficient houses which people cannot afford to heat sufficiently are a major risk factor for long-term respiratory and cardiovascular disease. A growing body of evidence links cold homes to increased morbidity – not just mortality – across the life course. The National Heart Forum supports the Energy Bill Revolution as one element in preventing the detrimental health effects of living in cold homes.”
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