{"id":6674,"date":"2023-11-08T16:00:07","date_gmt":"2023-11-08T16:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ealingfoe.org.uk\/?p=6674"},"modified":"2023-11-08T16:00:17","modified_gmt":"2023-11-08T16:00:17","slug":"cold-weather-no-comfort-for-warm-homes-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ealingfoe.org.uk\/cold-weather-no-comfort-for-warm-homes-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"Cold weather no comfort for warm homes campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"6674\" class=\"elementor elementor-6674\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7a5ffa0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7a5ffa0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-aed3289\" data-id=\"aed3289\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4a2cb44 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4a2cb44\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-67fc431\" data-id=\"67fc431\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eda2af7 elementor-drop-cap-yes elementor-drop-cap-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"eda2af7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;drop_cap&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"dcr-1kas69x\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 7pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">A large and very homemade &#8220;patchwork quilt&#8221; made by members of Ealing Friends of the\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Earth won&#8217;t go any way to helping people keep warm this winter.\u00a0 But it is part of a national Friends of the Earthcampaign #UnitedForWarmHomes which is asking the government to give urgent support to people dealing with high energy bills.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Housing makes <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; color: #121212;\">up nearly a third of all the UK\u2019s greenhouse gas emissions. <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">In 2006 the UK set out a policy to make all new homes carbon neutral through higher energy efficiency standards and the production of renewable energy. <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; color: #121212;\">But the scheme <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">was scrapped in 2015 <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; color: #121212;\">to \u201creduce net regulations on housebuilders.\u201d<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #121212; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\">In September this year the government launched <\/span>the Great British Insulation Scheme. But a<span style=\"color: #121212; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\">ccording to fuel poverty charity National<\/span><span style=\"background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\"> Energy <span style=\"color: #121212;\">Action<\/span><\/span> the scheme <span style=\"color: #121212; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\">would take 190 years to help people living in the most draughty homes in Britain and another 100 years for all fuel-poor homes to be improved.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: #222222; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\">The House of Commons Committee on Accelerating the Transition from F<b>o<\/b>ssil Fuels and Securing Energy Supplies in January 2023 noted &#8220;the lack of acceleration on energy efficiency measures.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: #222222; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\">It said: &#8220;The Government&#8217;s current fuel poverty target &#8216;to ensure that as many fuel-poor homes as is reasonably practicable achieve a minimum energy efficiency rating of band C, by 2030&#8217; is vague and unspecific.&#8221;<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\"><span style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: #222222; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\">Instead, the committee called for targets &#8220;to lift 100% of domestic properties by EPC C by 2035. Improving homes to EPC C or above will reduce the UK&#8217;s reliance on energy imports and cut carbon emissions while delivering a wealth of co-benefits, including warmer homes, improved health outcomes, and a job-creating boost to local tradespeople.&#8221;<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\"><span style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: #222222; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\">The United for Warm Homes campaign calls for:<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\"><span style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: #222222; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\">Urgent Support for People Dealing with High Energy Bills;<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\"><span style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: #222222; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\">A New Emergency Programme to Insulate our Heat-leaking Homes and<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\"><span style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: #222222; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\">An Energy System Powered by Cheap, Green Renewables.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\"><span style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: #222222; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\"><span style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: #222222; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\">Hundreds of local Friends of the Earth groups around the UK have joined the campaign which will ramp up in the run up to the 2024 election camaign. The aim is to make sure all political parties know that commiting to fixing our energy system so that it works for people and the planet will help them get elected.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\"><span style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: #222222; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\"><span style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: #222222; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\">Together we can win the fight for warm homes that don&#8217;t cost the earth.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\"><span style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: #222222; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A large and very homemade &#8220;patchwork quilt&#8221; made by members of Ealing Friends of the\u00a0Earth won&#8217;t go any way to helping people keep warm this winter.\u00a0 But it is part of a national Friends of the Earthcampaign #UnitedForWarmHomes which is asking the government to give urgent support to people dealing with high energy bills. 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