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CBI Comments on Launch of the Renewable Heat Initiative
Rhian Kelly, CBI Director for the Business Environment, said:
“With heat from homes and businesses accounting for half of all energy use, this is a great way to reduce bills and cut emissions.
“Our research shows that three quarters of people don’t consider energy efficiency when they buy a home, so the success of this scheme rests on simplicity and capturing the public’s imagination.
“The Government should also consider other cost-effective ways of reducing heat emissions, including through district heating schemes.”
Earlier this week the CBI launched a new report on the challenge of creating a mass market for low-carbon goods. A copy of Buying into it – making the consumer case for low-carbon, can be found at:
http://climatechange.cbi.org.uk/media/51575/cct_040_buying%20into%20it_web.pdf
Further details about the CBI’s policies on renewable heat can be found here:
http://climatechange.cbi.org.uk/uploaded/92201_CBI_GettingWarmer_HeatBrief-214306-2010-Sep-09.pdf
Notes to Editors:
The CBI commissioned IPSOS Mori to carry out 1,988 quantitative face-to-face interviews conducted as part of an Omnibus survey in September 2010. The data was weighted to be nationally representative. The weighted total is 1,992 interviews.
The CBI is the UK's leading business organisation, speaking for some 240,000 businesses that together employ around a third of the private sector workforce. With offices across the UK as well as representation in Brussels, Washington, Beijing and Delhi the CBI communicates the British business voice around the world.
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