Green Co-Leader’s gas boiler raises eyebrows amid energy efficiency push

Green Co-Leader’s gas boiler raises eyebrows amid energy efficiency push

0:02 AM, 25th June 2024, About 6 months ago 15

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Green Party co-leader admits she has a gas boiler despite telling landlords to focus on energy efficiency improvements.

Carla Denyer told ITV’s The Leader Interviews, “she was in the process of getting quotes for a heat pump” but had to pause the process during the general election campaign.

The Green Party’s manifesto pledge includes EPC B targets for properties and a tenant’s right to demand energy efficiency improvements.

I have a gas boiler

Ms Denyer told ITV’s the Leader Interviews: “At the moment I have a gas boiler and I’m literally in the process of getting quotes for replacing it with an air source heat pump.

“I’ve had to put that on pause during the general election as you can imagine but I  literally have quotes in my email inbox.”

The Green Party manifesto claims they will invest £29bn over the next five years to insulate homes to EPC B standard or above, as part of a ten-year programme.

The party says: “£12bn of this will be to retrofit the social housing stock and £17bn as grants to retrofit privately owned homes to a similar standard.”

The party also pledges to invest £9bn over the next five years for heating systems (e.g. heat pumps) for homes and other buildings.

The Green Party is also encouraging landlords to prioritise energy efficiency improvements and is proposing a new right for renters to request these upgrades.

Labour will ban new gas boilers

Labour has also pledged to scrap Conservatives’ plan to ban new gas boilers from 2035.

Ed Miliband told the Daily Telegraph: “On home heating – as we said in our manifesto – no one’s going to be forced to rip out their boiler, we’re absolutely clear about that.”

Mr Miliband says he has installed a heat pump but acknowledges more needs to be done to make heat pumps affordable.

He adds: “We haven’t stuck with the government’s 2035 target when you can’t replace your gas boiler. I know that we’ve got to show that heat pumps are affordable and are going to work for people.”


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10:22 AM, 26th June 2024, About 6 months ago

Reply to the comment left by Pete England - PaTMa Property Management at 25/06/2024 - 22:29
I don't know of anyone marketing one in the UK; the reason I am aware of it is that an EPC assessor recommended it (to one of my neighbours).

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13:05 PM, 27th June 2024, About 6 months ago

Reply to the comment left by Beaver at 26/06/2024 - 10:22
Beaver, I have checked with a DEA friend of mine, and she has told me the micro chp boiler makes no difference to the EPC calculation. I would question your source. Sounds like a misunderstanding.

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10:34 AM, 28th June 2024, About 6 months ago

Reply to the comment left by Pete England - PaTMa Property Management at 27/06/2024 - 13:05
Could be. There are lots of misunderstandings in the EPC system. 🙂

Another of my neighbours recently had an EPC and one of the recommendations was to change the old condensing gas boiler for a new condensing gas boiler. Makes sense to me as currently my gas bill is on the way down.

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21:59 PM, 28th June 2024, About 6 months ago

Gas rates have fallen recently and will go down again on 1st July but will will go up in October. If the condensing boiler is older the 10 year old then you can get more points on epc with new model. They must have good windows, loft insulation, cavity wall, floor and leds. Solar PV and a battery will probably give them the best benefit

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8:46 AM, 29th June 2024, About 6 months ago

I used to use the equivalent statement when trying to fob people off ' the cheque is in the post' is much the same as 'just getting some quotes'

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