Insulation has part in meeting emissions targets
07 October 2008
Loft and
cavity wall insulation could play a part in
helping the UK meet more stringent targets for carbon emissions
reduction, according to the Committee on Climate Change
(CCC).
The independent body has urged the government to raise the target
for greenhouse gas emission reductions from 60 per cent to 80 per
cent.
In a letter to Ed Milliband, secretary of state for the Department
for Energy and Climate Change, the CCC claimed that it was only by
making such reductions that raising global temperatures by two
degrees centigrade from pre-industrial times could be
avoided.
And, to reach those goals, it suggests eliminating the carbon
generated by the power sector, the transport sector, the heat
sector and industry.
It also urges for energy efficiency improvements such as the
installation of
cavity wall insulation or
loft insulation to be carried out on
buildings.
These measures will be particularly important in reducing emissions
in the period to 2020, it claims.
According to the Energy Saving Trust, insulation is one of the most
cost efficient ways of reducing fuel use, energy bills and carbon
emissions.
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