40 percent strategy
The 40 percent house requires a long-term, overarching UK energy and housing strategy that covers the changes in the housing stock, energy consumption and the consequent carbon emissions.
The 40 percent house strategy aims to harness market and regulatory forces by using a market transformation approach to deliver high levels of energy efficiency throughout the domestic sector. Responsibility for implementing the strategy would be largely devolved to local and regional levels. A coherent strategy will not only create many opportunities for economic growth in the UK, but will also give the UK a competitive advantage for exporting low carbon housing and technology expertise internationally.
The main components of a market transformation approach are labels, minimum standards, procurement, grants and rebates. All these measures are drawn upon to achieve deep cuts in energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions without compromising the quality of energy provision to householders. The measures need to be designed in such a way as to motivate energy saving investments in cycle with the natural points of building refurbishment and equipment replacement.
h4. The 40 percent house strategy involves:
* Introducing incentives to refurbish dwellings at the point of a property transaction>
* Making investment in energy improvements attractive>
* Tightening and enforcing the Building Regulations>
* constraining energy consumption in lighting and appliances through EU policy>
* Embarking on a major training and recruitment programme in the housing and energy sector>
* Monitoring and reporting energy consumption>
* Motivating people to adopt energy conserving behaviour>
