Green Deal Starts Today

[sedgy34]

just spoken to a dea commercial guy he said his mate did the GDA it was a sales pitch just selling the GD for the goverment he said hes staying away from it as its floored and only the big boys like BG B&q,etc will get the money from it as its all inhouse.
im on the fence again ffs

 

[finchy]

I watched the youtube ad on the DECC all suits, which screams big boys club. The fact that some of our housing stock would be better off being demolished than retro fitted (1960 - 70's pre fab).

 

[sedgy34]

time to email your local MP,s

 

[Energetic]

Still not heard a thing about the green deal in the mainstream media. So much for the greenest Gubbermint evers' flagship energy policy...

 

[SRE]

Minister reassures businesses Green Deal is on track - 08 Oct 2012 - News from BusinessGreen sad thing is I thing Barking believes his own spin!

 

[MCS Renewables]

Green Deal got a mention on The One Show last Monday night. (01-10-2012)

 

[sedgy34]

Whoopie. Lol

 

[Energetic]

Still not heard a thing about the green deal in the mainstream media. So much for the greenest Gubbermint evers' flagship energy policy...

Missed the One show, forgot i don't really pay any attention to the mainstream media...

 

[finchy]

http://touch.businessgreen.com/businessgreen/?ref=http%3A%2F%2Ft.co%2FKRhmgKdQ#!/entry/50736ef9d7fc7b5670084da4

Sounds familia ?

 

[SRE]

Did you mean this one? Industry warns Green Deal delays could cost 16,000 insulation jobs - 11 Oct 2012 - News from BusinessGreen sounds like the insulation industry are going to have the same sort of Christmas as we are ....

 

[Gavin A]

A Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) spokesman said jobs in the industry would increase in the long term, up from 26,000 in 2012 to around 60,000 in 2015."We regret any job losses, but the Green Deal offers a bright future for the insulation industry following an initial period of transition," he said.
"Looking at the whole picture, there will actually be more jobs in the insulation sector under Green Deal and the ECO than there are now."

that about sums decc up doesn't it.

It doesn't matter how many people have to be made redundant now, as the industry will be employing more people again in a couple of years time... meanwhile, the industry will lose half its trained workforce (at vast expense to both the industry and the people losing their jobs), and have to train new staff up from scratch in a couple of years time IF the governments green deal plans work out. For the amount they'd save on extrabenefits for all those losing their jobs they may as well just set up some sort of a bridging fund to keep them all employed for the next year or so until Green Deal actually starts... but that'd be far too like joined up thinking for DECC.

 

[jason121]

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TrustMark has issued an urgent warning of the high risk of rogue traders cashing in on the Green Deal – the government-backed energy efficiency improvement scheme, which the Secretary of State described as “the most ambitious home improvement programme since the Second World War”.
more to read use link

 

[Worcester]

Well there's a suprise!

Anyone who's a rogue will want the upgrade to Green rogue

I always predicted race to the bottom on costs -apart from the bankers of course, nice fat gauranteed profits for them

We knew about how insulation would be badly hit 4 - 5 months ago - hence the massive BG and other radio and telephone campaigns -from the sound of the radio ads they seem to be running untill the end of Novmber on the existing scheme. I guess it will cary on for a while if the energy companies haven't hit their target required spend in those areas.

 

[jason121]

Fancy Working in New Zealand?
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If we all booked flights together maybe receive discount