Insulate your home before onset of winter

Householders are being urged to take advantage of a scheme that gives them the opportunity to have loft and cavity wall insulation installed at a fraction of the price.
By The Newsroom
Published 29th Sep 2011, 11:04 BST

Warm Streets is an area-wide insulation scheme established by Notts and Derbyshire Local Authorities Energy Partnership (LAEP).

The LAEP is made up of all 20 local authorities from both counties.

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The scheme offers private householders the chance to have loft insulation installed for just £49 and cavity wall insulation for just £99, subject to a survey.

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People aged over 70 or on certain benefits may quality for free insulation.

The scheme is expecting to deliver around 30,000 installations across the two counties which will make a significant contribution to tackling fuel poverty.

It is to be delivered by Apex Carbon Solutions, in partnership with Marches Energy Agency, and will run to the end of December 2012.

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The Energy Saving trust estimates that installing loft insulation could save a household around £145 a year on their energy bills and installing cavity wall insulation could save around £110 a year.

Click to find out more about Warm Streets.

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