The EEC programme
EEC is an energy efficiency programme that obliges energy suppliers to promote reductions of CO2 for households. Suppliers such as British Gas have complete flexibility as to which types of energy efficiency measures to provide to their customers, e.g. insulation, lighting, appliances and heating measures.
Of all measures installed in the British EEC programme, insulation counts for almost 80 %.
Their job is to offer an entire package to home owners including financing and installation of the different measures. Of all measures installed, insulation counts for almost 80 % followed by lighting with 12 %. The government is supporting the programme with £1.5 billion over three years.
The entire EEC programme has run from 2002-2008 and was replaced by the Carbon Emissions Reduction Target (CERT) which will be in effect from 2008-2011. The goal of CERT is to reduce CO2 emissions with 4.2 million tonnes per year in the household sector corresponding to overall lifetime CO2 savings of 154 million tonnes. This is equivalent to the emissions from 700,000 British homes each year.
2.5 million walls and just as many attics have been insulated through the EEC so far, and with the new and more ambitious CERT programme this number will increase in the years to come.
Facts about the EEC programme
- Energy suppliers will promote CO2 reductions for households by providing energy efficient measure to home owners e.g. insulation, lighting and heating
- The first phase (2002-2005) will save 1.8 million tonnes of CO2 per year by 2010
- The second phase (2005-2008) will save 1.1 million tonnes of CO2 per year by 2010
- The goal of the third phase, now called CERT, is to reduce CO2 emissions with a total of 154 million tonnes
- 40 % of the effort must be targeted people living in fuel poverty
- 2.5 million walls and attics have already been insulated through the EEC programme
