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| Green stamp duty rebate helps just six | Only six households have benefitted to date from the stamp duty rebate for eco-homes announced in Budget 2007, according to figures provided in written answers last month to Conservative communities spokesmen Eric Pickles and Robert Neil by Financial Secretary to the Treasury Jane Kennedy. | | EC aims to tighten Energy Performance Directive | Formal hearings are being instigated by the European Commission to sound out opinions and proposals about uprating the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD). | | More efficient lighting |
The Government-sponsored Technology Strategy Board
| | Larger homes get poor energy ratings | The Government is pressing the case for the need for EPCs and HIPs)with the publication of the first data from the assessments. | | BREEAM to get higher top grade | BRE is likely to add another rating to BREEAM system which will be higher than the current top grade – “excellent”. | | Scots aim for Scandinavian standards | Transport and Climate Change Minister Stewart Stevenson wants Scottish homes to match Scandinavia. |
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