Fuel Poverty affects 2.7 million households and represents those spending more than 10% of their income on heating. By 2015 this figure is expected to reach 3 million.
The social, financial and health effects are considerable. The Hills Review demonstrated a link to 27,000 deaths every year and an even greater number of cases of serious ill-health.
There is a simple way of reducing CO2 emissions year on year without having to put any effort in at all. It requires no changing of habits, reduction in energy use or in fact any changes at all. Just by continuing to use the same amount of energy each year a reduction in carbon production can be met. This is possible due the way carbon emissions are calculated.
There are two ways. Firstly greenhouse gases can be measured by recording emissions at the source of production by continuous emissions monitoring. The second method is by estimating the amount of gases emitted using the amount of electricity consumed and applying a relevant conversion factor. This second approach is the more common and easiest to apply for individuals and organisations.
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