The Energy Act 2011 (c 16) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom relating to UK enterprise law and energy in the UK.
Provisions The act implemented the Green Deal, a scheme to provide loans to homeowners, landlords and tenants for measures to make homes more energy efficient; the loans would be repaid through electricity bills. The available home improvements included:
solar panels a new boiler external wall insulation or wall cladding cavity wall insulation double glazing windows under-floor heating.
At the time the act was passed, the government said it expected that the scheme would continue until 2020, that approximately 26million homes would be reached by the scheme, amounting to £14billion in new loans.
The act created standards for the energy efficiency of commercial buildings.
Commencement The provisions relating to the Green Deal were commenced in 2012.
Outcome Uptake of Green Deal loans was low, and the government stopped funding the scheme in 2015.
See also Energy law
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