What happens when an industry of oversight, fails to self-regulate? Is funded by those who abuse it. And shows no accountability for those it is legislated to protect? A full public enquiry is needed to ensure homes and lives are secured, trust is restored, and history doesn’t repeat itself.
PAC Report: 3 Gears of Failure and Corruption Read More »
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As DESNZ seeks to move forward from ECO4 and into the Warm Homes Plan, Ed Miliband took to the airwaves, pledging homes will be put right.
“Government Will Put ECO4 Mess Right” Read More »
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Consumer Energy Solutions Ltd, an £80m installer of ECO4 works enters administration, leaving a wave of destruction.
Liz Saville Roberts MP speaks of her ECO4 outrage Read More »
ECO4 Nightmares, Opinion, Retrofit Policy
ECO4 Escalation to the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and the Parliamentary Ombudsman Please see our most recent letter of escalation regarding the dire state of ECO4 and affected households – to many of whom the current redress scheme does not apply. Dear Minister, ECO4 redress, fraud, and consumer protection — request for
Audit Office Report 98% of External Wall Insulation Defective The National Audit Office review of ECO4 – the government’s response – and our views Sytemic Failure – not Systemic Failings Download the Report Visit the National Audit Office website > Key Findings See also NAO overview and press release: NAO report hub · NAO press
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MARK Editorial notice: This article contains opinion based on the experiences of the author and of many people who have contacted us to express concerns. Any references to wrongdoing should be read as suspected non-compliance pending independent determination. Indeed, it is that independent review and scrutiny of PAS standards that is so badly needed –
ECO4 on Skill Builder Channel It was a real pleasure talking with Roger Bisby of the Skill Builder YouTube channel today. Whilst I’m talking about my own experience with ECO4, this is the experience that inspired me to start Nature Society, with view to helping solve injustices at the Nature | Society divide. I’d love
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ECO4 Nightmares, Retrofit Policy
A Very Personal Story Life has presented many adventures, from cycling through China, to navigating neurodivergence. But, in February 2023, during a long period of severe chronic insomnia, I was unaware that I was about to embark on my biggest adventure yet, courtesy of a real life ECO4 nightmare.
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What are the most important changes we need to make as a society to reach zero carbon? We’ve known the causes of the climate crisis since the 1970s. Yet in 2023 — the hottest year on record, scarred by deadly wildfires in Canada, Greece, and Hawaii, catastrophic floods in Libya and Pakistan, and lethal heatwaves
What are the most important changes we need to make as a society to reach zero carbon? Read More »
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The Hidden Path to ECO4 Escalation The steps “they” don’t want you to know about By accepting an ECO4 grant, homeowners are unknowingly placing both their homes and health at possible risk. When things go wrong, the journey to justice is long, fragmented, and stacked against the individual. This broken system was the catalyst that
ECO4 Complaints Process Read More »
ECO4 Nightmares, Retrofit Policy