Green home improvements to become more popular?

It is likely that the demand for green home improvements will increase over the coming months, an expert has predicted.

Giving people financial incentives to make the changes is one of the most effective ways of getting them to take action, said Founder of whatgreenhome.com Gordon Miller.

"Lots of people will think: 'I'm all for this. I want to do my bit for the environment, but not at a cost to myself'," he claimed.

This is particularly the case in times of economic uncertainty, he indicated, as people are unlikely to want to spend £10,000 on having photovoltaic panels installed.

The government has taken a number of steps to encourage the uptake of measures to improve energy efficiency, including feed-in tariffs, Mr Miller noted.

It was recently revealed that nearly half (43.8 per cent) of vouchers have already been snapped up through the boiler scrappage scheme.

Posted by Martin Ellis