Older people warned about the dangers of living in cold homes

A CHARITY is calling for better energy efficiency measures as part of an awareness campaign.

Cold Homes Week ends today (February 5) and aims to warn older people about the dangers of living in a poorly heated home.

Age UK led the week of action to promote understanding of fuel poverty and winter related deaths.

According to the organisation’s figures, 40,800 older people in England and Wales died from the cold last year.

Now campaigners are calling for the Government to reform its energy efficiency schemes.

This would mean that two million low-income homes would be brought up to an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) Band C by 2020.

By 2025, it wants all six million low income homes brought up to the Band C standard.

EPC ratings range from A, which is the most efficient, to G, which is the least efficient.

Here at Noreus, we support the campaign. Making sure homes are as energy efficient as possible not only keeps us all warmer but it also reduces our energy bills and cuts carbon emissions too.
If people live in the lower bands there can be a real danger to health, but there are steps that you can take to dramatically improve the situation.
Homes can be made more energy efficient through measures such as loft and cavity wall insulation but also by making sure your boiler is working as well as it can be.

Older people looking for advice can also find a lot of resources either through Age UK or an organisation such as the Energy Saving Trust.

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