Targeting Fuel Poverty

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In partnership with Durham County Council the CRC is showing how local authorities can effectively tackle rural fuel poverty and reduce carbon emissions through the development and use of a local housing energy management database.

Use of the cost effective database in East Durham has helped to target energy efficiency resources leading to an improvement of 86% in average housing energy performance ratings, reduced carbon emissions by 162,183 tonnes and improved the take up of energy efficiency measures by householders by 40% between 1997 and 2009. The CRC and Durham have developed a practical guide for local authorities to show how they too could develop and use such a database.