Industry watchdog Consumer Focus has reiterated the importance
of energy efficiency in helping deliver cheap energy prices
across the UK, reports lowcarboneconomy.com. The organisation
criticised the government for failing to focus on energy
efficiency more quickly as this currently accounts for only one
per cent of initiatives designed to improve access to cheap
energy from energy suppliers. Utilising energy-efficient
technology in the home can produce savings of up to 70 per cent,
according to the body. Jonathon Stearn, a campaigner with
Consumer Focus, told the website: "We think that one of the main
reasons they (the government) haven't been able to achieve their
thresholds is because they haven't put energy efficiency as the
central element of any target." Mr Stearn added that energy
efficiency needed to be adopted as one of the primary policies
in reducing the impact of last year's price rises. Installing
measures such as cavity wall and loft insulation can help to
reduce prices, while the decision to s