For Our Homes to be greener we have to get Smart

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• A report[sup][/sup] from Green Alliance is launched today (Tuesday 20 November) at an event hosted by Stephen Timms, MP Minister of State for Competitiveness[sup][/sup]
• The report calls for government to do more to raise the profile and clarify the benefits of ‘smart’ features in homes
• A survey by MORE TH>N[sup]3[/sup] shows 1 in 3 Brits believe the government should pay for the installation of smart meters in homes to help tackle energy efficiency.  And half do not think the government is doing enough to make people aware of the options available to them to make their homes greener.

A report launched today from environmental think tank Green Alliance is calling for the government to do more to raise the profile of ‘smart’ features in homes. Backed by the insurer MORE TH>N, Teaching Homes to be green – smart homes and the environment,  also calls for more research to be done to clarify the true environmental benefits of these new technologies.
Smart features respond to information from sensors or user information making it easier to control and improve a home’s energy output. One of the initial applications is the installation of smart electricity meters. It is hoped that these meters will be common-place in homes within the next 10 years and a research programme is currently underway to confirm their environmental benefits. The UK public is under constant pressure to adopt a green lifestyle and smart features should be seen as a valuable option to UK homeowners as a way to make their homes more eco friendly. However, there has been little sustained research to date to quantify the environmental benefits of the wider range of smart features, despite the fact that 27 per cent[sup]4[/sup] of the UK’s carbon emissions come from homes.[sup]\"
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See full article  at http://www.green-alliance.org.uk/grea1.aspx?id=2338