7 July 2011: H&V news highlight interesting developments in Birmingham in respsonse to the Government’s Green Deal programme:
“Private finance is set to back the Green Deal market as councils gear up to begin the first stages of multi-billion-pound housing retrofit programmes.
Last week, Construction News reported Birmingham City Council is about to tender for a lead partner for its Green Deal retrofit programme, which could see the council use its borrowing to underpin the initial stages of the programme.
With private finance the scheme could be expanded to retrofit about 200,000 homes, spending around £1 billion by 2026.” Read the full article at the link above.