Ideas to reduce the capital cost to homeowners of energy upgrades also feature prominently. Both Knauf Insulation and the Farm Energy Project propose ideas that would allow homeowners to undertake energy upgrades at zero capital cost and then pay for the work done over time. Such ideas were discussed at length in the January issue of Construct Ireland.
A few other interesting ideas:
Manchester City Council business model for achieving a large scale breakthrough in the retrofitting of the City's existing building stock using a combination of the public and private investment
Commission a city to simulate 'steady state' economic development
Local authorities to declare a low carbon zone and bring all properties in the zone up to high energy efficiency standard
Community owned wind turbines
