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<p>The Energy Company Obligation (ECO), worth £640m per annum, requires larger energy
suppliers to install energy efficiency measures, including insulation. Since January
2013, around 2.5 million measures have been installed in nearly 2 million homes under
the scheme; around two thirds of measures have been insulation.</p><p> </p><p>The
latest iteration of the scheme, ECO3, is focussed entirely on low income and vulnerable
households and will last until March 2022. We estimate that around 1 million insulation
measures will be installed under ECO3.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, the domestic private
rented sector minimum energy efficiency standards, which were introduced in April
2018, require private landlords to upgrade their properties to an EPC Band E or better
and we estimate that around 40% (350,000) of the measures installed as a result will
be insulation measures.</p><p> </p><p>We have also taken steps to encourage consumers
to take action themselves, including through the creation of the Simple Energy Advice
portal to offer impartial information and advice on energy efficiency measures and
working with industry to establish the TrustMark quality mark to help improve consumer
confidence in measures such as insulation.</p>
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