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properties to ensure maximum carbon emission savings. A minimum project scoring methodology is in place to ensure a multi-measure, whole house approach to each property. This is designed to encourage the installation of a variety of measures per household, including insulation, solar panels and renewable heating systems.
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Ofgem's ECO3 final determination report provides details on the overall performance of the scheme and conclusions regarding of energy suppliers’ achievement against their obligations. The overall target for all participant suppliers was an estimated lifetime bill savings of £8.253 billion. The ECO3
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The range of measures available through the scheme include heating upgrades, solar panels, wall and roof insulation. The provision of these measures is supposedly designed to help vulnerable families reduce their energy bills. The scheme is also seen as a way of helping the government reach its net
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It is estimated that measures installed since the first ECO scheme was introduced in 2013 will provide lifetime carbon savings of around 58.2 MtCO2e. This is equivalent to the amount of carbon absorbed by 264 million mature trees over 10
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