Pretty choccy box towns -v- Energy Conservation?
The only other option left for me now is to have double glazing fitted as all other mods have been carried out i.e. condensing boiler/draught-proofing/loft insulation/energy saving light bulbs etc.etc.
However after a request to my landlord to fit sympathetic double glazed sash units I find that this major energy saving effort that we can make is denied us as it would spoil the look of the town!
Yet all council house properties in my immediate locale have been converted to save energy and 'spruce up' the properties.
I really hope that the changes in planning laws due out soon will accommodate provisos for situation such as this and allow us to argue our case without landlords being able to hide behind the skirts of outdated petty officialdom allowing them (in essence) to neglect their responsibilities.
What say you?
Answer:
It's great that you are so responsible. Wish more people were.
i am a qualified domestic energy assesor. (recently qualified) so the best advice that i can give you is to consider the installation of secondary glazing if UPVC double glazing is not possible. The point would be that it works in the same way as UPVC double glazing and the enrgy you would save is simlar calculating the heat loss perimeter,
As a very lucky person living in a privileged housing association property, paying a low rent subsidised by tax and local rate payers during the construction process, what are you complaining about. If we need anything doing to make our homes more energy efficient we have to pay ourselves apart from a few very minor grants if lucky enough to get one. Do we really have to read stuff from the very privileged few such as you that these things are being "Denied you." How dare you moan and complain about the system, you who are so privilaged living in premises subsidised by most of the rest of us. Pay for it yourself, you will get planning permission I promise you faithfully. Is it that you are so concerned about the green issues or do you just want something more for nothing?
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