Scorecard: Scale

Labour

• All homes will have basic loft and cavity wall insulation by 2015 and by 2020 7 million homes will have more substantial 'eco-upgrades' Overall commitment to cut carbon emissions from homes by 29% by 2020

By 2015 every household will have loft and cavity wall insulation.

By 2020 up to 7 million homes will have more substantial improvements like solid wall insulation or renewable energy generating technologies.

By 2020 every home will have a smart meter.

By 2030 every household should have benefited from measures to improve the energy efficiency of their home.

2015 for most households to have loft and cavities insulated should be happening anyway and it is not clear exactly what an “eco-upgrade” is.

Conservative

• No specific targets

The scale of the challenge is mentioned in the Conservatives green paper but there is no clear target stating the number of homes which should be refurbished by when. In the pre-election hustings, the Conservatives have emphasised that the Green Deal finance package should deliver in and of itself

Liberal Democrat

• No specific targets

There is little detail in the policy on scale however they do note that take up in programmes is best achieved through local area-based work linked to national programmes and as such will require local councils to demonstrate how they will implement the Warm Homes Plan in partnership with energy companies and low energy refurbishment providers.

This multi-manifesto analysis explicitly does not recommend or endorse any one political housing policy over another. All the Great British Refurb campaign partners are politically neutral.