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30 December 2023 by Kylie Hargreaves

Energy poverty is often defined as the point at which households are spending 10% or more of their after-tax income on household energy bills. When energy consumes at least 10% of your available income, and you are also covering basics like food, water, rent, clothes etc. There isn't much left for the installation of solar panels, battery & other energy saving technologies, or even decent insulation. But in the UK  their most modern social housing units are not just Net Zero but carbon negative. New homes in Derby 'generate more energy than they use' - BBC Newshttps://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-derbyshire-67827857?at_bbc_team=editorial&at_link_id=240D7C74-A55C-11EE-B0D7-34688161DE7E&at_campaign_type=owned&at_campaign=Social_Flow&at_link_type=web_link&at_medium=social&at_link_origin=BBC_Radio_Derby&at_format=link&at_ptr_name=facebook_page


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