Construction firm Willmott Dixon has helped produce the report Building the Future on the financial benefits of making the UK's housing stock more energy efficient.

It calls on the Government to treat energy efficiency as a major infrastructure priority, alongside road and rail-building programmes, because it clearly demonstrates that investment in such a programme would yield a massive financial return to the UK Treasury.

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The social case for the Government to invest in making homes more energy efficient is indisputable. The environmental case is also clear: the UK has committed to reducing its greenhouse emissions by 80% by 2050 , and over a quarter of the UK's emissions come from our homes.

Rob Lambe, managing director at Willmott Dixon Energy Services, said: "This report explains the huge financial upswing to our economy if we had an ambitious programme to make our property more efficient. With over 80% of the UK's current housing stock predicted to still be in use by 2050, the opportunity is now to seize the initiative."

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