The Glass and Glazing Federation (GGF), an industry body, published research on 31 October 2022 finding that homeowners are preparing to spend more than £16 billion on green home improvements. The finding was published under the GGF's Consumer Insights category on its MyGlazing news pages1.
The GGF states that the research was newly conducted by the organisation and places it in the context of the energy crisis "we're facing nationwide"1. The published item gives the total figure of more than £16 billion but does not break it down by measure, property type or region, and no further detail on the research method, sample size or fieldwork dates appears in the published text1.
"Amidst the energy crisis we're facing nationwide, our newly conducted research has found homeowners are preparing to spend more than"
The GGF is a glass and glazing industry body whose members carry out windows, doors and conservatory work, and it operates a directory of member companies1. The same Consumer Insights category also carries a June 2022 item on Approved Document F, the building regulations guidance covering ventilation1. The £16 billion figure is the only monetary total given in the published research item; no average spend per household, timescale for the spending or split between measures has been reported1.
Why it matters for households
The figure points to a large volume of intended spending by homeowners on measures intended to cut energy use, at a time of high domestic energy prices1. For a household, the practical significance of that intent lies in what it is spent on: fabric measures such as replacement windows and doors sit alongside ventilation requirements under Approved Document F, which the GGF has also written about1. How much of the £16 billion would go to glazing, insulation, heating controls or other measures has not been reported1.
Whether intended spending translates into installed measures, and what effect that has on a home's energy independence, cannot be established from the published item, which reports intent rather than completed work1. Broader official data on household energy prices and consumption sits in the official energy statistics publications, and independent analysis of home energy use and heat pumps is collected in Nesta home energy research. The wider market data hub covers paid and restricted reports where fuller survey detail would normally sit.
What happens next
No next steps, follow-up research or publication dates are set out in the published item1.
Sources1 cited
- Consumer Insights, ggf.org.uk