New research from Energy Saving Trust

Source: Energy Savings Trust, October 5th 2009

Philip Sellwood, Chief Executive of Energy Saving Trust, said:

“The roll out of smart meters offers a unique chance to improve consumer understanding of energy consumption and encourage more energy efficient behaviour, and our research has shown the importance of displays in making consumers more conscious of their day to day energy consumption.
 

“Furthermore, we believe that in-home displays should have minimum standards in order to ensure they are most effective for consumer use. We urge the Government to stand by its preferred position of requiring smart meters to be accompanied by visual displays.”
 

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