How and why the Green Homes Grant failed

Earlier this year I wrote about my experiences with the Green Homes Grant, a government scheme to improve household energy efficiency. It worked for us in the end and we got our underfloor insulation done, but it was clear the scheme was stuttering. In February it was closed. After a decade of ignoring one of the most obvious climate solutions – home energy efficiency – the government’s flagship project to address it failed within weeks of opening.

It’s a fairly comprehensive failure, when y...