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You are here: Home > News > Evaluation of the Carbon Emissions Reduction Target Evaluation of the Carbon Emissions Reduction TargetDECC published the findings from our evaluation of the Carbon Emissions Reduction Target (CERT) in October 2011, delivered jointly by Ipsos MORI, CAG Consultants and the Buildings Research Establishment. The evaluation looked at how CERT has been delivered, and how, why, and to what extent energy efficiency measures offered under CERT have been taken up by households, focusing particularly on insulation and heating measures. CERT is an obligation on all domestic energy suppliers with a customer base in excess of 50,000 customers to make savings in the amount of CO2 emitted by householders. Suppliers meet this target by promoting the uptake of low carbon energy solutions to household energy consumers, thereby assisting them to reduce the carbon footprint of their homes. Overall the research found that CERT has provided a flexible framework which has stimulated cost-effective delivery of lower cost home energy efficiency measures, particularly loft and cavity wall insulation. As a continuation of previous supplier obligations, it was felt by stakeholders to have formed part of a long-term framework which has facilitated the development of innovative delivery channels and partnerships. While CERT has not been driven directly by the needs of fuel poor households, stakeholders felt that it has made some positive long-term impact to reduce fuel poverty. However, they did not believe that CERT has managed to deliver measures which are more costly or problematic for geographical or technical reasons (i.e. solid wall insulation, hard to treat properties, very rural areas
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