LMP proposes large-scale building insulation upgrades

Opposition LMP has proposed a large-scale insulation upgrade of buildings with a view to reducing energy consumption.

Máté Kanász-Nagy, the co-leader of the green party, told a press conference on Monday that the insulation of some 100,000 homes per year could help reduce the energy consumption of households, which he said “would mean a real utility cost cut measure”. The programme could also help create several tens of thousands of “crisis resistant jobs” in the SME sector, he said.

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If implemented, LMP’s insulation programme could serve climate protection goals as well, Kanász-Nagy said, arguing that the upgrade of around 600,000 homes in the next five years could prevent the emission of 400,000 tonnes of carbon-dioxide.

“It means that the country could spare the use of one-fifth, or 2 billion cubic metres, of its current natural gas needs,” he said.