Home Home energy efficiency ‘dead in the water’ following closure of the Green Deal Amber Rudd, secretary of state for the Department of Energy and Climate Change – pictured here answering questions put to her by the Energy and Climate Change Committee – has announced that the Green Deal will no longer be funded

Amber Rudd, secretary of state for the Department of Energy and Climate Change – pictured here answering questions put to her by the Energy and Climate Change Committee – has announced that the Green Deal will no longer be funded

Amber Rudd, secretary of state for the Department of Energy and Climate Change – pictured here answering questions put to her by the Energy and Climate Change Committee – has announced that the Green Deal will no longer be funded

Amber Rudd, secretary of state for the Department of Energy and Climate Change – pictured here answering questions put to her by the Energy and Climate Change Committee – has announced that the Green Deal will no longer be funded

Julie Hirigoyen, chief executive of the UK Green Building Council, has said the Government’s home energy efficiency is now “dead in the water.”