Energy efficiency squads will visit UK households

The government decided in July 2013 to send squads of insulators and energy efficiency experts house to house around the United Kingdom (UK) to plug the gaps in Britain's leaky homes and to curb rising bills.

Sending installers out to properties street by street is thought to be the most effective way to get people to sign up for improvements that will save energy and carbon emissions as part of the Green Deal - the coalition government's flagship home energy efficiency package.