Go Zero

The report  by the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors that new homeowners acting on information provided in an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) will have to wait up to 208 years to recoup the costs of their energy saving measures  was not encouraging, if we are trying to convince people of the ecomonic sense of installing renewables in their homes.  While it may not pay for our use during the timespent in the house, the next occupants will benefit and so will the planet.  Surely that is what it is all about really, securing the future for our children and not for our own benefit?  Or have I missed something?

http://www.rics.org/Property/Residentialproperty/Acquisitionanddisposalofresidentialproperty/omebuyingreform/EPC_payback_times_121007.html.  

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