Just hoping that future Governments will do this is not good enough. The Government must support the amendment to make energy survey's compulsory. As the sellers pack will not come into force until 2003, Friends of the Earth is also supporting a further amendment. The link between energy-use and climate change has been brought home over recent months. Thousands of householders' lives have been made a misery as they count the cost of recent devastating storms and floods.
Most experts suspect that climate change is the cause.
Its essential that we reduce emissions of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide. Domestic energy use is the second biggest culprit. This is why energy efficiency measures in the sellers' pack are so important.