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Potential savings outstrip climate concerns in motivation for home energy upgrades

Consumers prioritising lower bills over environmental reasoning by a factor of 10 to one

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#1312
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21 Aug 2026, 05:04 UTC
Last checked
21 Aug 2026, 15:50 UTC
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2c944c5d1399...c618b3
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Publisher
The Irish Times
Country
Ireland
Source published
21 Aug 2026, 04:54 UTC
Source updated
No update timestamp supplied
Byline
Conor Pope
Section
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Consumers prioritising lower bills over environmental reasoning by a factor of 10 to one
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    Potential savings outstrip climate concerns in motivation for home energy upgrades

    Consumers prioritising lower bills over environmental reasoning by a factor of 10 to one

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    Version SHA-256
    2c944c5d1399...c618b3
    Capture SHA-256
    97e12c1510dc...6d8a90
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  • machine content-type Reported news observable-rules-v1 / 70% rule confidence
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Capture ID
#723
Observed
21 Aug 2026, 05:04 UTC
HTTP result
200 / parsed
Raw payload
601,044 bytes, private gzip evidence
Collector
news-ledger/0.1
Public boundary
metadata and excerpt