Homeowners are more concerned about the environment and high fuel prices than renters, according to new research.

But renters claim they will catch up, with just under half saying they will improve their environmental credentials and ''go greener''.

According to Tescocompare.com, the supermarket chain''s price comparison site, homeowners are more worried about the environment than their renting counterparts.

In its Green Gauger report, more than two-thirds of homeowners said they felt they practised green living compared with 57 per cent of renters.

And at the top of the list for going green for homeowners was saving money, not saving the environment.

More than half of respondents to the survey said high fuel prices were encouraging them to go green.

Paul Baxter, director of commercial and partnerships at Tescocompare.com, comments: "Our research offers an interesting insight into the different triggers that encourage people to go green."

Every rented property put on the market after the first of October in the UK will have to have an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC).

An EPC will give tenants and landlords a list of improvements to make a property greener.