Efficiency

Chancellor's decision to incentivise domestic oil and gas extraction is 'opposite of what's needed if we want to end our reliance on expensive gas', E3G warns

Fresh injection into Warmer Homes programme aimed at helping 45,000 fuel poor London households install heat pumps, solar panels, insulation and other green upgrade measures

However over three-quarters of homes are still not considering energy efficiency improvements despite surging living costs, ONS survey finds

Measures designed to boost energy efficiency of buildings deemed critical to delivering council net zero targets, E.ON polling shows

Mandatory whole life carbon assessments, dedicated carbon targets for built environment, and policies to incentivise retrofit over new-build constructions among policies recommended by MPs

New analysis suggests ongoing ECO4 insulation scheme delay is costing households hundreds of pounds, as government declines opportunity to boost low cost clean energy development

Heat pump firms express confidence grant scheme can help bring costs down to a level where low carbon heating systems can compete with gas boilers

Hospitals, schools, libraries, museums, and leisure centres awarded fresh funding to support efficiency upgrades and clean tech installations

The government had promised a seamless transition to the next iteration of its flagship ECO scheme, but ECO 4 is still nowhere to be seen, writes Labour's Alan Whitehead MP

Minimum energy consumption standards for products and rented homes have galvanised improvements in energy efficiency in recent years, argues Andrew Warren