Buildings

Two developments saved the equivalent of the CO2 absorbed by 1.3 million trees in a year

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

Building decarbonisation is critical to delivering a net zero Britain, but neither the Treasury nor Scottish government have set out a vision for how a mass green homes retrofit programme could be funded, writes Glasgow Caledonian University’s Keith Baker...

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 report sets out how policymakers could help accelerate the adoption of low carbon building technologies and practices

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