building regulations

The government's plans for Building Regulations are a step in the right direction, but they must go further and not hold local authorities back, argues the UK Green Building Council's Philip Box

Water quality, air quality, nature protection, and the decarbonisation of the housing sector have all been damaged by deregulation and the erosion of enforcement capacity, according to a damning new report from Unchecked UK

Major new report sets out a series of recommendations for accelerating roll out of green heat technologies, as trade body warns UK is 'significantly behind' scheduled with its heat decarbonisation efforts

Government wants to remove local authorities' power to set building regulations higher than Westminster, a move which would force many councils to row back on climate ambition