Energy Efficiency

The Treasury is reportedly reviewing the Energy Company Obligation as it looks to ease rising energy bills, despite warnings from BEIS that cutting levy would be 'short termist'

Conservative Environment Network calls for HMT to fund environmental and social levies on energy bills to help ease burden of soaring costs for home and businesses

Government has so far only come forward with a fraction of £9.2bn energy efficiency funding it promised during current parliament, coalition points out

Both Westminster and Brussels have announced new regulations and standards designed to slash emissions from buildings, but concerns remain that reforms are not ambitious enough

Low-income homeowners and Londoners who rent privately will be eligible to claim grants of up to £20,000 from March 2022

Property Energy Professionals Association (PEPA) board member Professor Andrew Geens explains the two-part process underpinning EPC certification for buildings

Over 100 sports centres have been awarded funding through the £1bn Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme

Calls mount for Treasury to scrap VAT on energy efficiency products, tweak stamp duty for lower carbon homes, and embed ‘polluter pays’ principle across the economy

Citizens are being disencentivised to make green improvements to their homes by a weak consumer protection regime for heat pumps, energy efficiency enhancements, and solar technologies, a new report warns

Heat and Buildings Strategy promises to phase out traditional gas boilers, but critics argue plans remain badly under-funded