Energy Efficiency

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

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

Housing firms urge government to 'get serious' about energy efficiency and home retrofits in order to address cost of living crisis and drive net zero transition

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

Recent botched attempts to upgrade the UK’s notoriously leaky housing stock offer a number of lessons to policymakers, argues Public First’s Nick Park

Building Research Establishment and BEIS announce plans to develop a new methodology to better measure energy performance of UK homes

Leisure centre boasts range of energy efficiency technologies which have helped it become first in UK to achieve Passivhaus standard

Opposition ramps up local election campaign with pledge to insulate two million homes within a year of being elected

Britain’s biggest business group reiterates call for major investment in home and building energy saving measures as UK inflation hits 30-year high

For every £1m invested, renewables creates three times more jobs than fossil fuels, and energy efficiency delivers five times more jobs, UKERC research finds