Green Homes Grant

Hemp-based insulation firm secures Scottish National Investment Bank funding

Buildings

Hemp-based insulation firm secures Scottish National Investment Bank funding

IndiNature says investment will help scale up production of its 'carbon negative' building material

clock 12 August 2021 • 2 min read
Clean Heat Grant: Government mulls funding boost, as new heat pump training programme launches

Policy

Clean Heat Grant: Government mulls funding boost, as new heat pump training programme launches

Reports suggest Treasury is drawing up plans to protect poorer households from costs associated with the net zero transition

clock 10 August 2021 • 3 min read
'Climate must be at the heart of everything': Can Keir Starmer reboot Labour's green agenda?

Politics

'Climate must be at the heart of everything': Can Keir Starmer reboot Labour's green agenda?

Labour leader slams government's record on green jobs and preparations for COP26, as he calls for £30bn green investment

clock 05 August 2021 • 9 min read

Policy

Green Homes Grant: How to turn a mess into a marvel

clock 30 April 2021 • 4 min read

Efficiency

UK Green Building Council calls for stamp duty reforms to catalyse green home retrofit market

UKGBC sets outs proposals for a 'green' stamp duty incentive as government data reveals record interest for Green Homes Grant in its final month

clock 23 April 2021 • 4 min read

Efficiency

'Action speaks louder than words': MPs call on government to replace Green Homes Grant scheme

Environmental Audit Committee writes to government slamming decision to axe grant scheme and urging Ministers to deliver replacement

clock 21 April 2021 • 4 min read

Policy

'A kick in the teeth': Green economy reacts angrily to axing of Green Homes Grant

The government maintains scheme was only ever intended as a short term stimulus package, but green business groups have been left furious at the latest round of stop-start disruption for the energy efficiency sector

clock 29 March 2021 • 7 min read

Policy

'An avoidable tragedy': Government axes Green Homes Grant scheme with four day's notice

BREAKING: Surprise update to energy efficiency plans sees government boost funding for local authority upgrade schemes, but scrap the popular Green Homes Grant scheme at short notice

clock 27 March 2021 • 5 min read

Buildings

Could the new National Infrastructure Bank help solve the home retrofit challenge?

Ron Cowley of the Active Building Centre argues sweeping changing to our housing stock are essential, and the government's new bank could provide the catalyst that is desperately needed

clock 22 March 2021 • 3 min read

Buildings

'No plan nor meaningful delivery': MPs slam government's 'woefully inadequate' domestic energy efficiency plans

Environmental Audit Committee warns government has underestimated challenge of decarbonising UK’s housing stock, putting net zero goal in jeapordy

clock 19 March 2021 • 5 min read