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UK housebuilders to face 'zero carbon ready' standard from 2025
Government confirms Future Homes Standard will apply to any new homes built from 2025, delivering a major uptick in the pace of the shift away from gas boilers - but campaigners are left disappointed by failure to adopt more rapid timetable
Smart home energy market the focus of new consumer protection drive
Citizens Advice teams up with energy industry groups to try and identify any gaps in consumer protections for burgeoning flexible home energy market
Legal & General pumps up financial backing for low-carbon heat
Financial giant Legal & General has announced additional backing for heat pump technology, building on investments made last year
Green financiers plot wave of zero carbon heating offers
New report from Green Finance Institute identifies barriers to investment in green heating systems and trails series of new demonstration projects
A huge shake-up in domestic heating is on its way - and the heat pump industry is primed
A level playing field between heating technologies and an increase of the installer base are needed to drive a major rollout of heat pumps, argues the HPA's Graham Wright
Industry and campaigners welcome extension of Green Homes Grant scheme
PM commended for decision to push end date for national buildings retrofit programme back by a year, following high profile concerns that the industry needs to build up capacity to deliver the £3bn scheme
'Laying the groundwork': Heat Pump Association calls for heating policy revamp
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
EDF inks heat pump partnership as calls grow for post-boiler strategy
Energy giant partners with Daikin for heat pump offer, as new report warns 'boiler backlash' could derail net zero agenda
Zero Carbon Heating Taskforce: UK experts bid to overcome barriers to greener buildings
Taskforce includes members of the Green Finance Institute, the Coalition for the Energy Efficiency of Buildings, and the Association for Decentralised Energy, among others
Race to decarbonise UK heat finally warms up
New research has illuminated some of the challenges the UK government faces as it works to decarbonise the UK's heating system
Good Energy to launch home heat pump tariff in UK first
Green energy supplier claims new flexible tariff will make it 'easy and affordable' for customers to transition away from gas boilers
CBI calls for 2025 gas boiler phase-out to keep net zero on track
Government feels the heat over yawning gap in UK gas decarbonisation policy from two major reports from the CBI and the Net Zero Infrastructure Commission
When it comes to low carbon heating, the government must up the ante
Energy efficiency measures work best when designed around new green heating systems such as heat pumps, argue IPPR's Jonathan Webb and Joshua Emden
UK risks going cold on heat decarbonisation, think tank warns
IPPR calculates that government has to date supported just two per cent of the heat pumps the UK needs to deploy to meet its net zero emissions goals
'From zero carbon heat laggard to leader': Green groups urge government to back heat pumps in recovery plans
Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth, CPRE and Possible propose 'cash for clunkers' scheme, and urge government to prioritise heat pumps over hydrogen in its green heating plans
Centrica throws weight behind UK heat electrification drive amid hydrogen cost fears
British Gas owner says UK should target one million heat pumps by 2025 as it fears hydrogen domestic heating may be a decade away
'Energy policy face palm': Heat pump firms call on government to rethink clean heat plans
Low Carbon Farming, Black Mountain and Zero Carbon Yorkshire have joined a campaign that calls on the government to revise its low carbon heat strategy to support the development of large-scale heat pumps, a sector they contend could help the UK drive...
Government reveals plans to accelerate low carbon heating rollout
Proposals to replace RHI include Clean Heat Grants of up to £4,000 for homes and business for heat pumps and other technologies
Legal & General snaps up stake in ground source heat pump firm Kensa Group
Financial giant acquires 36 per cent share in one of UK's largest green heating developers
Is smaller better? Large scale green tech 'not the best way' to reach net zero, study finds
Nuclear plants, CCS, and whole-building retrofits should not be prioritised over smaller cheaper alternatives, study argues, while acknowledging small scale technologies do not offer a panacea
Study: Electric cars and heat pumps lead to much lower CO2 emissions in most of the world
Study by universities of Exeter, Cambridge, and Nijmegen assessed lifecycle impact of electric cars and heat pumps on CO2 compared to fossil fuel equivalents
Welsh Government plots end to fossil fuel energy in all new homes by 2025
Proposals unveiled to boost energy efficiency standards for new homes in bid to cut CO2, reduce bills and tackle fuel poverty
City hall: London zero carbon building rules are delivering carbon cuts
EXCLUSIVE: Green building targets for the capital are driving developers to invest in low carbon homes and technologies, City Hall figures indicate
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