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Our net-zero journey will be won, or lost, in our buildings Partner content
Energy
By Mitsubishi Electric
Our net-zero journey will be won, or lost, in our buildings
The UK is at a tipping point on the road to our legally binding net-zero targets, and buildings have a central role to play in helping to decarbonise society.
Time to rule out hydrogen for home heating
Energy
By Lord Callanan
Time to rule out hydrogen for home heating
To meet its net-zero target, the UK must decarbonise nearly all heating in buildings. While hydrogen has been proposed as a potential alternative to natural gas, former Energy Minister, Lord Callanan, argues that the UK should abandon plans for hydrogen in domestic heating and instead focus entirely on proven technologies such as heat pumps
Easy wins in decarbonising Britain Partner content
Energy
By Mitsubishi Electric
Easy wins in decarbonising Britain
While the government focuses on heat pumps for homes, commercial buildings offer easy wins to help get the UK to net-zero.
Building sustainability on the road to net-zero Partner content
Energy
By Mitsubishi Electric
Building sustainability on the road to net-zero
Decarbonising buildings is one of the biggest challenges on the road to net-zero – Russell Dean at Mitsubishi Electric explores the crucial role of the government, industry and consumers in transforming the way we heat our buildings for a greener future.
Three things we learnt from the CCC's 7th Carbon Budget about Labour’s decarbonisation challenges Partner content
Environment
By OFTEC
Three things we learnt from the CCC's 7th Carbon Budget about Labour’s decarbonisation challenges
Three things we learnt from the CCC's 7th Carbon Budget about Labour’s decarbonisation challenges
Labour can deliver a just and fair energy transition by backing renewable liquid fuels Partner content
Energy
By OFTEC
Labour can deliver a just and fair energy transition by backing renewable liquid fuels
One of the biggest challenges facing the Labour government is delivering decarbonisation without putting unnecessary financial burden on ordinary households.
We focus on technology but the real barrier to decarbonisation is the skills shortage Partner content
Energy
By OFTEC
We focus on technology but the real barrier to decarbonisation is the skills shortage
Decarbonising the way we heat buildings is a significant challenge, and an enormous technology transformation will be required to achieve the 2050 net-zero targets. Arguments continue to rage how the necessary changes should be implemented, but there is also growing concern over whether the workforce is available with the necessary skills to deliver the 2050 goals.
Lessons from Europe in decarbonising home heating Partner content
Energy
By Cadent
Lessons from Europe in decarbonising home heating
Whilst much focus is on the government’s mission for clean power, Dr Tony Ballance, chief strategy and regulation officer at Cadent, underlines that the UK also needs to address the reality that a large proportion of homes are currently heated by using natural gas.
Cutting electricity bills to boost net-zero Partner content
Environment
By The MCS Foundation
Cutting electricity bills to boost net-zero
The race to install heat pumps is a crucial part of the United Kingdom's net-zero ambitions. David Cowdrey, Acting Chief Executive for The MCS Foundation, calls for reforming electricity pricing to ensure heat pumps are always cheaper to run than gas boilers
Green with envy: The politics of decarbonisation
Environment
By Adam Bell
Green with envy: The politics of decarbonisation
By installing heat pumps and buying electric vehicles, the wealthy are insulating themselves from current and future energy price shocks while avoiding paying for the investment needed to help the less well-off join the party. That’s not going to help the politics of decarbonisation, says Adam Bell. Illustration by Tracy Worrall
Destination net-zero: off-grid energy and the role of renewable liquid gases Partner content
Environment
By Dimeta
Destination net-zero: off-grid energy and the role of renewable liquid gases
Decarbonising heating has been and remains one of the most challenging aspects of meeting climate targets. Sophia Haywood, head of advocacy and communications at Dimeta, calls for the government to embrace multiple energy solutions in off-grid areas.
Consumers will end up paying the price for net zero U-turn
Energy
By Niamh O Regan
Consumers will end up paying the price for net zero U-turn
Last month Rishi Sunak announced he was scrapping several net zero policies (including some which never existed, like forcing people to rip out perfectly functioning gas boilers), under the guise of saving people money in the cost of living crisis.
Heat pumps are key to securing the UK’s energy independence
Energy
By Cherilyn Mackrory MP
Heat pumps are key to securing the UK’s energy independence
In the United States, where President Joe Biden is reindustrialising and creating jobs in clean technology, heat pumps have been dubbed freedom pumps in a nod to the energy independence they bring.
A hot mess – the difficulties of decarbonising home heating
Energy
By Adam Bell
A hot mess – the difficulties of decarbonising home heating
Adam Bell, head of policy at Stonehaven, walks us through the perils and pitfalls in trying to decarbonise the heating of our homes
Decarbonisation: Right solution for the right home? Partner content
Environment
By Calor Gas
Decarbonisation: Right solution for the right home?
Heat pumps are a vital part of the transition to net zero, but they are not the best option for every household.
Partner content
Environment
By OFTEC
Government energy policies impacting voting intentions in key rural constituencies
A new survey* has revealed how the government’s green heating policies are impacting voting intentions across key rural Conservative constituencies from cabinet minister seats to key marginals ahead of the next election.
Why retrofitting is a “no brainer” for the Government this winter Partner content
Environment
By Chartered Institute of Building
Why retrofitting is a “no brainer” for the Government this winter
Last week at Conservative Party Conference, the Chartered Institute of Building partnered with ConservativeHome, the Federation of Master Builders and E3G, for a fringe event discussion about the importance of retrofitting in addressing the climate crisis, keeping down energy bills and improving public health.
Pumps and pragmatism – a decarbonisation policy which reflects the new reality Partner content
Environment
By OFTEC
Pumps and pragmatism – a decarbonisation policy which reflects the new reality
As the UK seeks to bring about the transition to low carbon heating, it’s critical policymakers properly understand the diverse needs of the UK’s building stock and put technology inclusive policy levers in place to support all consumers.
Partner content
Environment
By OFTEC
Technician survey reveals majority of customer homes not ready for heat pumps
Heating technicians have voiced concerns over the government’s proposals to convert off-grid homes to heat pumps with the vast majority (87%) revealing less than one-fifth (20%) of the properties they service are currently ready for the technology.
Where’s the ‘fairness’ in using off-grid homes as the testing ground for heat policies? Partner content
Environment
By OFTEC
Where’s the ‘fairness’ in using off-grid homes as the testing ground for heat policies?
The government may be in a hurry to decarbonise Britain's homes and businesses, but in its haste, it is leaving fairness to off-grid households to fall by the wayside.
Off-grid homes risk becoming guinea pigs in government decarbonisation policy Partner content
Environment
By OFTEC
Off-grid homes risk becoming guinea pigs in government decarbonisation policy
The long-awaited Heat and Buildings Strategy outlines profound changes coming to the way we heat our homes.
Partner content
Environment
By OFTEC
Biomass Policy Statement – Response from OFTEC and UKIFDA
Trade Associations UKIFDA, for fuel distributors, and OFTEC, for equipment manufacturers and training providers, welcome the publication of the Biomass Policy Statement (BPS) which reaffirms the role of renewable liquid fuels in decarbonising the off-grid sector.
Partner content
Environment
By OFTEC
Renewable liquid fuel demonstration project expanded to 200 homes with £800,000 investment
The liquid fuel heating industry has today announced the second phase of its fossil fuel replacement demonstration as it commits to convert 200 homes and businesses across the UK from oil heating to the renewable fuel Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) this winter, amounting to an initial investment of over £800,000.
Trusted information and good consumer protections would give people the confidence to make their homes ready for net zero
Energy
By Gillian Cooper
Trusted information and good consumer protections would give people the confidence to make their homes ready for net zero
The government has finally set out the road map for how we decarbonise the UK’s homes and buildings in its long-awaited Heat and Buildings Strategy.