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The government's Energy Performance Certificate reforms must be balanced Partner content
Energy
By Chartered Institute of Building
The government's Energy Performance Certificate reforms must be balanced
The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) is calling for the government to carefully consider the potential impact on consumers with its proposed reform of the Energy Performance of Buildings (EPB) regime.
Partnership could be the making of Great British Energy (Efficiency) Partner content
Environment
By Mineral Wool Insulation Manufacturers Association
Partnership could be the making of Great British Energy (Efficiency)
The Labour government’s collaboration with our industry is the key ingredient for the successful delivery of the Warm Homes Plan.
Being a responsible, long-term partner to Britain Partner content
Environment
By EDF
Being a responsible, long-term partner to Britain
Fabric-first: a way to warmer, cheaper, healthier homes Partner content
Environment
By ROCKWOOL UK
Fabric-first: a way to warmer, cheaper, healthier homes
Boosting energy efficiency can move the UK closer to net zero while keeping household costs down for the long term. That's why we need a fabric-first approach.
Empowering British energy saving communities and businesses Partner content
Environment
By Mineral Wool Insulation Manufacturers Association
Empowering British energy saving communities and businesses
Energy saving is just as important as energy generation. Net Zero success relies on our ability to empower and reward businesses and communities to deliver energy savings.
Millions of UK homes urgently need energy efficiency improvements – Time we “Help to Fix” says construction sector Partner content
Environment
By Chartered Institute of Building
Millions of UK homes urgently need energy efficiency improvements – Time we “Help to Fix” says construction sector
Energy efficiency improvements are key to reduce the financial burden on households
Economy
By Ben Lake MP
Energy efficiency improvements are key to reduce the financial burden on households
High energy prices have become a sad fact of life for households across the country.
Net-zero naysayers: homeowners need your help not hindrance Partner content
Environment
By Mineral Wool Insulation Manufacturers Association
Net-zero naysayers: homeowners need your help not hindrance
Executive Director of MIMA, Sarah Kostense-Winterton, sets out two practical solutions that can incentivise homeowners to improve the energy efficiency in their homes, while promoting individual choice and adhering to fiscal responsibility on the path to net-zero.
Homebuyers need accurate evidence of their property’s actual energy use Partner content
Environment
By Mineral Wool Insulation Manufacturers Association
Homebuyers need accurate evidence of their property’s actual energy use
Energy Performance Certificates in their current form are not fit for purpose. They need a revamp to capture the real measured performance of buildings.
Without more efficient housing stock the poorest households will be left out in the cold
Energy
By Peter Smith
Without more efficient housing stock the poorest households will be left out in the cold
The United Kingdom continues to be in the grips of an energy crisis. Millions of people are struggling to afford to pay for enough energy to stay safe, warm, and healthy at home.
PM Sunak can deliver long-term energy stability, security and savings – here’s how Partner content
Environment
By Mineral Wool Insulation Manufacturers Association
PM Sunak can deliver long-term energy stability, security and savings – here’s how
With the Autumn Statement in our rear-view mirror, both PM Sunak and Chancellor Hunt continue to be faced with fiscal challenges and restrictions as we hurtle towards a general election. It has never been so timely to turn their attentions to reducing the amount of energy we use.
Watt A Save: Maximising the energy efficiency of new homes Partner content
Environment
By Home Builders Federation (HBF)
Watt A Save: Maximising the energy efficiency of new homes
Maximising the energy efficiency of new build homes will have a vital role to play in delivering on the UK’s ambition to achieve net zero by 2050. This target, and the Government’s broader environmental goals, have the full support of the home building industry which has already made significant progress in placing energy efficiency at the forefront of new home design and construction.
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.
How Liz Truss’s government can achieve energy security and savings this winter Partner content
Environment
By Mineral Wool Insulation Manufacturers Association
How Liz Truss’s government can achieve energy security and savings this winter
The Prime Minister must trust British insulation businesses to deliver.
Partner content
Economy
By Chartered Institute of Building
CIOB comment on today's mini budget
The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) has reacted to today’s mini budget announcement by the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Without any further action, UK households and businesses will face catastrophe this Winter Partner content
Energy
By EDF
Without any further action, UK households and businesses will face catastrophe this Winter
Ahead of the incoming rise to the price cap, EDF Customers Managing Director, Philippe Commaret, outlines three steps the next Prime Minister's Government can take to help people with the energy crisis.
Extending the windfall tax will help bring down energy bills permanently
Energy
By Joe Tetlow
Extending the windfall tax will help bring down energy bills permanently
At the start this year, I argued in a piece for The House that the Conservatives shouldn’t rule out a windfall tax. Despite some Cabinet ministers expressing opposition to the policy, the government ploughed on and implemented one in May.
Lord Bridges: We'll all pay the price of a disorderly transition to net zero
Environment
By Lord Bridges
Lord Bridges: We'll all pay the price of a disorderly transition to net zero
Since 2021, energy prices have been rising sharply. Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine has pushed prices higher still.
We need to treat home energy efficiency as a national emergency Partner content
Energy
By Energy Institute
We need to treat home energy efficiency as a national emergency
Spiralling gas prices have fuelled a cost-of-living crisis, but the solutions to this and the climate crisis are now more aligned than ever before, says Juliet Davenport OBE HonFEI, President of the Energy Institute.
Invest to save: there’s never been a better time to ‘vaccinate’ our homes Partner content
Economy
By Mineral Wool Insulation Manufacturers Association
Invest to save: there’s never been a better time to ‘vaccinate’ our homes
If the Government is serious about Net Zero and cutting energy bills, investing in energy efficiency and working jointly with industry to deliver must be non-negotiable at the Autumn Budget.
We need a coherent approach to net zero – this must include nuclear Partner content
Environment
By Nuclear Industry Association
We need a coherent approach to net zero – this must include nuclear
Any clean energy strategy which doesn’t factor in nuclear fails to recognise the scale of the challenge we face.
How we can build a smart energy future Partner content
Environment
By Smart Energy GB
How we can build a smart energy future
With a smarter energy system, we can empower consumers to make the choices that work for them as we move to Net Zero.
We must go green in order to tackle the cost of living crisis
Economy
By Lord Bilimoria
We must go green in order to tackle the cost of living crisis
With food, fuel and energy bills soaring, the Chancellor did the right thing at the end of last month and put money in the pockets of those facing real hardship.
The government must prioritise efficiency upgrades to support households with rising energy bills ahead of another difficult winter
Economy
By Peter Aldous MP
The government must prioritise efficiency upgrades to support households with rising energy bills ahead of another difficult winter
Last week's intervention from the Treasury was a huge relief for the millions of families up and down the country facing the grim prospect of a 42 per cent rise in energy bills from October.