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Today the Environmental Audit Committee released their latest report: Energy Efficiency of Existing Homes. The report warns that the UK Government is currently failing to grasp the enormous challenge of decarbonising the UK’s housing stock, which accounts

The government has released updated data on the release of Green Homes Grant vouchers, covering the period from start of the scheme (30 September 2020) to the end of February 2021. The data shows that up to February 2021: 82,800 households had applied for a

Home retrofit and energy efficiency improvements can transform your cold, draughty house into an energy efficient, Cosy Home - here's

The government has released their analysis of insights into how aware landlords and tenants are of existing Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (MEES) for rental properties in the UK, as well as how well landlords are complying with regulations. A summary of

As part of the UK's government's Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme, funding has been won by 429 energy efficiency and heat decarbonisation projects for public sector buildings, valued at a total of £932 million.

A microwave-powered boiler has been developed by company Heat Wayv, with the inventors of the boiler believing it could be a straightforward replacement to gas boilers, with zero carbon

Recently a National Retrofit Strategy has been published as a recommendation for government policy, backed by the Construction Leadership Council. RetrofitWorks has backed this National Retrofit Strategy, with a statement from Russell Smith, RetrofitWorks

The government have released statistics on the use of Green Homes Grant vouchers so far. The headlines are that 100,200 homeowners have made applications to use the vouchers and of those only 21,000 have had a voucher issues. There have been a total of 2,777

When it comes to home retrofit, there is no ‘one-size-fits-all’ solution. The age, style, past improvements, and upkeep of a house all play a role in shaping the approach. Cosy Homes Oxfordshire’s Whole House Plan helps homeowners identify and tackle

When you buy a new build home you probably expect it to be at the height of energy efficiency. But it turns out that isn’t the case. Homes that are being finished today will have to be retrofitted with energy efficiency measures and low-carbon

When the government launched their Green Homes Grant scheme they had a target of retrofitting 600,000 homes in the UK through the scheme. So far, around 20,000 vouchers have been issues since the scheme launched in autumn 2020. At this rate, it will take 10

BEIS commissioned 6 demonstration projects to test different approaches for increasing the rates of energy efficiency improvements amongst able-to-pay owner-occupiers as part of the Local Supply Chain Demonstrators scheme – including our partnership