The UK government is to set in law the world’s most ambitious climate change target, cutting emissions by 78% by 2035 compared to 1990 levels. This is in line with the most recent recommendation from the Climate Change Committee, and will be part of the

This week in Building News Sam Stacey, Challenge Director at Transforming Construction, UKRI, argued that we can take learnings from the way that Thomas Crapper’s valve-and-siphon design was implemented in British homes across the country in the early 20th

Five major housing associations in the UK have signed a partnership to improve the energy efficiency of homes in their regions, totalling over 300,000 homes. The Greener Futures Partnership (GFP) is made up of Abri, Anchor Hanover, Home Group, Hyde and

Hundreds of thousands of new job roles are needed if we are to achieve a clean energy transition and meet net zero targets in the UK. Dina Potter of the National Grid believes that investing in young people is key to this, and that we now need to ensure that

Ashden is calling for a revolution in green skills training, following the scrapping of the Green Homes Grant scheme in March 2021. If we are to retrofit millions of homes and stick to our carbon targets, the UK must drastically scale

The Green Homes Grant is now closed and longer taking applications, as of 31 March 2021. Any applications already submitted will still be progressed. The Green Homes Grant was a scheme offering vouchers of up to £5,000 (£10,000 for low income households)

MCS (Microgeneration Certification Scheme) certifies low-carbon products and installations used to produce electricity and heat from renewable sources. They support the growth of small scale renewables in the UK – such as solar rooftop panels on homes

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

New labelling on energy efficiency for household appliances (such as fridges, washing machines, freezers etc) is being phased in. This change is because energy labelling was originally brought in over 25 years ago in the UK, and appliances have become much

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

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

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 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

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

A survey of members of the Heat Pump Association (HPA) suggests that manufacturers have nearly doubled their orders for heat pumps in 2021, ready to meet growing consumer demand. “The near doubling of the heat pump market this year would be a substantial

The Energy Savings Trust recently conducted a survey with UK homeowners, finding that 96% of homeowners are concerned about energy efficiency in the

The UK has one of the oldest stocks of housing in Europe, dating back to eras before energy efficiency in design was encouraged or enforced. This leads to millions of people living in houses which are costing us money, our health, and our planet. But, there

I news reports that complex paperwork and long delays mean householders are losing faith in the Green Homes Grant energy efficiency scheme, sharing the experience of one homeowner who was keen to use the scheme for loft

A team of researchers at Nottingham Trent University has concluded that people working from home in the UK can expect their energy bills to increase by up to £45 per month. Their research also demonstrates the gap between energy efficient homes and those

The National Register of Tradeswomen is a not-for-profit project set up to ensure that vulnerable householders who would feel safer working with tradeswomen are easily able to find them. “Women are scared to allow tradesmen into their home, not only out of