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UK Policy
02 September 2011
The Government has insulated over 2.6m homes in the UK across three years, under its national energy saving scheme.
02 September 2011
The Government has agreed with the vast majority of the 31 recommendations made by the Environmental Audit Committee in its report* on the Green Investment Bank (GIB), published on 11 March. The response**, published in late July, builds on Business Secretary Vince Cable’s update to Parliament on the design of the GIB on 24 May.
02 September 2011
The House of Commons Communities and Local Government Committee has announced it intends to hold oral evidence sessions on the draft National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), published on 25 July, following an invitation to do so by the Minister for Planning and Decentralisation.
02 September 2011
Heritage body the Society for the Protection of Older Buildings (SPAB) and a number of organisations and individuals in the conservation sector, have called for Government to consider the needs of pre 1919 buildings under the Green Deal.
29 July 2011
The Electricity Markets Review White Paper, unveiled this month, as Dr David Lowry, SB policy consultant, investigates.
29 July 2011
The influential House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) has warned in its latest report that the Roadmap to a Green Economy – due for release this month - must demonstrate a “greater commitment to the green economy, and in doing so dispel any suggestion that, with its separate publication, it is an 'add-on' rather than an integral part of the Government's sustainable development plans.”
29 July 2011
Up to £1,250 could be obtained by UK householders following the Government’s announcement of financial funding towards renewable heat sources.
29 July 2011
“The risks associated with business energy use are increasing,” is the conclusion of a new white paper published by energy supplier npower.
06 July 2011
Government headquarters have exceeded the carbon targets set by Prime Minister David Cameron in May last year, by reducing its carbon emissions by 13.8% in the year, it has been announced.
29 June 2011
MPs on the Energy Bill Committee held ten intense sessions to scrutinise the detail of the bill, which will bring into being the Green Deal, which took up the bulk of the debate. SB policy consultant, Dr David Lowry picks out some highlights.
09 June 2011
Cuts to subsidies for solar projects over 50 kw have been announced by the Department of Energy and Climate Change, a move which has been labelled by industry commentators as one which will “effectively kill the UK solar industry”.
08 June 2011
New evidence to support a new clause to make Display Energy Certificates mandatory in commercial buildings has been published by the UK Green Building Council, as well as a list of signatories supporting the move.
31 May 2011
A law-enshrined green bank advisory group and investment powers within a year were among the details of the Green Investment Bank announced by deputy prime minister Nick Clegg and business secretary Dr Vince Cable this month.
31 May 2011
A tool that will allow small and medium sized businesses to monitor a countdown to low carbon policies has been launched to provide key signposts for the industry.
15 April 2011
A new Bill has been presented in the House of Commons that would see local plans for energy efficiency made transparent, and encourage energy efficiency at local authority level.