Funding/Grants

DECC will make £85m of “savings” this financial year through “further efficiencies”, and stopping some uncommitted programme spend, including stopping all new funding to the Low Carbon Buildings Programme

Guatemala’s plans for a national power grid that harnesses hydroelectricity and solar power have been boosted with an $11m grant from Japan

The Homes and Communities Agency is to cut over £200m of funding for affordable housing and stalled house building projects, as part of the new Government’s drive to cut departmental spending

A Green Investment Bank, which both Labour and the Conservatives proposed in their general election manifestos, was the source of much concern from environmental and business representitives

Local government is to lose £1.165bn in the current year, DCLG £780m, DEFRA £162m and DBIS £836m as the four areas are hit with almost half of the £6.2bn of cuts announced by chancellor George Osborne

A group of trade bodies is calling on the Government to alter the tax system to encourage large-scale house building from institutions, such as pension funds and insurance companies

The new coalition government has set out initial plans for the environment, negotiating an agreement which draws on the separate Conservative and Liberal Democrat manifestos

Two regional development agencies have called for housing associations to join together to access £42m for retrofitting

A Bradford community group has been awarded more than £1m towards a project to create an eco-friendly enterprise centre on a brownfield site

Chancellor Alistair Darling has announced a “green investment bank” in his Budget statement to concentrate on “low carbon” projects, especially energy and transport proposals

Chancellor of the Exchequer's Budget statement 24 March 2010

87 social housing projects across the UK will benefit from a share of £17m funding to test low carbon building technology

DECC minister Joan Ruddock has unveiled details of the funding for low carbon and energy efficiency technologies

The Government has announced its strategy to roll out its Pay As You Save home refurbishment funding scheme

Three large European institutional investors and some property industry bodies have launched a report on the environmental performance of the commercial property sector.