Author: Mel Price

King’s speech takes UK off course for net zero future

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In the wake of the King’s Speech on the 7th November, the first in 70 years, we once again found a government turning its back on net zero and a ‘green’ king less than enthusiastic about the introduction of a bill to support future oil and gas drilling in the North Sea.  There was nothing…

PUR/PIR insulation as part of a net zero strategy

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The UK government has a legally binding target to achieve net zero CO2 emissions by 2050, against which the built environment is responsible for approximately 40% of all greenhouse gas emissions. To meet this ambitious goal, significant changes must be made in the construction sector in order to adopt a net zero approach to new…

How do we refurbish the millions of properties in the UK leaking energy?

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There is a pressing need for a longer term UK-wide retrofit strategy to address the energy efficiency of UK housing but how do we incentivise people, local authorities or landlords to invest in those properties to bring them up to the standards required? Simon Storer explains why we need to look at housing as an…