What you need to know about the Heat and Buildings Strategy
By Carl Brown and Tom Lowe2021-10-20T06:00:00
Hydrogen shelved, potential mandatory EPC targets for mortgage lenders and could new homes be cut off from the gas grid? Here’s our round-up of key points - and Simon Allford’s response
We finally know what the government’s plans are for decarbonising the UK’s buildings on the path to net zero.
The heat and buildings strategy, published yesterday more than eight months after it was originally promised, comes two weeks before the UK hosts the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow, where Boris Johnson hopes to position the country as a world leader in cutting carbon emissions.
But industry groups have criticised the delayed strategy for not going far enough in providing financial incentives for people to switch to green energy to heat their homes and buildings.
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