Given the next government could source a mosaic of policies from more than one party, it is important to consider in what manner smaller parties would seek to influence any future coalition or minority government. Nicola Sturgeon, First Minister of the Scottish...
Smart meter advocates would be pleased to note that the Conservative Party manifesto did contain a reference to Smart Metering alongside its commitment to improve the energy efficiency of a million homes over five years, but overall disappointingly the statement...
On November 10th, 2014 the Labour Party launched a green paper, entitled ‘An end to cold homes’. Chilly November was a very appropriate time of year to launch a strategy which could benefit the most vulnerable in our society. Eighteen days after Labour launched their...
Industry welcomed today the proposed amendment to Labour’s energy motion by Green Party MP Caroline Lucas. Ms Lucas has called for a proportion of the national infrastructure budget to be used to make all homes energy efficient. Dave Sowden, Chief Executive of the...
After three weeks of being on the road, with nothing but the free sandwiches at the (various, and variously excellent) fringe events, what have we learned about the likely future of energy policy under our next Government? Labour: “Every single penny to go to the fuel...
The announcement that William Hague was stepping down as a MP at the next General Election was the first indication that today’s Cabinet Reshuffle (still in progress at the time of writing) would be much more significant than previously thought. For the energy sector,...
This week, some nine months after the consultation closed, the Department for Communities and Local Government finally revealed its response to Next steps to zero carbon homes – Allowable Solutions. Some of the document contents were no surprise having been made...
The debate over Zero Carbon Homes (ZCH) reared its head again recently following announcements made in the Queen’s speech confirming that provisions for ZCH in 2016 would be included in the Infrastructure Bill. Discussed in the Lords this week, far from being the...
Bill will formally take over from the current Vice President, Donald Daw, Divisional Commercial Director, Mitsubishi Electric, at the next Executive Committee meeting in April. He will now serve in this capacity for a period of two years. Commenting on the result,...
In a consultation, published in August 2013, proposals were made to amend or repeal the Planning and Energy Act 2008, a move which would remove the only remaining power that enables councils to require new developments to be more energy efficient and to include...
Knauf Insulation, one of the leading providers of energy efficiency measures and building products in the UK and across Europe, has joined the Sustainable Energy Association to take an active role in developing the policies that matter to the energy efficiency and low...