Jade Lewis, Chief Executive at Sustainable Energy Association said: "The Sustainable Energy Association has consistently called for the introduction of financial incentives to help overcome the cost barrier for home improvements.' Our ‘Addressing the able to pay...
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Press release: New report sets out stakeholder advice on designing An Effective Home Upgrade Grant Scheme
Sustainable Energy Association: New report sets out stakeholder advice on designing An Effective Home Upgrade Grant Scheme The Sustainable Energy Association has today published a report, commissioned by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy,...
Sustainable Energy Association Welcomes Long-Awaited Heat and Buildings Strategy
Today the government has published its plan to decarbonise the way we heat our buildings. This key document sets out proposals to phase out the installation of fossil fuel heating by 2035 and introduce a new funding scheme to provide £5,000 per household support the...
PRESS RELEASE – Minimum Energy Performance of Buildings Bill to be introduced in both Houses of Parliament
A Bill that will assist the Government in achieving its energy efficiency commitments set out in the Energy White Paper and subsequent policy statements will be introduced in both Houses of Parliament this week – the first time this has happened. In its policy...
The Sustainable Energy Association re-appoints Lord Best as President and welcomes Russell Dean and Graham Wright as Vice Presidents
With the support of its members, the Sustainable Energy Association warmly welcomes both Graham Wright from Daikin, and Russell Dean from Mitsubishi Electric into their roles as Vice Presidents today and thanks its re-appointed President, Lord Best for his valuable...
SEA’s response to the Green Homes Grant announcement
The Government has released further detail around the Green Homes Grant which has provided greater clarity for industry and installers alike. Homeowners will receive grants of up to £5,000 (or £10,000 for low income households) to install a range of energy efficiency...
Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s green recovery package
In today’s statement from the Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, measures to drive a green recovery were announced with £2 billion allocated for the Green Homes Grant (vouchers for homeowners and landlords up to £5,000 per household and £10,000 for the worst off) and £1bn of...
100+ businesses call for Green Recovery with legally binding targets for home energy upgrades
In the light of the Prime Minister’s words to Parliament on 3rd June (Hansard col 842) that ‘the green recovery will be essential to this country’s success in the next few years,’ more than 100 leading UK businesses - investors, organisations, leading manufacturers,...
Off Grid, Off Carbon: Regulating the decarbonisation of heat
Earlier this year, the Sustainable Energy Association (SEA) published a consultation paper demonstrating how the introduction of a carbon intensity standard could help decarbonise heat and put the UK on the path to net zero. Following invaluable feedback provided from...
Update on the EPC band C campaign
On Friday 7th February 2020, the Domestic Properties (Energy Performance) Bill sponsored by Lord Foster of Bath, had its second reading in Parliament. Lord Foster outlined how the Bill aims to increase the energy efficiency of domestic properties and he closed by stating that the simple Bill “has far-reaching implications for our quest to tackle climate change, not least, help the less well-off as we do so”.
Sustainable Energy Association ‘Domestic Properties (Minimum Energy Performance)’ Bill to be introduced in House of Lords
The Sustainable Energy Association (SEA) has been leading a campaign for over two years to improve energy efficiency of domestic buildings by raising standards to Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) Band C in all homes by 2035 with an interim target of all fuel poor...
Sustainable Energy Association appoints Jade Lewis as Chief Executive
The SEA is delighted to announce the appointment of its new Chief Executive, Jade Lewis who will take up her role in March 2020. Jade is already a familiar face to many in the sustainable energy sector having represented leading construction products firm Saint-Gobain...