Last week's announcements provided some much-needed clarity on key areas of uncertainty surrounding energy efficiency and the Net Zero agenda, offering valuable insight into the Government's direction of travel and how Britain will be ‘powered up’. While we appreciate...
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The SEA Releases Their Technology Agnostic Approach into Heat and Buildings Policy Report
The Sustainable Energy Association (SEA) and Partners' latest report details the benefits of a technology-agnostic approach to decarbonising buildings; tailoring solutions to achieve the best outcomes. The SEA and Partners welcome the Government’s drive towards...
Press release: SEA Advises the UK Government to Address Remaining Policy Gaps in Order to Achieve Net Zero by 2050
The Sustainable Energy Association report outlines the remaining policy gaps and steps the Government must take to achieve net zero by 2050. The SEA welcomes the monumental shift in the UK Government’s focus, with Net Zero placed firmly on the policy agenda. It is a...
SEA’s response to Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Spring Statement
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Regulation to put heating on the path to net-zero by 2050
The Sustainable Energy Association (SEA) has published a paper today demonstrating how regulation could put heating on the path to reach net-zero by 2050. The paper proposes a carbon intensity regulation which would set progressively stricter limits to the permitted...