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Helpful Information and Tips for Manufacturers and Innovators on Gaining Access to Government Energy Efficiency Schemes
Introduction The Sustainable Energy Association (SEA), with support from TrustMark, BSI andthe BRE, have written this helpful tips paper to support manufacturers andinnovators of energy efficiency and low-carbon heating products. The purpose ofthis work is to...
SEA Parliamentary Reception 2022
Read about our annual Parliamentary Reception for 2022, including speeches from Lord Best, Lord Callanan and our Chief Executive Jade Lewis. On the 23 May we hosted our Parliamentary Reception at the Houses of Parliament. This event aimed to bring people together from...
Construction And Energy – The Need For Joined Up Policy In Delivering Net Zero
For those of you who don’t know the Sustainable Energy Association, we are a membership organisation made up of manufacturers, energy suppliers, housing providers, installers, innovators and other organisations with expertise on energy in buildings. The SEA exists to...
Industry Calls on Government to Do More to Prevent Homes from Falling into Fuel Poverty
PRESS RELEASE 8th April 2022 A cross-industry letter has been sent to HM Treasury today to put pressure on the Government to expand the support available for homes at risk of fuel poverty. The call follows the lack of focus on energy efficiency within the Energy...
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 Complex Issue of Heat Decarbonisation
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the United Nations body for assessing the science related to climate change, has recently warned that ‘global warming of 1.5°C and 2°C will be exceeded during the 21st century unless deep reductions in carbon...
The Long Term Policy Needed In Anticipation Of The Heat And Buildings Strategy
Good morning everyone. The SEA is a membership organisation made up of energy suppliers, manufacturers, installers, housing providers, and other organisations with expertise in energy in buildings. We are committed to achieving our vision, to help create living and...
How do we retrofit healthier homes and places in recovery?
‘How can we ensure that health and wellbeing is at the forefront of the Government’s decision making processes on green retrofitting and that they adopt a more holistic joined-up approach to deliver healthy homes and buildings?’ Firstly, the government and local...
Social Housing: Time to Declare a Climate Emergency?
The Rise in Climate Declarations The legislation of the UK’s net zero carbon target has given rise to declarations of a climate emergency, with 74% of local authorities having now set their own carbon targets. Typically, this means that resources have been allocated...
What do you choose to challenge?
It is very flattering to be introduced as ‘one of the best and well-connected women in construction today’. Especially if that introduction is from my good friend, Liz Male, a woman who I also consider a well-connected and impressive influencer in the industry. It was...