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THE GREEN HOMES GRANT WHAT DO YOU NEED TO KNOW?
Homeowners and landlords will be able to pay for vouchers to improve the energy efficiency of their homes as of September, as part of the Green Homes Grant scheme. Please note that the Simple Energy Advice (SEA) service has no connection to the Sustainable Energy...
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,...
Time to pay attention to housing
COVID-19 has resulted in many of us now staying in our homes for longer periods of time. It’s also caused delays to the important UN COP26 conference which was due to be held in Glasgow this November. The virus will understandably dominate our news headlines and...
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...
Parliamentary Annual Reception
The SEA annual reception is an ideal networking opportunity for key stakeholders from government, industry and NGOs involved in the sustainable energy sector. This is an important time for energy policy and for the sustainable energy industry in particular,...
2020: An important year for climate justice
David Attenborough has warned yet again of the severity of the climate crisis which is so evidently effecting the world as we know it in all corners of the globe; from SE Australia on fire to severe flooding in Indonesia and even the mild winter here in the UK is a...
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...
Joining the Sustainable Energy Association
I joined the Sustainable Energy Association (SEA) three months ago after two years spent within the energy retail sector. I really valued the commercial exposure I had on the graduate scheme at npower Business Solutions and the experience of working with some...
General Election results
We have just seen another general election, the third since 2015. This time the result was decisive with a large majority for the Conservatives, except in Scotland where the SNP dominate. Brexit clearly dominated, with leave voting Labour constituencies swinging to...
Lesley Rudd to Step Down as Sustainable Energy Association Chief Executive
Richard Burnley, Vice President of the Sustainable Energy Association (SEA), today announced that Lesley Rudd, SEA Chief Executive, is to step down in February. Lesley, who has been Chief Executive of the SEA for the last 3 years and was Policy Director before that,...