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Healthier Homes Roundtable
As part of our policy development and engagement, we hosted a social housing and local authority roundtable focused on the installation of energy efficiency measures and low carbon heating on Tuesday 22nd November. The majority of social housing properties were built...
Hats off to Birmingham
As a Geordie living on the south east of England, I had, until I joined the Sustainable Energy Association (based in Solihull) four years ago, regarded the Midlands as somewhere I passed through on the way to visit family up north.I have over the years attended many...
Recticel Insulation joins the Sustainable Energy Association
Recticel Insulation and the Sustainable Energy Association (SEA) are pleased to announce that Recticel has joined the Association as an Executive Member.Recticel Insulation is based in Stoke-on-Trent, where they produce polyisocyanurate (PIR) products which are used...
No home left behind; ensuring retrofit of the hard to treat
In the years 2004-2014, household energy use fell by a fifth. A number of factors have been attributed to this including more efficient boilers and appliances, adoption of low-energy light bulbs and high energy costs (before the current drop in fossil fuel prices). It...
What makes an RHC support Scheme Successful?
The SEA would like to bring the following to the attention of members and other parties with an interest in renewable heating and cooling strategies. The Energy Saving Trust is currently involved in an Intelligent Energy Europe funded project called 'FROnT’, which...
Sustainable Energy Association Elects new Vice-President
The Sustainable Energy Association announced today that Edwin Bannock MBE, chair of the Board Ice Energy Technologies Ltd, has been elected as its new Vice President and chair of its Executive Committee, to serve for the next two years.Commenting on the result, Edwin...
Join-the-dots energy efficiency policy
By Fraser Wallace George Osborne, Chancellor of the Exchequer, recognises the private sector is a powerful vehicle to deliver goods and services in a cost-effective manner. In his Autumn Statement (25th November 2015) he stated, ‘there is no growth and no jobs...
Committee looks at potential future energy efficiency schemes
House of Commons Energy and Climate Change Committee Home energy efficiency and demand reduction 8 December 2015 See video on Parliamentlive.tv The Energy and Climate Change Committee takes evidence on home energy efficiency and demand reduction looking at a range of...
Industry gives mixed reaction to Autumn Statement
Industry gave a mixed response to a Spending Review that saw a further down grading of energy efficiency policy, the continuation of the Renewable Heat Incentive, and new money for construction of a sizeable number of new homes. Responding to the Spending Review and...
SEA response to Amber Rudd’s energy policy speech November 18th
Dave Sowden, Chief Executive of the Sustainable Energy Association (SEA) stated: "Today the Government has outlined its intentions for the energy market of tomorrow. "Whilst there is an over-emphasis on supply-side solutions, there are a number of welcome remarks in...
Why are renewable heat customers getting cold feet?
In my capacity as Policy and Public Affairs Manager at the Sustainable Energy Association (SEA) I have received a number of calls in recent weeks from concerned members asking for advice following disappointing Government announcements. Policies...
BBC One News – Dave Sowden speaks about the impact of Mark Group job losses
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgjNleps9wA Dave Sowden, CEO of the Sustainable Energy Association speaks to BBC One about recent news that leading energy efficiency and solar energy firm Mark Group UK has gone into administration with the loss of almost 1000 jobs....