MP’s ode for zero carbon

The Energy and Climate Change Committee of MP’s has said in a recent report that government should reinstate zero carbon standards for new homes and implement a host of new policies to domestic energy efficiency.

The Committee said the zero carbon homes policy, which was originally set up under the coalition government in a bid to curb emissions from all new homes, should either be reinstated or replaced with a new similar policy to ensure new homes generate no net carbon emissions and do not require costly energy efficiency retrofits in the future.

Allen Creedy who leads on ethical partnership’s work on climate change endorsed Angus MacNeil, chair of the committee and SNP MP statement;

 “We need to ensure all new houses are super insulated and fit for the future by reintroducing a zero carbon homes policy, especially as many building companies are prepared to deliver it” 

Housebuilders were aghast when the Chancellor announced last July the scrapping of the regulations, which had been due to come into effect in 2016. A similar standard for non-residential buildings, set to be implemented in 2019, was also postponed.

Allen shares their concern and supports the letter sent to the government;

“The lessening of our ambition  will mean our future homes, offices, schools and factories will be more costly to run, locking future residents and building users into higher energy bills….. reinstating zero carbon policy could reduce the complexity of the previous standard and ensure the government’s attempts to improve domestic energy efficiency is integrated with efforts to decarbonise the heat sector”.

 Allen is critical of the lack of urgency

“The UK has some of the most inefficient and heat-leaking housing in the world – if we invested in warmer and more energy efficient homes we would all  win, householders would have lower energy bills and warmer more comfortable homes to live in. it would also improve energy security, cut the UK’s contribution to climate change and reduce costs by not unnecessarily generating more energy than we need.”

 

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