A limit on the total amount of greenhouse
gasses to be emitted by the UK between 2023 to 2027 has been proposed to
cut Britain's emissions by 50% from 1990 levels and highlighting the
Governments commitment to being the greenest ever government.
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Tuesday, 17 May 2011
UK proposes Fourth Carbon Budget
Department of Energy and Climate Change - 17th May 2011
Today's proposal, set out by Energy and Climate Change
Secretary Chris Huhne, is in line with the advice from the independent
committee on Climate Change. It sets a fourth carbon budget of 1950
MtCO2e for the period that will span from 2023 to 2027, putting the UK
on course to cut emissions by at least 80" by 2050. The carbon budget
will place the British economy at the leading edge of a new global
industrial transformation and ensure low carbon energy security and
decarbonisation is achieved at least cost to the consumer.
Call for EPC's to be publicly available
Energy Saving Trust - 17th May 2011
Commenting on the second reading of the Energy Bill, Ian
Potter, operations manager or ARLA, made the proposals as there are
around 500,000 properties in the private residential sector that fall
into F and G ratings for energy performance.
However, he welcomed the decision by the government to give landlords until 2018 to make green home improvements as a practical one, as poor performing buildings account for 17 per cent of the market.
Mr Potter did stress concern that there is still little detail about how properties are to be made more efficient.
"So far, there is no clarity on how energy improvements will be assessed or enforced - or, importantly, how this assessment will be funded," he said.
Other proposals in the Bill include making it illegal for landlords to refuse reasonable requests from tenants to make their property more energy efficient from April 2016.
Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) should
be made publicly available so that properties failing to meet energy
efficiency standards can be easily identified, the Association of
Residential Letting Agents (ARLA) has stated.
However, he welcomed the decision by the government to give landlords until 2018 to make green home improvements as a practical one, as poor performing buildings account for 17 per cent of the market.
Mr Potter did stress concern that there is still little detail about how properties are to be made more efficient.
"So far, there is no clarity on how energy improvements will be assessed or enforced - or, importantly, how this assessment will be funded," he said.
Other proposals in the Bill include making it illegal for landlords to refuse reasonable requests from tenants to make their property more energy efficient from April 2016.
Wednesday, 11 May 2011
Huhne gets tough on landlords of draughty homes
Department of Energy and Climate Change - 10th May 2011
Under the proposals, announced at Second Reading of the Energy Bill:
From April 2016 landlords will not be able to refuse reasonable requests from tenants or local authorities acting on behalf of tenants, to improve their property;
From April 2018 the government will make it unlawful to rent out a house or business premise which has less than an "E" energy efficiency rating, ensuring at least 682,000 properties will have to be improved.
The Green Deal is the coalitions national plan of home improvements to make house and businesses cheaper to run through better energy efficiency, From next year people will be able to access finance to pay for the upfront cost of work which will be paid back through savins on lower fuel bills.
Energy and Climate Change secretary Chris Huhne
has today announced plans to introduce regulations to ensure that all
landlords would face minimum energy efficiency standards under the Green
Deal Plan.
From April 2016 landlords will not be able to refuse reasonable requests from tenants or local authorities acting on behalf of tenants, to improve their property;
From April 2018 the government will make it unlawful to rent out a house or business premise which has less than an "E" energy efficiency rating, ensuring at least 682,000 properties will have to be improved.
The Green Deal is the coalitions national plan of home improvements to make house and businesses cheaper to run through better energy efficiency, From next year people will be able to access finance to pay for the upfront cost of work which will be paid back through savins on lower fuel bills.
Tuesday, 3 May 2011
Air Conditioning Inspection Reports must be lodged on national register
racplus.com - 3rd May 2011
There are tens of thousands of air conditioning systems
used in England Wales and Northern Ireland. The great majority are of
more than 12kW rated output and they should all have been inspected by
5th January 2011 (or within 5 years if installed after 1st January 2008,
and slightly different dates apply in Northern Ireland).
Yet some landlords and occupiers just aren't bothering with inspections. Inevitably some systems are using more energy than they need, without delivering effective cooling to the end users.
The introduction of mandatory lodgement is a good opportunity to make clients aware of this new requirement, reminding them that they have a duty to have systems inspected and encourage them to get on and do it. For those that think its a burden, not a benefit, then they might be interested in recent case studies which show how they can pay for themselves within months.
From 1 July 2011, all Air Conditioning
Inspection Reports produced for systems in England, Wales and Northern
Ireland will need to be lodged on the national register. All systems
with an effective rated output over 12kW need to be inspected.
Yet some landlords and occupiers just aren't bothering with inspections. Inevitably some systems are using more energy than they need, without delivering effective cooling to the end users.
The introduction of mandatory lodgement is a good opportunity to make clients aware of this new requirement, reminding them that they have a duty to have systems inspected and encourage them to get on and do it. For those that think its a burden, not a benefit, then they might be interested in recent case studies which show how they can pay for themselves within months.
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