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Sustainability - the government's agenda
Friday, 1st July 2011
With heating, lighting and cooling in buildings being responsible for some 60% of the nation’s carbon emissions, the Government is looking to the built environment to contribute substantially to the UK’s achievement of zero carbon status by 2060.
Government places significant importance on this target, not only for environmental reasons but also considering long term concerns over the provision and security of the nation’s energy supply. These aims towards low and zero carbon technologies will be the subject of increasing focus in the years ahead and the Government is supporting its aims by the introduction of tighter building regulations.
Government has also introduced two further initiatives:
The Green Deal Initiative – which is expected to come into effect in the autumn of 2012, and is designed to fund energy and efficiency improvements in residential and commercial buildings by allowing customers to pay for the work through their energy bills across a 20 year period.
The Renewable Heat Incentive – this aims to increase the use of renewable technologies in heat generation from the current level of 1% to 12% by 2020. Government is currently considering the financial support it will give to this scheme and will further consider the benefits to building owners in terms of ‘feed in’ tariffs that will be available via the scheme.
If you would like further information about these items, please visit www.mech-elec.org.uk
