Ahead of a hearing on Tuesday 12th March with
home developers on delivering energy efficiency measures,
the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Committee has published written evidence submitted
to its energy efficiency
inquiry.
The Committee is examining the Government’s overall approach to
delivering energy efficiency improvements to buildings and
whether it is showing enough ambition in encouraging homeowners,
businesses and landlords to upgrade.
The 65 written evidence submissions published today are available
on the Committee’s website
here (list attached with individual links). Those
submitting evidence include industry groups, academics, charities
and local authorities. Submissions cover whether Government
policy is sufficient to meet targets set out in the Clean Growth
Strategy and whether energy efficiency should be made a national
infrastructure priority.
Next week’s session will first hear from climate change think
tank E3G, environmental charity Changeworks and energy firm E.ON
on whether enough is being done to encourage the uptake of energy
efficiency measures within the able to pay market.
The second panel featuring construction firms Melius Homes,
Persimmon and Barratt Homes will focus on the role of new build
developers in the delivery of energy efficient homes. The
Committee on Climate Change has found that the energy efficiency
performance of new homes often falls below what is designed and
that homes being built today will need to be retrofitted in the
future.
Witness schedule:
Tuesday 12th March, Committee Room 16,
Palace of Westminster
At 10am
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Ed Matthew, Associate Director, E3G
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Teresa Bray, Chief Executive, Changeworks
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Michael Lewis, Chief Executive Officer,
E.ON UK
At 10.45am
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David Adams, Technical Director, Melius
Homes
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Peter Jordan, Group Planning &
Strategic Land Director, Persimmon Homes
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David Thomas, Group Chief Executive,
Barratt Developments
