A new journal article proposes a framework exploring the way policies affect sustainability transitions.
Tag: zero carbon homes
Journal Article
Energy Performance Certificates and renting in Brighton – From “nice to know” to improved houses?
Usually as a researcher I base my insights on the research and systematic empirical studies I carry out. However, on this particular occasion, the insights are of a more personal nature. Having started to do research on building energy efficiency policies about a year ago, I was interested to be faced with one specific policy …
The scrapping of the zero carbon homes undermines trust in government’s commitment to energy efficiency
The government’s decision to scrap the zero carbon homes target plus the equivalent for non-domestic houses is a major setback for achieving a low carbon UK and will undermine the credibility of the policy mix on building energy efficiency and beyond. The zero carbon homes target was announced in 2006 and, as the name suggests, …
Tackling the existing building stock as a real energy policy priority
By Mari Martiskainen and Florian Kern, Centre on Innovation and Energy Demand, SPRU Those familiar with the UK’s energy efficiency policy for buildings are aware that back in 2006 the then Labour government announced that all new domestic buildings would need to be ‘zero carbon’ from 2016 to help meet the government’s energy and climate …
