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UK government urged to change regulations so new homes incorporate solar panels, heat pump, high-grade insulation and battery storage

Researchers hope £16m temperature-controlled chamber can stress test green tech to help make houses energy efficient

Scientists hope the £16m temperature-controlled research facility at the University of Salford will show how to make new-builds more energy efficient

But there is a far bigger nasty concealed in the document that was hardly reported: a proposal that the sale of properties be banned from 2028 unless they score at least a grade C in an energy performance certificate (EPC).

Welsh scheme will factor in home’s energy efficiency into lenders’ affordability calculations

Complaints about ‘green crap’ have been a convenient excuse for governments unable or unwilling to intervene and cap suppliers’ prices

These ones won’t be blown away and could keep the energy wolves at bay by cutting fuel bills by up to 90%, say team behind the project in Bristol

GDP stats reveal same brand of unsustainable debt-led growth behind worst financial crisis since Great DepressionJames Meadway, a former UK government policy adviser at the Treasury, has criticised Chancellor George Osborne's...

Construction industry leaders say efficiency regulation delays are preventing building of new homes and deterring investmentGovernment dithering over proposed higher standards for energy efficiency in new homes is threatening...

Returns on investments in renewable energy and housing could offer 5% over a 25 year period, says Matt Smith of the CDFI Key FundCDFIs could recoup some of their best and longest returns through investing in renewable energy...

Many of us dream of one day designing and building our own house – and with economic issues ravaging many countries around the globe and ensuing mortgage crises, it’s not surprising that the self-build is becoming...

Many of us dream of one day designing and building our own house. And no wonder – with economic issues ravaging many countries around the globe and ensuing mortgage crises, its not surprising that the self-build is...