More than 6 million UK households may now be unable to heat their homes.
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The technology exists, but homeowners aren’t being swayed by subsidies.
A home energy efficiency drive can shield households from mounting gas and electricity bills.
Green buildings can cost more than conventional structures, but the small increase has noticeable benefits for those working and living within them.
Means-testing support for fuel-poor households will leave millions in hardship.
Lessons from ancient architecture can help us design buildings that provide comfort and convenience without costing the earth.
More than two-thirds of the world’s energy is wasted as heat. Thermoelectric materials can convert unwanted heat into electricity, but finding the best ones has been slow.
People in some areas are paying hundreds of pounds more to heat their homes every year.
A set of studies found people prefer incentives to disincentives, especially for individuals but also for businesses. They have views on clean energy and efficiency, too.
One-tenth of global emissions result from the production and supply of building materials – and the construction process itself.
Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s spending plans may thwart the government’s proposals for reach net zero.
The strategy is welcome, but does not go nearly far enough.
More ambitious plans for making the UK’s homes energy efficient could create 22,545 new full-time jobs.
The government’s failure to insulate housing stock has meant that households aren’t insulated from record energy prices.
Climate activists don’t have to be popular to achieve their goals.
Insulate Britain, a new environmental campaign group, is right to highlight the need for action on home insulation.
The cost of decarbonising the UK’s energy system is falling disproportionately on the poorest.
One quarter of monitored social housing properties recorded winter temperatures below World Health Organisation standards for more than 80% of winter, new research shows.
The ratings used to assess energy efficiency in homes throughout Europe are often inaccurate.
Heat pumps are the technology of choice for heating and cooling buildings more efficiently and with fewer carbon emissions than furnaces and air conditioning.
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