Government slammed for ‘shocking’ failure on retrofit

By Joey Gardiner2022-06-29T10:22:00

UK’s official advisor on climate policy also brands lack of zero carbon homes standard as ‘scandalous’

The Climate Change Committee has delivered a damning verdict on the government’s “shocking” failure to retrofit existing homes, with the committee’s chair describing the attempt to already put in place a zero carbon new build housing standard as “scandalous”.

The Climate Change Committee’s (CCC) latest progress report on delivering the government’s net zero commitment said that the UK was not currently on course to meet its 2050 Net Zero target, with the failure to set out a clear strategy for insulating existing homes a “shocking gap in policy”.

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