BSRIA welcomes the Government’s increased focus and support for low-carbon heating technologies and plans for curbing sales of fossil fuel boilers. However, the Heat and Buildings Strategy fails to tackle energy efficiency improvements in buildings on a wide enough scale.
The strategy concedes that the journey to Net Zero buildings starts with better energy performance and recognises that energy efficiency should be improved by adopting a ‘Fabric First’ approach, which prioritises measures to upgrade building fabric before making changes to the heating systems. Read More