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Building rules have been focused on keeping warm in winter and saving on energy bills, not cooling down

Government is counting on tech to provide a panacea, but there may be simpler ways to keep climate goals on track

Government is counting on tech to provide a panacea, but there may be simpler ways to keep climate goals on track

Study finds wealthy have larger carbon footprints but are uniquely positioned to have positive effects

Growth in 2022 and 2023 was driven by soaring gas prices caused by Russia’s invasion, but 2024 saw sales slump

Designer Nina Woodcroft has created an energy-efficient family home that is also a useful conversation starter

Ed Miliband says funding pledge means Britain within ‘grasping distance’ of ‘secure, clean, unlimited energy’

Behaviour experts say misinformation shared in media and by other stakeholders is impeding uptake

Keir Starmer parrots a rightwing narrative against cutting emissions on a household level, writes Charlie Chamberlain. And Alastair Nisbet wants to bring back the feed-in tariff

Party donor Dale Vince warns that urging homeowners to switch to clean-power technology risks political storm bigger than Ulez

After 250,000 installations across the UK, we look at the devices central to Labour’s vision of a ‘home upgrade revolution’

His digital startup is spreading the word about heat pumps by offering training for installers, information for homeowners – and guaranteed efficiency

An electric-powered complex debuts with hundreds of ‘passive’ homes

Householders are angered by the discovery they cannot remortgage or sell their homes after installing spray-foam insulation to cut energy use

Our former environment correspondent had solar panels installed in 2010 and later added a heat pump. He’s totted up the energy generated and cash saved over the years