YouGov polling published today reveals overwhelming public support for mandatory solar panels under the Future Homes Standard.

The MCS Foundation has welcomed Government plans to compel boiler manufacturers to transition their businesses to sell more heat pumps, and to expand grant schemes for homeowners replacing fossil fuel boilers with heat pumps.

The growth of the solar PV sector offers lessons for accelerating heat pump deployment, a new report by MCS and The MCS Foundation argues.

53% of teachers say they do not know enough to inform young people about green careers opportunities, according to a report launched today for Green Careers Week.

Measures to support decarbonisation of home heating in today’s Budget have been welcomed by The MCS Foundation, although there is still a long way to go.

A pilot aiming to drive increased retrofit demand and build supply chain capacity through local collaboration and coordination has launched in four local areas.

The Government’s apparent failure to require solar panels on all new builds is extremely disappointing, and represents an enormous missed opportunity.

A cross-party group of MPs have joined environmental and fuel poverty advocacy groups to call on the Government to make solar panels mandatory on all new build homes.

New research shows that households living in a typical semi-detached new build would save an average of £1,342 a year, if the Government mandates solar panels, heat pumps and battery storage for all new homes.

Homeowners are planning energy efficiency upgrades that for the most part will not have a significant impact on carbon emissions, according to a new report.