The government is not on track to meet its warm homes targets
By David Lennan , Chairman, National Warm Homes Council The Energy Saving Trust and leading home and decarbonisation organisations wrote to the energy minister last week to highlight the key areas that must be addressed in the government’s Warm Homes Plan (WHP), which is expected to be unveiled in the summer. For the WHP to achieve success, the Trust is calling for a boost to public awareness on the net-zero transition, better access to funding and finance to overcome the upfront costs to making home-efficiency improvements, and greater support for the retrofit supply chain. The WHP is being launched at a time when millions of families are still reeling from rising energy prices and fuel poverty. The Plan commits to investing £13.2bn to lower bills and emissions while making homes warmer and improving energy security. As part of this investment, the government plans to upgrade five million homes over this parliament. However, the government is moving too slowly to mee...