As part of its 25th anniversary celebrations, Elmhurst Energy has launched its new ‘Manifesto for Change’. The company believes its manifesto and its six measures will help to reduce energy consumption in the UK.
The six steps in the Manifesto include:
- Use the opportunities of Brexit to improve energy certificates
- Industry should work together to drive up the quality of energy certificates
- Government should devise and implement policies to deliver on their strategic targets
- Government need policies that focus on helping families out of fuel poverty
- Government to demand that energy certificates accurately reflect the current state of the property
- Industry extend the role of Energy Assessors to include best practice advice on how to reduce fuel bills and make homes warmer.
The manifesto is written in the knowledge that, by the end of 2019, the UK will have left the European Union and the requirements of the European Directive that demands EPCs will no longer apply.
Martyn Reed, Managing Director of Elmhurst Energy explains: “For the last five years Elmhurst Energy has developed a manifesto which we believe underlines the highest priority actions for government and industry to reduce fuel poverty, energy consumption and the impact of climate change.
“By documenting our views it provides a focus for the year ahead on which we will lobby and exert influence at every opportunity. Whilst we cannot claim all the credit, it is interesting to see that recent developments such as the Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (MEES) and the Clean Growth Strategy were both things that we had asked government to introduce, so maybe our efforts were rewarded!”
Click here to download a full copy of the manifesto.
