The Construction Leadership Council (CLC) has published the second iteration of the National Retrofit Strategy, a 20-year blueprint for how the construction industry can work with government to retrofit the UK’s 28 million existing homes.
Following open consultation with the construction industry, the strategy now has over 50 supporter organisations.
In partnership with 38 signatories, the CLC has written to the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), enclosing the strategy, and calling on the government to adopt its themes within the content and implementation of the Heat and Buildings Strategy.
A copy of the letter to Rt Hon Kwasi Kwarteng MP is available here.
Mark Reynolds, deputy chair of the Construction Leadership Council, said: “Our homes account for 20% of UK carbon emissions and 35% of energy use. To deliver on the Prime Minister’s commitment to reduce carbon emissions by 78% by 2035, the construction industry must work with the Government and take action on reducing the environmental impact of our buildings. As an integral part of the CLC’s Co2nstruct Zero campaign, I am pleased that the National Retrofit Strategy is steadily gaining supporters ahead of United Nations Climate Change Conference in November.”
Brian Berry, Chair of the Council’s Domestic RMI Working Group, added: “The National Retrofit Strategy is a blueprint for making green home upgrades accessible to all British households. This will help make our homes more comfortable and cheaper to run. This strategy also has the potential to unlock 100,000 new jobs and save 2.53Mt of carbon dioxide in the first four years, in return for £5.3 billion of government investment. This will support the levelling-up agenda, helping us to build back better and greener.”
