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Time to treasure this financial no-brainer
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avid Cameron’s declarations that his coalition government will become the greenest ever are in danger of looking hollow, if he fails to overturn Chancellor
There is no excuse for not amending the Energy Bill to extend Display Energy Certificates to the commercial sector as soon as possible
George Osborne’s ill-thought-out opposition to a proposed amendment to the Energy Bill, which is expected to become law in the autumn. The amendment would make it mandatory for commercial buildings to hold a Display Energy Certificate (DEC) in the way that many public buildings are required to do. The change not only makes overriding sense in terms of cutting carbon emissions, it is also a financial no-brainer; which may explain why, in the face of the Treasury’s obstinacy, three other government departments (Energy, Communities and Business) appear to be backing the proposal. As CIBSE has pointed out, the use of DECs in government buildings has helped to save £13m from energy bills. The institution and other bodies have written to Osborne to press their case (see page 6); and the arguments are devastatingly simple. Many businesses do not know just how poorly their buildings are performing. DECs provide the data on energy use – information that is essential for a business to be able to look at exactly where energy is being wasted, and what needs to be done to make savings. It has been proven that the resulting lower energy bills will far outweigh the costs of DECs. The payback is not just in financial terms. Cameron and Osborne should be concerned about their low carbon legacy – in short, how did they deliver on the highly challenging targets to cut Britain’s emissions? The planned Green Deal and ‘green bank’ won’t be enough. With 17% of the UK’s emissions coming from energy used in non-domestic buildings, there is no excuse for not amending the Energy Bill so that DECs can be extended to the commercial sector as soon as possible. Come on, George, you know it makes sense.
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