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A momentous 12 months awaits
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as 2011 the year when Britain had the ‘greenest government ever’, to quote ministers? Between them the departments for business, communities, and energy
and climate change worked hard at taking the energy-efficiency agenda for the built environment forward – only to be undermined by the Treasury, which let the whole construction industry down by refusing to include commercial Display Energy Certificates in the new Energy Act. This omission – along with other policy let-downs – prompted an
This really does need to be a year when institutions and groups work together to shape the fast-moving policy landscape
angry pre-Christmas open joint letter from several industry leaders, including the CIBSE president (see News, page 10). The concerns raised in this stinging missive are enough in themselves to consign the government’s ‘greenest ever’ claims to the dustbin. But it is also important to recognise that there are many key policies still to be brought to fruition, and that this will offer the industry some scope for pushing the changes in the right direction. As well as the Green Deal – which needs
much fleshing out in coming weeks and months before its autumn launch – a consultation on possible revisions to the Building Regulations in 2013 is due shortly.
Further changes being brought in this year under the European Performance of Buildings Directive will also have an impact. There’s no doubt that these developments will affect the whole built-environment supply chain, including manufacturers, contractors and clients, among others. So this really does need to be a year when institutions, groups and leading professionals across the sectors work together to collaboratively shape this fast-moving policy landscape. The joint letter mentioned above is one small but significant sign
that this is already happening. And, with Part L 2013 waiting in the wings, there’s no doubt that 2012 could prove to be a momentous year, although it is unlikely to be the greenest.
Bob Cervi, Editor
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