Guidance and regulation

Guidance for landlords of domestic private rented property on how to comply with the 2018 ‘Minimum Level of Energy Efficiency’ standard (EPC band E).

• From: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and 1 others
• Updated: 13 April 2023

Find out if you qualify for ESOS and how to comply.

• From: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and 2 others
• Updated: 19 March 2024

Phase 3 of the IETF provides grant funding for feasibility and engineering studies, and for the deployment of industrial energy efficiency and deep decarbonisation projects.

• From: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
• Updated: 7 February 2024

• IETF Phase 3 Spring 2024: Questions with responses

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Overview of how a home's energy performance is calculated using the Standard Assessment Procedure (SAP).

• From: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and 1 others
• Updated: 13 December 2023

Smart meters put consumers in control of their energy use, allowing them to adopt energy efficiency measures that can help save money on their energy bills and offset price increases.

• From: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and 1 others
• Updated: 14 October 2021

Guidance to landlords of privately rented non-domestic property on complying with the 2018 ‘Minimum Level of Energy Efficiency’ standard (EPC band E).

• From: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
• Updated: 13 April 2023

Qualification, compliance and notification requirements for ESOS.

• From: Environment Agency
• Updated: 29 November 2023

List of local authorities awarded funding under the second phase of the Home Upgrade Grant (HUG 2) to be delivered from April 2023 until March 2025.

• From: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
• Updated: 22 March 2023

Find a qualified installer to replace your boiler with a heat pump.

• From: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and 1 others
• Updated: 5 July 2022

Funding to improve the energy performance of social homes in England.

• From: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
• Updated: 14 February 2024

Funding for local authorities to improve the energy performance and heating systems of off gas grid homes in England.

• From: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
• Updated: 28 March 2024

The Heat Network Efficiency Scheme supports performance improvements to existing district heating or communal heating projects.

• From: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and 1 others
• Updated: 25 March 2024

If you work in heat networks, you could get up to £500 towards the cost of heat network training.

• From: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
• Updated: 23 February 2024

Guidance for householders who suspect they have had faulty cavity wall insulation installed at their properties, or have been contacted by a claims management company.

• From: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and 1 others
• Updated: 14 October 2019

The IETF provides grant funding for feasibility and engineering studies, and for the deployment of industrial energy efficiency and deep decarbonisation projects.

• From: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and 1 others
• Updated: 13 September 2023

Guidance for insulating suspended timber floors.

• From: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and 1 others
• Updated: 8 July 2020

How to participate in the Green Deal as an assessor, provider or installer, including certification and compliance with the Code of Practice

• From: Closed organisation: Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
• Updated: 12 August 2013

First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

£778 million has been offered to 107 projects for Wave 2.1 of the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund. Match funding from Wave 2.1 applicants provides an additional £1.1 billion.

• From: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
• Updated: 30 August 2023

Emerging techniques on how to prevent or minimise the environmental impacts of post-combustion carbon dioxide capture.

• From: Environment Agency
• Updated: 27 March 2024

The Public Sector Low Carbon Skills Fund provides grants for public sector bodies to access skills and expertise to unlock heat decarbonisation on their estate.

• From: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
• Updated: 12 July 2023