{"id":37735,"date":"2023-10-03T16:37:25","date_gmt":"2023-10-03T15:37:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=37735"},"modified":"2023-10-03T16:37:25","modified_gmt":"2023-10-03T15:37:25","slug":"riba-uk-homes-will-remain-least-energy-efficient-in-europe-without-government-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=37735","title":{"rendered":"RIBA: UK homes will remain least energy efficient in Europe without government support"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37736 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Rishi_Sunak_PM_031023.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>RIBA President Muyiwa Oki has responded to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak&#8217;s announcement that he plans to scale back key green policies.<\/h3>\n<h6><em>image for illustration &#8211; Open Government Licence v3.0<\/em><\/h6>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>RIBA writes:<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday 20 September 2023, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced plans to scale back key green policies.<\/p>\n<p>In response, RIBA President Muyiwa Oki said: \u2018The built environment is the UK\u2019s second highest carbon emitting sector. Despite concerted effort from architects, and our partners across the built environment, yesterday\u2019s announcement signals that the Government has no real intention to lead the charge towards net zero \u2013 and it is generations to come who will pay the heavy price.<\/p>\n<p>Millions of people in the UK are living in draughty, damp homes that are leaking energy and money. This announcement reverses the little policy progress the Government has made in upgrading our ageing and inefficient housing stock. Without consistent government signal, policy and investment, our homes will remain the least efficient in Europe for years and decades to come.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s time for leadership and ambition.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.architecture.com\/knowledge-and-resources\/knowledge-landing-page\/uk-homes-will-remain-least-energy-efficient-in-europe-without-government-support-says-riba\">https:\/\/www.architecture.com\/knowledge-and-resources\/knowledge-landing-page\/uk-homes-will-remain-least-energy-efficient-in-europe-without-government-support-says-riba<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak\u2019s speech see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/speeches\/pm-speech-on-net-zero-20-september-2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GOV.UK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>See The Prime Minister Rishi Sunak\u2019s new approach to Net Zero on <a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/live\/knPvAL2RKUE\">YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RIBA President Muyiwa Oki has responded to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak&#8217;s announcement that he plans to scale back key green policies. image for illustration &#8211; Open Government Licence v3.0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37735","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=37735"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37735\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37737,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37735\/revisions\/37737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}