{"id":44074,"date":"2025-09-12T16:58:03","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T15:58:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=44074"},"modified":"2025-09-12T16:58:03","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T15:58:03","slug":"25-5m-energy-efficiency-scheme-ees-evaluation-highlights-many-buildings-required-structural-works-before-energy-efficiency-measures-could-be-introduced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=44074","title":{"rendered":"\u00a325.5m Energy Efficiency Scheme (EES) evaluation highlights many buildings required structural works before energy efficiency measures could be introduced"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An evaluation of the government\u2019s \u00a325.5m Energy Efficiency Scheme (EES) concluded that many applicants\u2019 buildings required structural works before energy efficiency measures could be introduced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">GOV.UK writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2026 many of the applicant VCSEs\u2019 buildings were old, and interviews highlighted that there were often other, structural, works required before energy efficiency measures could be installed. This indicates a wider need for capital funding to address such challenges, to then enable VCSE organisations to participate in schemes such as the EES to reduce both their costs and their carbon footprint<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/energy-efficiency-scheme-evaluation-202425\/evaluation-of-the-energy-efficiency-scheme-full-report--3#outcomes-and-expected-impacts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read more&#8230;. <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.civilsociety.co.uk\/news\/funding-needed-for-charities-to-upgrade-old-buildings-says-government-report.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">See more background<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An evaluation of the government\u2019s \u00a325.5m Energy Efficiency Scheme (EES) concluded that many applicants\u2019 buildings required structural works before energy efficiency measures could be introduced.<\/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":[6,17,517,117,30,23,22,136],"class_list":["post-44074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog","tag-building","tag-climate-change","tag-efficiency","tag-energy","tag-environment","tag-expertise","tag-skills","tag-structures"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44074","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=44074"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44074\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44075,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44074\/revisions\/44075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=44074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=44074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}