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Leading environmental and clean energy experts, Sharpe Pritchard LLP, is proud to announce it has again been recognised for a second consecutive year in the prestigious Legal 500 Green Guide, solidifying its position as a leader in environmental law. The ranking underscores the firm’s commitment to sustainability through environmental advocacy and innovative projects and initiatives….
Read more27 November 2023
What are the new topic areas for the Green Steves? This Autumn and moving into the Spring of next year, the Green Steves papers are going to take a different route. Having covered a wide range of climate change and energy issues in the preceding publications, this time we are going to take a deeper…
Read more14 September 2023
Download PDF Introduction This series of papers from the Green Steves is to discuss key elements of the green agenda in the context of local government and to highlight opportunities for action. In the last paper (Paper 9 – The Role of Hydrogen in Decarbonisation Plans), we said that the subject might be seen as…
Read more18 July 2023
Download PDF Part one: Why Retrofit? Some background first The Climate Change Act 2008 sets a legal target for the UK to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 80% of the 1990 baseline by 2050. In June 2019, secondary legislation was passed that extended that target to 100% (“Net Zero”). The pathway to 2050…
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Download PDF Part Two: Legislation governing retrofit energy efficiency measures Scope The Building Regulations 2010 (“Building Regulations”) are the main piece of legislation setting out the building control regime in England and Wales, which is relevant to retrofit energy efficiency measures. The Building Regulations derive from the Building Act 1984 and the Building Regulations came…
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Download PDF Part Three: Obligations on local authorities to retrofit Summary There are currently no obligations on local authorities (‘LAs’) to retrofit the built environment in England. However, LAs will be subject to improved energy standards from 2025 that apply when refurbishments are carried out, thus leading to retrofit energy efficiency measures. In the meantime,…
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