Heat resilience and sustainable cooling

Environmental Audit Committee Closed Inquiry
Opened: 3 Jul 2023 Closed: 22 May 2024 Parliament page
The Environmental Audit Committee is undertaking a short inquiry into Heat resilience and sustainable cooling . It will look at the relationship between heat and health; examine the adequacy of current Government policies in relation to current and future need for cooling; and consider what measures could be taken to … Read more
19 Recommendations
3 Conclusions
1 Report
2 Oral sessions
1 Letter
2 Events
Activity timeline 7 events
22 May
2024
Correspondence
30 Apr
2024
Report published
31 Jan
2024
Report published
25 Oct
2023
Oral evidence
25 Oct
2023
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 6, Palace of Westminster
18 Sep
2023
Oral evidence
18 Sep
2023
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 5, Palace of Westminster
Oral evidence sessions 2 sessions
25 Oct 2023
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panel one; panel two
Adrian Dobson · Royal Institute of British Architects Councillor Linda Taylor · Local Government Association Eleni Myrivili · UN Habitat Francis Heil · AtkinsRéalis Omar Abdelaziz · The American University in Cairo Professor Elizabeth Robinson · Grantham Research Institute, London School of Economics
18 Sep 2023
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David Broom · Kensa Contracting Dr Chiara Delmastro · International Energy Agency (IEA) Dr Eric Laurentius Peterson · University of Leeds Dr Laurence Wainwright · The Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, University of Oxford Martin Passingham · Daikin UK Professor Jason Lowe OBE · Met Office Hadley Centre Professor Lea Berrang Ford · UK Health Security Agency
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Fifth Report - Heat resilience and sustainable cooling HC 279 31 Jan 2024 22 Responded
Recommendations & Conclusions
1 result
Clear
10 Recommendation Accepted in Part
Fifth Report - Heat resilience and…
Establish a comprehensive national retrofit programme to adapt UK housing stock for net zero and comfort.
We therefore recommend that the Government establish a comprehensive national retrofit programme to adapt the UK’s housing stock for both net zero and thermal comfort. The programme should include the following elements to maximise its impact and minimise costs: • … Read more
Government Response
The government partially accepted the recommendation, detailing existing progress, the extension of the Boiler Upgrade Scheme, and a £6 billion support package, including £500 million for a new local authority retrofit scheme. They also highlighted a research programme to support the development of policy levers for adapting building stock for net zero and thermal comfort.
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Government Response AI assessment · 22 of 19 classified
Accepted 7
Accepted in Part 1
Acknowledged 1
Deferred 9
Rejected 4
Total 19 recs + 3 conclusions
Correspondence 1 letter
22 May 2024 To committee Letter from the EAC Chair to the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, relating to the 'Heat resilience and sustainable cooling' inquiry, dated 21 May 2024
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