Energy Matters New report backs the case for diverse net zero solutions

The Sustainable Energy Association (SEA) and Partners have published a report that advocates a technologyagnostic approach to decarbonising buildings and tailoring solutions that achieve the best outcomes.

The report brings together expertise from across the industry to explain why incorporating a diverse range of low-carbon technologies into heat and buildings policy is crucial to delivering Net Zero.

The SEA has been a longtime promoter of a ‘fabric first’, holistic approach to decarbonising buildings, and argues that government policy should be based on an evidence-led, data-driven, bottom-up and technology-agnostic route to net zero. This means deploying the best technologies, in the right circumstances, for the best results.

The report also delves into issues beyond the fabric, which includes the heating system, onsite microgeneration, flexibility and of the most appropriate and effective low-carbon technology.

Jade Lewis, chief executive of the SEA, comments: “The SEA is steadfast in its commitments to deliver living and working spaces fit for future generations. To help us realise this vision, government policy for heat and buildings needs to be long term and joined-up, taking a fabric-first, holistic and technology-agnostic approach. This report lays the foundations as to why these policies should take into consideration a wider range of technologies, so that we can provide homes and buildings with the best solutions for net zero.”