UK Policy Check

1. The UK's carbon budgets set:
Legally binding five-year caps on national CO₂ emissionsThe traded price of carbon in the UK emissions marketVoluntary reduction goals for large listed companiesAnnual departmental spending limits on climate policy
2. What does an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) rate?
The renewable share of the electricity supplied to the buildingThe efficiency of the heating plant alone, tested annuallyThe building's modelled energy performance on a scale of A to GThe measured energy consumption of the building's occupants
3. Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (MEES) require:
Rented buildings to meet a minimum EPC rating to be letLandlords to publish tenants' energy consumption yearlyAll commercial buildings to reach net zero carbon by 2030New buildings to be built one EPC band above regulations
4. The UK's path to net zero involves:
Offsetting most current emissions through international creditsElectrified heat, decarbonised electricity, and efficiency everywhereAn immediate prohibition on new fossil-fuelled equipmentReplacing the gas grid wholesale with hydrogen by 2035

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