Increasingly, buildings are no longer judged simply by how they are designed to perform or whether they achieve a particular compliance standard. Instead, they are judged by how they actually perform throughout their operational life.

The Building Controls Industry Association (BCIA) welcomes the announcement. Raising the minimum standard from EPC E to EPC B sends a clear signal that improving building performance is becoming an increasingly pressing priority.

Commercial and public buildings risk being left behind in the UK's transition to net zero despite more than £40bn of funding, investment and policy support being directed towards building decarbonisation, according to the latest Policy Pulse report from the Building Controls Industry Association (BCIA).

BCIA welcomes the Government’s Warm Homes Plan but is disappointed that the Plan includes no new policies or funding commitments to support the decarbonisation of non-domestic buildings.