Through its membership, BCIA will continue to highlight the vital role that building energy management systems (BEMS) can play in improving energy performance, reducing consumption and supporting a more efficient built environment.

The Government's focus on technical skills, employer engagement and work-ready learning reflects an approach that is already delivering success within the building controls sector.

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.

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).

If the UK is to meet its legally binding climate targets while supporting economic growth and public service resilience, it must confront a critical policy blind spot: the decarbonisation of non-domestic buildings. The Government’s Warm Homes Plan reinforces the importance of energy efficiency, yet its focus on the domestic sector leaves a substantial share of energy use, emissions and economic opportunity largely unaddressed.