Source · Select Committees · Energy Security and Net Zero Committee
Recommendation 8
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Energy Performance Certificates deter consumers from low carbon heating due to cost-based bias.
Conclusion
We are deeply concerned that Energy Performance Certificates, as currently calibrated, provide some consumers with poorly conceived advice and have a strong bias against low carbon, but initially more expensive, heating systems. As a cost-based metric, Energy Performance Certificates are not, as they stand, an effective tool for decarbonising UK homes. To the contrary, they are deterring consumers from making the switch to low carbon heating. (Conclusion, Paragraph 62)
Government Response
A response document is linked to this report, dated 18 August 2025. Response attribution to this conclusion has not been verified. Read the response document ↗