The UK needs an army of 'retrofit technicians' to reach net zero

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The UK needs an army of 'retrofit technicians' to reach net zero

Ministers must urgently address a growing green skills chasm in the home retrofit sector that threatens to derail the UK’s decarbonisation agenda, argues the CSE's Ian Preston

In light of the current eye-wateringly steep increases in the cost of heating, the Association for Decentralised Energy (ADE), wrote to the UK government earlier this year demanding urgent action to reduce...

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