Another test to see how stupid #Starmer and the current #Labour administration think the electorate are .
If he thinks he can water down proposed requirements to include batteries with new build homes and no one will notice he’s the short term thinking fool.
Most social housing tenants question why they are currently offered #solar panels but no battery storage.
‘Jan Rosenow, a professor of energy at Oxford’s Environmental Change Institute, said failing to include batteries was a “missed opportunity … installing a battery at the point of construction is cheaper and less disruptive than retrofitting later”
“Housing developers in this country have a track record of pushing back against requirements that enhance energy performance of homes. We have seen this with insulation, heat pumps and other technologies.”’
