§ Mr. ColvinTo ask the Secretary of State for Energy if he will introduce a single agreed national scale for the energy efficiency rating of(a) domestic dwellings and (b) commercial and industrial premises.
§ Mr. Heathcoat-AmoryThere are two commercially available energy labelling schemes for the housing sector both based on the Building Research Establishment's domestic energy model (BREDEM). My Energy Efficiency Office (EEO) in co-operation with the Department of the Environment and the Building Research Establishment (BRE) is working with the National Energy Foundation and MVM-Starpoint, the two organisations providing energy labelling services, to find an acceptable means of making a reliable and simple comparison between the two rating systems.
So far as commercial and industrial buildings are concerned, there is no established labelling scheme at 244W present. The EEO is in touch with developments at BRE and elsewhere and will keep the need for Government involvement under review.