The Merton Rule and Local Plans (On-site renewable energy requirements)
All Local Authorities are required by government to publish a ‘Local Plan’ in which they set out their proposals to reduce local energy use and carbon emissions.In 2002 Merton Council developed a ground breaking local plan which required new developments to supply 10% of their energy use from on-site renewable sources. Many local authorities, including all those in Greater London have increased the requirement to 20%. Increasing numbers of local authorities are have adopting it and many more are developing similar ‘On-site renewable energy requirement’ plans.
If you don’t already have SBEM calculations for your development we can recommend an assessor. Once you have SBEM calculations we can quickly put together a quote for a Renewable Energy system that will achieve the requirement.