Mitsubishi Electric has welcomed the government’s release of another £940m for Phase 4 of the Public Sector Decarbonisation Fund.
According to a statement, the fund aims to help Local Authorities remove gas heating from their buildings.
Mitsubishi Electric has called on the government to look at similar initiatives to reduce carbon in the private sector.
Since 2020, the Public Sector Decarbonisation Fund has made over £3.6bn available to help decarbonise schools, libraries, town halls and other public buildings. The statement added that this has led to many examples of gas heating being replaced with low carbon renewable heating and hot water systems.
The Public Sector Decarbonisation Fund highlights the significant opportunity that commercial buildings can deliver, it noted.
Chris Newman, zero carbon design manager for Mitsubishi Electric, said: “There are over 2m ‘non-domestic’ buildings in the UK and they are responsible for around 18% of the UK’s carbon emissions, so we are calling on the government to look at how they can support commercial businesses in moving away from gas.
“We know that the government is already looking at trying to balance the price difference between electricity and gas. It may be time to also look at other incentives to help businesses decarbonise their buildings which will help the UK drive towards our legally binding net zero targets.”