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21 September 2017Statement on fire, public safety and the Buildings Regulations Review
MIMA welcomes the review of Buildings Regulations but would like to see this review go much further and consider other potentially high occupancy buildings where speed of escape is likely to be constrained such as schools, hospitals and care homes and other high rise non-domestic buildings which appear to fall outside of the Building Regulations review Terms of Reference.
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28 July 2017
MIMA statement on the BRE cladding testing
MIMA welcomes the BRE cladding tests instructed by DCLG and is fully cooperating with both DCLG and the BRE.
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21 September 2016
MIMA comments on the Prime Minister’s announcement that the UK will ratify the Paris Agreement by the end of 2016 21st September 2016
MIMA is encouraged to hear the Prime Minister’s announcement today that the UK will ratify the Paris Agreement by the end of this year, and must now focus on putting in place the national policy framework necessary to deliver on the agreement and the UK’s own climate objectives.
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01 September 2016MIMA comments on Bright Blue’s Green Conservatism report
Sarah Kostense-Winterton, Executive Director at MIMA comments on the new report from Bright Blue’s Green Conservatism project on “Better homes: incentivising home energy improvements”
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07 July 2016Superglass CEO takes helm of the UK’s representative insulation body
Superglass Chief Executive Ken Munro has been appointed chairman of the mineral wool insulation manufacturers representative body, MIMA, taking over from David Travill, Managing Director at Isover Saint Gobain.
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24 June 2016
MEPs calls for the Commission to drive energy efficiency by making it a European energy infrastructure priority
MIMA reaction to European report on the Energy Efficiency Directive
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14 April 2016MIMA comments on the NAO report on the Green Deal:
Sarah Kostense-Winterton, Executive Director at MIMA comments on the NAO’s report on the Green Deal
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08 April 2016MIMA comment on the launch of Bright Blue's Green Conservatism project
Sarah Kostense-Winterton, Executive Director at MIMA comments on today’s launch of Bright Blue’s Green Conservatism project,
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16 March 2016MIMA comments on the Energy and Climate Change report on home energy efficiency and demand reduction
Sarah Kostense-Winterton, Executive Director of MIMA comments: “It is extremely encouraging that the influential committee of MPs have recognised that making energy efficiency of our homes must become a key national infrastructure priority. It has long been recognised that investment in the fabric of buildings and in their energy efficiency has a positive effect on economic growth by increasing productivity and attracting investment, as well as providing public goods and boosting employment in the construction and other sectors. It is a strategic infrastructure need.”
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26 November 2015
The Mineral Wool Manufacturers Association (MIMA) has today responded to the Spending Review and Autumn Statement
MIMA along with leading businesses and charities have come together in the lead up to the Spending Review to urge the Government to recognise energy efficiency as a national infrastructure priority and to use capital funds to improve our homes across the UK the homes that are the draughtiest in Western Europe.
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10 November 2015
MIMA responds to the HM Treasury consultation on reforming the business energy efficiency tax landscape
The Mineral Wool Insulation Manufacturers Association (MIMA) has responded to the HMT Treasury consultation on reforming the business energy efficiency tax landscape and has called for the Government to:
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06 November 2015Stamp duty nudges are the clear winner to deliver energy efficiency for UK consumers
At a MIMA supported Energy Efficiency 'Dragons Den' style policy event at Policy Exchange today, four energy efficiency experts pitched their policy solutions to four policy dragons.
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30 October 2015
MIMA supports Energy Efficiency 'Dragon’s Den' policy event with Policy Exchange
Along with the European Climate Foundation, Knauf Insulation and Willmott Dixon, the Mineral Wool Insulation Manufacturers Association (MIMA) is supporting adragons den style event with Policy Exchange on Friday 6th November at which a number of expertswill pitch their policy ideas onhow to incentivise households to adopt energy efficiency measures,to be critiqued by a panel of policy dragons.
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30 October 2015
MIMA calls for Europe to be tough and support energy efficiency in response to EU Commission consultation
In support of the response to the EU Commission, Sarah Kostense-Winterton, Executive Director at MIMA said: “EU Member States should be encouraged to account for the full range of benefits that energy efficiency has for their economy and their populations, young and old. The EU Commission has a responsibility to recognise its role in this process.”
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