<p data-pm-slice="1 1 []">From February 2025, the UK government is consulting on raising the minimum energy efficiency standards (MEES) in the residential private rented sector in an attempt to lower carbon emissions, improve energy efficiency, deal with fuel consumption issues and make homes easier to heat. This '<a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67a4e511baccec3af36b3c70/improving-the-energy-performance-of-prs-homes-consultation-document.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Privately Rented Energy Performance Consultation</a>' remains open until 2 May 2025.</p>
The Privately Rented Energy Performance Consultation is separate to a consultation (released in December 2024) on reforms to the Energy Performance of Buildings Framework, which considers using new metrics for assessing energy performance ('<a href="https://consult.communities.gov.uk/energy-performance-of-buildings/consultation-on-reforms-to-epb/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">EPB Framework Consultation'</a>) and is open until 26 February 2025.