Commentary on Sections Energy Efficiency
25.Section 12 amends section 1 of the Sustainable Energy Act 2003 (‘Annual reports on progress made towards sustainable energy aims’) to add an obligation on the Secretary of State to report annually on progress towards a target set out in section 217(1) of the Housing Act 2004. The target is to “take reasonable steps to ensure that by 2010 the general level of energy efficiency of residential accommodation in England has increased by at least 20 per cent compared with the general level of such energy efficiency in 2000”.