MEES – are the regulations working?

United Kingdom
14/12/2023
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MEES is a flagship policy to help the UK meet its net zero targets. But is there sufficient bite to these regulations?

CMS acts for commercial landlords of different sizes, in all sectors, across England and Wales. Our experience is that there has been almost zero engagement with MEES by the local authorities tasked to enforce the regulations. Is the experience of our clients, and CMS, a true reflection of the level of engagement? Curious to find out how the non-domestic MEES regulations are being enforced, we set out to test a simple hypothesis:

The risk of MEES enforcement is low.

If our hypothesis is correct, what are the implications for those with commercial property portfolios and for the government’s ambitious net zero targets for the built environment? This is the first of a series of articles that examines the MEES enforcement data we have collected and what it means for those owning, occupying, managing and investing in commercial property.

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