40% of companies do nothing to tackle energy efficiency

Nov 2011: 40% of companies do nothing to tackle energy efficiency The Environment Agency’s Performance League Table which ranks the energy efficiency of major organisations highlights that 40 per cent of organisations have not taken steps to improve their energy management.  Of the 2,103 companies ranked, 803 tied for last place, all with zero points. [...]

Smart Buildings don’t have to be expensive

Oct 2011: Centrally-managed heating, lighting, cooling and ventilation systems can save money as well as reducing carbon emissions in the commercial built environment. ICT can assist through a building management system that makes the running of buildings more energy efficient and could reduce carbon emissions by 15% by 2020. Click for further information: http://bit.ly/tsG6v4

Collaborate to reduce CO2 in commercial buildings

September 2011: Owners and building occupiers need to work together to achieve energy and carbon savings. Energy wastage is an unnecessary cost to business and detrimental to industry efforts to reduce CO2. Significant cost and carbon savings can be made in all commercial buildings. Important to remember that the majority of commercial building stock that [...]

An argument for green expertise

September 2011: The UK needs a regulator in place for sustainable building improvements and retro-fitting to ensure that the Green Deal is not a fad. Focus needs to be on buildings being flexible enough to deal with the challenges of climate change. Consideration given to building configuration such as sporadically used spaces being placed on [...]

Brits insulate for winter

September 2011: Almost 300,000 insulation measures such as loft and cavity wall insulation have been installed in British homes over the past three months, new figures published today reveal. This brings the total number of British homes that have adequate loft insulation to 58% and cavity wall insulation present in 58% of homes with cavities. [...]

Government leading the way on energy efficiency of its buildings

July 2011: The government has announced that carbon emissions for their whole estate are down by 14% in the last year.  This equates to over 100,000 tonnes less of CO2 production in a year.  Bills are down by over £13 million with a targeted 25% reduction by 2015.  The increased efficiency of buildings is seen [...]

Homes missing out on Energy Savings

June 2011: New figures released this week reveal that nearly half of Britain’s homes do not have adequate basic insulation and are throwing away at least £100 in wasted energy payments every year. The latest lagging statistics show that only 57% of Britain’s lofts have been properly insulated and only 58% of cavity walls have [...]

DECC plans for Green Deal

June 2011: Climate Change Minister Greg Barker has set out plans to ensure the Green Deal won’t rip off consumers. The Green Deal is the government’s flagship energy saving plan to transform the country’s homes to make them warmer and cheaper to run. From next year, people will be able to access up to £10,000 [...]

All landlords face Minimum Energy Efficiency Standard

May 2011 Chris Huhne, energy and climate change secretary, announced the proposals at the second reading of the Energy Bill in parliament this week for all landlords to face minimum energy efficiency standards. Under the measures, from April 2016 landlords will not be able to refuse reasonable requests from tenants or local authorities to improve [...]

UK Emissions rose in 2010

April 2011 UK CO2 emissions rose 3.8% in 2010, with all greenhouse gas emissions up 2.8%, according statistics from the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC). It’s reported that while emissions increased by less than 4% in the energy supply and business sectors, residential sector levels soared by 13.4%, taking household emissions to their [...]