by omitchell | Sep 20, 2017 | News
In advance of Climate Week NYC 2017 RE100 campaign recruit’s new members to commit to 100% renewable energy. The RE100 Campaign run in partnership with the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), has signed up new members. Estée Lauder, Kellogg’s, DBS Bank and Clif Bar have...
by omitchell | Sep 18, 2017 | News
After reaching their 2020 carbon reduction target four years early, BT sets a new target to reach by 2030. In 2008 BT set themselves a target by 2020 of reducing their carbon emissions by 80%. This was set against a 1996 baseline and has been achieved four years...
by omitchell | Sep 12, 2017 | News
New research has revealed that households who invest in energy efficient technologies will see a reduction in their energy bills Research conducted by the UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC) and University of Sussex Centre on ‘Innovation and Energy Demand’ has revealed...
by omitchell | Sep 7, 2017 | News
Highways England undertake improvement works installing LED lighting on UK motorway, making it the first motorway in the UK to use energy efficient lighting Over 1,600 street lights have been exchanged with energy efficient lighting on a UK motorway. Improvement works...
by omitchell | Sep 6, 2017 | News
Low-income homes across England and Wales are to be accommodated with solar panels under a new scheme backed by the government. The renewable energy company Solarplicity will partner with social housing providers across England and Wales, installing solar panels free...
by omitchell | Aug 9, 2017 | News
The Welsh government are consulting on plans to decarbonise its public sector by 2030, in order to help the UK reach its targets of reducing its carbon emissions by at least 80% by 2050. Lesley Griffiths, the Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Rural Affairs, has...
by omitchell | Aug 8, 2017 | News
One in ten rental properties in England and Wales fail to meet the new Minimum Energy Performance Standards. According to figures published by the government, more than 400,000 properties across England and Wales could be unlettable when the new Minimum Energy...
by omitchell | Jul 6, 2017 | News
Organisations can start working on their energy audits and identifying energy saving opportunities as Phase 2 of ESOS starts. The Energy Saving Opportunity Scheme (ESOS) is a mandatory energy assessment scheme for organisations in the UK who employ 250 or more people...
by omitchell | Jul 5, 2017 | News
In the first quarter of 2017, renewable’s such as solar, wind and hydro generated more than a quarter of the UK’s electricity setting a new record. Data which was released by the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), revealed that within...
