A wind of change is surging through a council as it seeks to exploit the energy efficiency market. Fife Council plans to use wind turbines to generate income and reduce emissions.
The latest UK Small Business Index from the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) shows smaller companies are exuding a higher level of confidence at the turn of the 2012/13 financ
Yesterday (Tuesday, March 5) morning the energy and climate change secretary said that these are exciting times for exporting the market in energy efficiency.
They may be running away with the English Premiership, but Manchester United FC has slumped down energy wastage league table towards the relegation spots.
Following an already successful plan of reducing its carbon footprint, UK’s Lincolnshire county council has set itself a very ambitious target, namely that of cutting energy spending and carbon emissions by 22% over the next five years.
Right now, the near-zero energy building (nZEB) is one of the EU’s most ambitious projects in terms of reducing any building’s carbon footprint and optimizing its energy efficiency levels, but come 2020, it will become a standard all new buildings will have to adhere to.
Energy efficiency systems are adversely affected by a higher level of uncertainty as far as energy prices are concerned, while higher prices of energy and CO2 emission allowances would actually benefit such investments, a recent study revealed.
The Easter bank holiday is only a couple of weeks away, and since weather forecasts for the end of March are not particularly positive, it’s likely that most thermostats across office buildings in the UK will remain set at a fairly high temperature.
