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Extensive research done under the Energy Efficiency Financing (EEF) scheme has revealed that the industrial sector in the UK is overspending on energy by more than £2.2 billion per year.

A recent market research study by the Major Energy Users’ Council (MEUC) and energy solutions firm Power Efficiency has revealed that close to 9 in 10 UK businesses (or around 88%) are quite worried about their energy supply’s level of security.

The Cambridge University Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy has just moved into a brand-new, energy efficient £48m building, a news report in the local media has revealed.

Energy supplier SSE has just revealed plans to increase its energy prices by 8.2% starting with November, which means that the average annual standard dual-fuel energy bill will rise to £1,224.

The Institute of Environmental Management & Assessment (IEMA), together with 150 energy and sustainability professionals, have recently issued an official consultation response to the Government’s proposed Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (ESOS), claiming that the increasing introduction and overlap of energy and carb

The BRE (Building Research Establishment) is actively involved in developing guidelines, standards and solutions whose ultimate goal is to increase comfort, safety, health and wellbeing, and help people reduce their energy bills.

Small companies who’ve just started trading and have little credit history, or those having quite a bad credit score, could be facing some significantly higher energy-related costs, a new report by price comparison service Makeitcheaper has revealed.

In a bid to make every new building in Scotland more energy efficient, the Scottish Government has announced several changes to the standards, a media news report has revealed.

A fuel company has decided to offer all home owners who use oil for heating the possibility to go on a fixed price plan, a news report can reveal.

One of the UK’s best-known energy suppliers has just been slapped with a very serious fine for mis-selling to vulnerable customers for a period of three years, the energy market regulator has announced.

Over 7,000 UK businesses will be required to provide very detailed reports on their energy use, or face the potential of being fined under the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC)’s new Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (ESOS).

Ireland has decided to create a National Energy Efficiency Fund aimed at implementing various energy efficiency projects and allocated €17.2 million (£14m) for this scheme, a news source can reveal.