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The lack of a long-term plan from successive UK governments is having a profoundly negative effect on the overall energy efficiency of UK buildings, according to the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE). The comments follow the publication of the House of Commons Energy and Climate Change Committee report Home Efficiency And Demand Reduction. […]

The city of Cambridge could commit to reducing its carbon emissions to zero by 2050, should local councillors agree to the plans laid out in a report on a new climate change strategy that will be presented at the council’s Strategy and Resources Committee on 21 March 2016. The new strategy focuses on reducing emissions […]

One of the UK’s best-known banking groups has just announced the launch of a new £1 billion fund designed to help owners of commercial real estate improve the energy efficiency of buildings. Lloyds Bank will support its clients’ adoption of energy-saving measures by providing loans of £10 million and above, but companies will have to […]

SMEs across the UK have distinctively different energy expenditures depending on their exact locations, a recent research study has been able to find. The paper from energy comparison firm Love Energy Savings found that firms in the City of London spend an average of £2,574 per year – the lowest in Britain – on gas […]

A local council in Scotland has recently launched a large scale housing improvement programme that will see multiple local properties undergoing extensive energy saving improvements, a recent news report in the local media has been able to suggest. Working with the Energy Agency, East Ayrshire Council secured funding from the Scottish Government which allowed the […]

The UK government has allocated £1.5 million to boost low carbon heating in homes and businesses, a recent news report has been able to suggest. An estimated 24 local authorities across England and Wales have received a share of the funding to develop 27 heating projects, with heating networks having the potential to supply between 14% […]

British retailers are set to meet their 2020 environmental targets, a report by the British Retail Consortium (BRC) has suggested. The BRC has set environmental targets such as reducing absolute carbon emissions by 25% and halving energy-related emissions from buildings by 2020. Waitrose and M&S are among the retailers which signed up to the green […]

A leisure centre has deployed multiple latest-generation energy efficiency measures as part of the upgrade to their building energy management system, a recent news report in the local media has been able to find. The Dawlish Leisure Centre in Dawlish, Teignbridge has had a renewable energy system installed as part of Teignbridge Council’s plans to […]

A couple of Shropshire firms have managed to achieve significant energy savings and have demonstrated their commitment to reduce their carbon footprint by achieving the ISO 50001 international standard for energy management, a recent news report in the local media has been able to find. Morris Leisure owns six caravan parks in Shropshire and North […]

Scotland has just announced the launch of a highly ambitious energy efficiency scheme that aims to retrofit the country’s public sector buildings in order to attain higher levels of energy efficiency. As part of this scheme, public sector organisations and registered social landlords can choose to have a combination of energy efficiency measures installed across […]

The energy management systems (EMS) market is set to reach an impressive $58.59 billion by 2022, recent research published by Grand View Research has been able to reveal. Building energy management systems for the industrial sector have emerged as the leading product segment and were responsible for half the total revenue in 2014. Power and […]

The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has pledged extensive support for business energy efficiency within its new plan from 2015 to 2020. Within their 5-year plan, the DECC argues that, although the energy intensity of the UK economy has fallen by 24% since 2004, there remains significant untapped potential for energy saving in […]