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Businesses across the UK are being urged to asses their energy efficiency and hit the Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (ESOS) deadline, a recent news report has been able to reveal. The Environment Agency – the scheme administrator – he said only just over 100 businesses have complied so far out of 14,000 organisations. ESOS is […]

An energy saving scheme that has helped Peterborough residents save a combined total of £100,000 on their gas and electricity bills has just passed a major milestone as it signed up its 500th customer, a recent news report in the local media has been able to reveal. Peterborough Energy is a a local energy partnership […]

One of the UK’s Big Six energy suppliers has helped more than 600 Gloucester residents affected by fuel poverty, a recent news report in the local media has been able to reveal. Energy firm npower has provided 220 vouchers for fuel free top-ups in Gloucester as part of a pilot programme. Every voucher has a […]

A new organization designed to combat fuel poverty has been established in Scotland, a recent news report in the local media has been able to reveal. Since 39.1% of households in Scotland are in fuel poverty, according to the latest statistical released, the newly-established Scottish Rural Fuel Poverty Task Force will have its work cut out […]

The Government should provide more incentives for low-carbon technologies, such as residential heating equipment and cooling technologies, in order to drive their wide-scale adoption, a recent white paper published by the BSRIA, a specialist construction and building services organisation, argues. The report – Achieving Carbon Targets – suggests that the UK Government should introduce greater […]

The European Commission has launched a new project to identify energy saving effects caused by improved resource efficiency, a recent news report has been able to reveal. One of the key sustainability initiatives of the EC is the so-called ‘A resource-efficient Europe’ – a flagship initiative of the Europe 2020 Strategy that aims at supporting […]

24-hour energy switching might become a real service over the next three years under new plans revealed by the UK Government. A media news report suggests that the plan to introduce switching in a day was announced as part of the government’s response to the Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA) provisional findings. The government insists […]

The majority of small business are interested in implementing energy efficiency measures and reducing their heating and electricity bills, recent research by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has found. 78% of the 1,077 firms questioned listed savings on energy costs as a motivator for carrying out energy efficiency measures. Furthermore, 70% of small businesses said […]

The Scottish government has allocated £5m to a scheme that would enable it to take a positive step towards ending fuel poverty, a recent news report in the local media has been able to find. The funding will be used as part of a cashback scheme that will be made available to housing associations, who […]

There’s a very real and significant need for more focus on conserving energy and reducing demand as part of efforts to tackle climate change emissions, rather than just making heat and power supplies cleaner, a report by Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) has warned. The paper is based on research conducted for the organisation […]

Students, academics and staff from Positive Investment Cambridge (PIC) have been lobbying the university for four years to reconsider some of its investments, a news report in the local media has been able to reveal. The university has an estimated £2.4billion endowment fund to invest every year – the biggest in Europe. Now, the university’s […]

While smart meters can certainly help home owners keep close tabs on their energy spending, switching suppliers after having one of them installed might become a really troublesome process, a recent news report has been able to reveal. Under existing regulations, suppliers are obliged to install the meters in all their customers’ homes but they […]