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A competition that involved over 5,500 buildings across the US has helped cut energy usage by an average of 6% percent for each competitor, a recent news report has been able to reveal. The organizers, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), revealed that their event, the fifth-annual Energy Star Battle of the Buildings Competition: ‘Team […]

Pupils at two schools in Lincolnshire have taken part in the County Council’s SCoRE energy efficiency programme, which trains several pupils in each school to become Lincolnshire Carbon Ambassadors, who are able to identify energy saving opportunities, and implement behaviour change campaigns in their school. The project focuses on low-cost, quick-win actions to reduce the […]

Almost 27% of people looking to get a new house aspire to build their own and use the latest technologies while doing so, a recent news report has been able to reveal. Research by price comparison website Confused found that the most common reason for people building their own home is to have the freedom […]

The Department of Energy & Climate Change has just published its updated Energy Technology List, with HeatingSave again featured as a top supplier of Building Energy Management Systems. The ETL (or Energy Technology Product List, ETPL) is a government-managed list of energy-efficient plant and machinery, such as boilers, electric motors, and air conditioning and refrigeration […]

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 […]

A Norfolk poultry company has managed to cut its energy bills by switching from a gas boiler to a biomass one, a recent news report in the local media has been able to find. Traditional Norfolk Poultry (TNP) used gas heaters to keep chicks warm before swapping to biomass boilers at the end of 2014. […]

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 UK’s Big Six energy suppliers are facing increased pressure from the Government to pass on the savings attained due to the fall in gas and electricity wholesale costs to their customers, rather than keeping them as profits for the shareholders, a news report can reveal. The Amber Rudd, the Energy and Climate Change Secretary, […]

The Church of Ireland has decided to provide €8.5 million (£6.12m) worth of funding for energy efficiency projects, a recent news report has been able to reveal. The cash will be used by the Ireland Energy Efficiency Fund (IEEF), which is aiming for investment totalling €70 million (£50.4m) by 2016. It was previously granted €35 […]

A new energy bills that focuses specifically on energy efficiency could help the UK save up to 12 billion pounds per year in energy costs, various organizations and groups have argued. The proposed ‘Cost Effective Energy Measures Bill’ aims to promote measures including energy efficiency, community energy and more efficient use and production of energy […]

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 […]

Low-income Scottish homes are set to participate in a major energy-efficiency scheme that aims to help them fight back fuel poverty, a recent media news report has been able to find. The ‘Help for Homes’ initiative is a three-year scheme that will target low income homes, carrying out essential repairs and energy saving upgrades. Scottish […]