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An NHS trust is set to achieve estimate energy savings of up to £2m after securing £7 million of funding for running a dedicated energy saving programme, a recent news report has been able to find. The Green Investment Bank (GIB) and investors DLL have committed £6.9 million for green technologies, including a new 2.5MW […]

Ireland has launched a new scheme aimed at bolstering energy efficiency and tackling fuel poverty, a news report has been able to find. The ‘Strategy to Combat Energy Poverty’ includes a project worth €20 million (£15m) which aims to provide free energy efficiency upgrades to householders with acute health conditions and live in poorly insulated […]

The UK government will allow energy suppliers to experiment with various alternatives for viewing smart meter information, a news report has been able to reveal. The In-Home Displays (IHDs) provide consumers with near-real time information on actual energy usage taken from smart electricity and gas meters through a wireless home area network. And now, the […]

Homes across the South West of England are up to three times more likely to live in energy inefficient homes, recent figures from the Association for the Conservation of Energy (ACE) have been able to reveal. The data suggests that St Ives and North Cornwall are among the worst ten constituencies in England for “leaky” […]

A District Council will be providing grants of up to £4,000 for home owners who do not currently own a central heating system and would like to have one installed, a recent news report has been able to reveal. Stroud District Council, along with the other six district councils in the county and South Gloucestershire, […]

A scheme that saw £25m invested in university energy efficiency projects has proved to be a great success, doubling the value of the original fund, representatives of the Salix public sector energy efficiency financing scheme have recently revealed. In 2008 the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) and public sector energy investors Salix jointly […]

Construction work has started on what is touted as being Scotland’s (and possibly the world’s) most energy efficient data centre campus, a recent news report has been able to reveal. The facility at Queensway Park in Glenrothes will be the first facility of its kind in the UK to draw 100% of its energy from […]

Experts are urging residential customers to review their current energy deals and switch to save money as wholesale prices have dropped significantly, a recent news report has been able to find. While 4 of the Big Six energy suppliers have already cut their bills by between 5.1% and 5.4%, delivering savings of around £30 to […]

Most consumers who have decided to take the plunge and deploy smart energy metering solutions have manager to reduce their energy bills as a result, a recent report by Smart Energy GB has been able to reveal. The research found that 52% of consumers have managed to save money while 80% have taken “at least […]

Scottish commercial properties may require expensive energy improvement works to meet the new minimum energy efficiency standards laid out in the Assessment of Energy Performance of Non-Domestic Buildings (Scotland), a new set of draft rules that could come into force as soon as September this year. The proposed regulations stipulate that properties must achieve a […]

The green building sector is likely to more than double in size by 2018, data from a recently published report has been able to reveal. The number of companies expecting to have more than 60% of their building projects certified green could grow from 18% currently to 37% in just two years, the poll by […]

Despite taking their time to cut energy prices in line with the drop in wholesale energy price reductions and only doing so following significant public pressure, British Gas has just recorded a profit spike of 31%, its owners, Centrica, have recently reported. Overall, the British Gas owner reported an £857m loss across the group after […]