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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

The new Centre for Medicine to be built at the University of Leicester is set to become the largest building in the UK to meet the Passivhaus criteria for energy efficiency, a recent news report has been able to reveal. The £42m Centre will record a ‘-2’ energy performance asset rating and comes complete with […]

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 […]

Increased policy support for energy-efficiency programs can save 10 percent in energy bills, a recent report by the UK Energy Research Centre’s (UKERC) Technology and Policy Assessment (TPA) has been able to reveal. Called “Energy Efficiency Evaluation: The evidence for real energy savings from energy efficiency programmes in the household sector,” the report was able […]

Small and medium enterprises across England, Scotland and Wales will be able to take active steps towards reducing their energy use by accessing funds available through the £7 million ‘Green Business Fund’. The Carbon Trust will offer energy-saving training, cost-saving assessments, implementation advice and capital for the installation of energy efficient technologies. Eligible companies can […]

British homeowners are still paying excessively high energy bills despite a significant drop in wholesale energy prices over the past few months, a news report can reveal. The report suggests that, despite wholesale energy costs having dropped to 2005 lows, the cost of the average bill has remained unchanged for more than two years. In […]

Residents in St Just and Redruth are now able to enjoy warmer and nicer homes after using £2.3 million of funding from the Central Heating Fund to install new central heating systems across their homes, a recent news report has been able to find. Residents in the West Cornwall towns used to rely on expensive […]

Investors and landlords are being urged to prepare as the Minimum Energy Efficiency Standard (MEES) for both residential and commercial properties in England and Wales comes into force on 1 April 2018. According an expert opinion on the topic, MEES contains two separate requirements: from 1 April 2018, landlords will not be permitted to grant […]

A collective switch scheme has helped residents in Chelmsford secure over £175,000 of total savings on gas and electricity bills, a recent news report in the local media has been able to reveal. The Essex Energy Switch scheme is run by Essex County Council in partnership with Chelmsford City Council and other district authorities via […]