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The UK government’s plans to decarbonise heating by fitting electric heat pumps in most homes by 2050 would cost around £12,000 per household or £300 billion in total, a report from think tank Policy Exchange has recently warned. The figure takes into account the cost of upgrading the grid and building more than 100GW of […]

European Union regulators are considering pushing a more stringent energy efficiency agenda in the near future, with a significantly more ambitious target than before, recent draft documents viewed by a major news source have been able to reveal. Under the draft proposals, which are yet to be agreed formally by the European Commission, the EU […]

The NHS has managed to save on energy and cut costs by implementing a range of efficiency initiatives across its trusts, a recent news report from the NHS Sustainability Day campaign has been able to suggest. The report highlights both financial and carbon savings achieved through initiatives such waste management and using low carbon vehicles. […]

The Building Energy Management Systems (BEMS) segment is set to soar over the next couple of years as the global energy-efficient building market is expected to see steady growth (9.6% CAGR) during 2016-2020, according to a recent market research report. The report from RnR Market Research points out that this forecasted growth could be attributed […]

Implementing a set of 35 proven sustainability measures could help the NHS save £400 million and reduce carbon emissions by a million tonnes every year by 2020, a recent research report has been able to suggest. The ‘Securing healthy returns’ research paper points out that, of the 18 energy-saving measures covered in the report, CHP […]

Multiple Green Building Councils have been set up in cities around the world in an attempt to drive down energy consumption and help reduce their carbon footprint, a recent news report has been able to suggest. The bodies in in Colombia, the United Arab Emirates, Poland and South Africa will work with the cities of […]

Deploying energy efficiency measures would actually be more cost effective than building the new Hinkley Point C nuclear plant, energy efficiency experts have recently suggested. A report by Utilitywise points out that the cost of implementing energy efficiency measures is estimated to be less than £6 billion, while the construction of the new nuclear plant […]

The UK is the world’s fifth most energy efficient country, a recent report by the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ACEEE) has been able to suggest. The research analysed the energy efficiency in different sectors including building, industry and transportation as well as national efforts to control energy usage in 23 countries, which […]

The prolonged period of lower oil prices has led to a significant reduction in energy efficiency investment, new analysis from the International Energy Agency (IEA) has been able to find. The report found investments in the oil sector declined last year and in 2016, the first consecutive two-year drop in three decades. The industry cut […]

Southend-on-Sea Borough Council is set to launch an interesting initiative that involves monitoring energy efficiency of the local housing stock and creating a map that includes address-level energy efficiency housing data, a news report has been able to suggest. The three-year project, conducted together with the Energy Savings Trust (EST) aims to provide address-level housing data for […]

Energy efficiency upgrades are set to be deployed across more than 2,600 homes and almost 300 local facilities in Ireland as part of the Better Energy Communities (BEC) scheme. Ran by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland, the scheme has secured €20m (£16.7m) in funding. Speaking at the launch, Denis Naughten, Communications Minister for Climate […]

The deployment of BEMS (Building Energy Management System)-type solutions is likely to soar by 2025 as the global revenue for energy efficient retrofits in commercial buildings is estimated to exceed $100 billion (£0.74bn) by 2025, according to recent data released by Navigant Research. The firm’s market research report suggests that, on a global scale, buildings […]