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Energy efficiency initiatives at local level can be the difference between service cuts and services improvements for local authorities, experts in the field have recently argued. Public services can be hit hard if local authorities do not act quickly when it comes to energy efficiency, especially since securing the necessary funding is not a very […]

92% of housing consumers in Australia would like information on the energy efficiency of homes from service providers as part of sale and lease processes, while 89% said that an energy-efficient home would be more attractive to buy or rent, recent research by the CSIRO and Common Capital for the Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) for […]

Proactive and Predictive Maintenance features are becoming a must for efficient and effective Building Energy Management Systems, experts in the field have been recently able to suggest. Building owners invest significant resources in environmental and building control systems, which are typically expensive to operate, yet essential for occupant comfort, productivity, and safety. Keeping systems operating […]

A local authority in England has revealed plans to slash its carbon emissions by up to 60% by 2025, a news report has been able to reveal. Suffolk County Council has acknowledged the fact that investment in the region’s housing stock will be vital to hitting this target. And as a first measure, it has […]

Since the start of May 2015 to end April 2016 around 226,000 homes have had at least one energy efficiency measure installed under the ECO or the Green Deal schemes, recent data released by the DECC has been able to suggest. The Government has established a target to “support low-cost measures on energy efficiency, with the […]

A local council has managed to achieve savings of nearly £6m after deploying extensive energy-efficiency measures, a recent news report has been able to suggest. The Cheshire East Council has made savings of £5.7m as a result of investing in energy-efficiency measures and reducing its office accommodation from 44 sites to six. In 2008, Cheshire East […]

Construction and building services consultancy the BSRIA has recently announced a new project for developing a ‘framework’ for future energy efficient residential development. The Innovate UK project aims to minimize new buildings’ ‘performance gap’, which is the gap between the intended and actual performance of buildings in terms of energy use and comfort. As part […]

Draft legislation laid before parliament recently would set the UK’s fifth carbon budget at a 57% emissions cut by 2028-2032, compared to 1990 levels, but the policies that would enable the country to actually achieve these savings are not in place, a recent news report has been able to suggest. Without significant new policy interventions, however, […]

Fenland District Council has revealed plans for a £823,000 energy-saving scheme targeting the region’s leisure centres, a recent news report has been able to suggest. As part of this scheme, inefficient or worn-out heating, lighting and ventilation equipment will be replaced with new, energy-efficient gear, with the resulting cuts in energy costs expected to make […]

The Global Next-Generation Building Energy Management Systems (BEMS) Market is set to grow at a 11.05% CAGR by 2020, data from a new market research report has been able to suggest. The “Global Next-Generation Building Energy Management Systems 2016-2020” report from Research and Markets covers the present scenario and the growth prospects of the global […]

The next-generation Building Energy Management Systems’ (BEMS) market is expected to grow at a CAGR of more than 11% during the period 2016-2020, with the new construction projects in the commercial and industrial sectors being the main growth drivers. A new market research paper from Techavio suggests that the American market is the largest regional […]

Up to 4 million families on pre-paid meters are set to benefit from an energy price cap which will save them £300million a year, a recent news report has been able to find. The Competition and Markets Authority ruling follows a warning that 70% of customers in the UK are on expensive “default” tariffs rather […]