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The Government of Singapore has revealed plans to roll out a smart energy monitoring and metering initiative for all its residents, a news report has been able to suggest. Singapore’s Energy Market Authority, national water agency Public Utilities Board and Singapore Power, on Monday, jointly issued a Call for Proposals (CFP) to develop technical solutions […]

An energy efficiency grant can help businesses fund their building energy management systems projects and replace their old equipment in order to enjoy more control over their heating systems. This is exactly the type of funding grant launched by The Carbon Trust as part of their Green Business Fund, a national scheme to provide money […]

The world’s biggest economies have managed to reduce their overall energy consumption despite the lower oil and natural gas prices, a recent report from the International Energy Agency (IEA) has been able to suggest. The paper found that the level of energy intensity, which measures the amount of fuel consumed per unit of gross domestic […]

Almost half of millennials are not comfortable about sharing their data with energy suppliers, a recent survey suggests. SAS polled 2,000 people across the UK aged between 16 and 34 and revealed around 35% of them believe utilities use their personal data for their own benefit and just 18% trust their energy provider to find […]

A higher level of government investment into home energy efficiency programmes could help tackle climate change and create up to 9,000 jobs, economists have recently argued, according to a recent news report. Economists at the University of Strathclyde and London School of Economics were backing calls from the Existing Homes Alliance to “transform” Scotland’s existing […]

A new energy efficiency scheme in Glasgow, Argyll and Bute and Perthshire will provide loans of up to £40,000 to homeowners on low incomes to help them make essential energy efficiency improvements to their homes, a recent news report has been able to suggest. The £10 million pilot scheme provides the funding that can be […]

A committee tasked with the study and eradication of fuel poverty across the UK has argued that government policies and allocation of resources need to be changed to achieve fuel poverty goals, a news report can reveal. The Committee on Fuel Poverty has recently released its first report of recommendations, which outline series of urgent […]

Energy efficiency measures have helped the US drive down the demand for electricity, effectively becoming the third equivalent source of electricity for the country, a recent report has found. The American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ACEEE) revealed that, without energy efficiency measures, 313 additional large power plants would had been necessary to meet […]

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. […]

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 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 […]

Intelligent and innovative building energy management systems (BEMS) can help the owners of non-residential buildings across Scotland uphold a new set of regulations that compels them to assess and improve the energy and carbon performance of their properties. The rules apply to owners of buildings – with a floor area of more than 1,000m2 – […]