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The Building Regulations are set to change next year and with them, a new CO2 emissions factor for buildings will become the norm, a recent expert report has warned. The biggest change is around CO2 emission factors that set out how many kgCO2 per kWh a fuel uses, most notably for electricity which has reduced […]

Ofgem’s energy price cap for consumers on default tariffs has come into force on the 1’st of January and is expected to save around 11 million people an average of £76 a year, a recent news report has been able to suggest. The cap limits the cost of each energy unit rather than total bills, […]

Energy suppliers added £840 million onto total national gas and electricity bills, costing each household an additional £74, a recent report from auto-switching service Look After My Bills has been able to suggest. Over the course of 2018, energy companies carried out 57 price rises, compared to just 15 in 2017 – historically, there were […]

The city of New York’s Governor Andrew Cuomo has recently announced that the New York State Public Service Commission approved two initiatives to dramatically increase New York’s energy efficiency and energy storage targets to combat climate change. The new energy efficiency target for investor-owned utilities will more than double utility energy efficiency progress by 2025, […]

Around 89% of UK office workers lose productivity if the temperature isn’t quite right, with employees claiming cold office temperatures cause them to be the most unproductive (46%), a recent market research report from flexible office specialist Workthere has been able to suggest. According to the findings published in this paper, just 16% of workers […]

The Big Energy Saving Week campaign backed by Citizens Advice, the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) and numerous other organizations is back to help consumers understand their energy use, cut their bills and get the financial support they are entitled to. Every year, BESW partners empower people across Scotland, England and Wales […]

Digital building management systems can help businesses slash energy up to a quarter, a recent research report has been able to suggest. Digitisation and Internet of Things technologies can be used to significantly boost efficiency, reliability, safety and sustainability, which can slash operational expenditure and allow businesses to increase output while using less energy, fewer […]

The UK government has launched a new consultation on smart metering policy proposals in an effort to improve the benefits of the technology for small and microbusinesses, a recent news report has revealed. The non-domestic smart meter rollout covers around three million meters in two million premises, the majority of which are small and medium […]

The Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting (SECR) regulations for businesses will come into force this April and the UK government is urging companies to prepare for the new energy and emissions rules, a recent news report has been able to suggest. The new rules, which will take effect from 1st April 2019, require all large […]

Energy bills are likely to go up by more than £100 for 15m households as Ofgem’s energy price is lifted, a recent news report has been able to suggest. The energy market regulator revealed that it was lifting two price caps because of rising wholesale costs. The energy suppliers are expected to increase their prices […]

Despite being touted as more energy efficient, new-build homes actually cost their owners £200 per year more in extra energy bills, new analysis from the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU) has been able to suggest. Former Chancellor George Osborne’s decision to cancel the Zero Carbon Homes policy scheme in 2015 has resulted in owners […]

Some of the largest companies in Europe are asking the EU to set a legally binding ‘net-zero’ emissions target for 2050 with the aim to achieve complete carbon neutrality over the course of the next three decades, a recent news report has been able to suggest. Speaking at a meeting of the EU Competitiveness Council […]