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A new pilot project for retrofitting energy efficiency measures and achieve zero-carbon status for existing homes has been launched in Essex by Moat Homes Limited and ENGIE. The pilot scheme in the town of Maldon is based on the Energiesprong model and is supported by EU funding. Moat Homes Limited has appointed ENGIE to provide […]

The UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) has recently unveiled a new framework definition to enable the transition of new and existing buildings to becoming net zero carbon by 2050 has been unveiled. The report follows six months of industry engagement, involving 180 experts and stakeholders from across the UK’s built environment value chain, sets out […]

The UK government should set a 2050 net-zero emissions target to remain in line with the Paris Agreement, the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) has recently revealed. However, in order to achieve this, the supply of low carbon electricity will need to quadruple by 2050, more efficient buildings and low-carbon heating systems need to be […]

Building management systems (BMS) can help further drive down energy consumption in warehouses, industry experts argue. This is becoming increasingly important as warehousing is a growing industry, where automatization and smart optimization are becoming the norm. The most modern, smart warehouses have numerous automated systems working together to accomplish common goals and needs. They are […]

Energy efficient, low-carbon homes will become the standard within the next couple of decades, as the advent of Internet-connected devices and monitoring solutions forever changes the way energy is spent within households, a recent research report has been able to suggest. The installation of smart meters is a starting point for increasingly connected homes. Increased […]

The Smart Space Market size is expected to grow from USD 8.5 billion in 2019 to USD 19.9 billion by 2024, at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 18.5% during the forecast period, a recent market research reports from MarketsandMarkets has been able to suggest. According to the new paper, called “Smart Space Market […]

Almost 193,000 households face paying £362 extra on their energy bills as more than 60 fixed-price gas and electricity deals are about to end, a news source has been able to suggest. Expiring deals from 13 different suppliers, including four of the “big six” players – British Gas, EDF, npower and Scottish Power – would […]

The UK government has decided to enshrine in law its commitment to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050, a recent news report has been able to suggest. The change would make the UK the first major global economy to set a net zero emissions target in law, a move the government hopes would secure […]

The Scottish Government has announced that it will be consulting on the suitability of the guidance and landlords’ awareness of changes to Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) standards, due to take effect from 1 April 2020, a recent news report has been able to suggest. Under the new set of rules, from 1 April 2020 landlords […]

Installing energy monitoring systems can certainly help the NHS in general and GP practices in particular lower their energy consumption levels by providing facilities managers with the tools they require in order to monitor how much energy their buildings are using at any given time, experts believe. The regular monitoring of energy use will enable […]

The deployment of energy efficiency technologies could help UK households cut electricity consumption by an impressive 2.5 million MWh per year, a recent news report has been able to suggest. The data is based on a report by Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) following its Solent Achieving Value from Efficiency (SAVE) project, a five-year-long […]

Enhanced energy efficiency standards have helped achieve significantly lower bills for social tenants in Scotland, the Scottish government has been able to reveal recently. In 2014 the Scottish Government set the first energy efficiency standard for social housing, to be achieved by 2020, and 80% of social rented homes are already compliant. A new standard, […]