Energy efficiency improvements in Ireland need to treble, SEAI believes

The number of homes and businesses in Ireland being upgraded to improve energy efficiency needs to go up three times, the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) has recommended. In order for the country to reach its 20% energy efficiency target by 2020, it needs to achieve savings equating to 31,925GWh of power, the organization […]

Over half of consumers still don’t understand their energy bills, study reveals

Close to 6 in 10 UK consumers have problems fully understanding all the data provided in their respective energy bills, a recent news report has been able to suggest. Around 48% of those surveyed said they have seen no difference to energy bills and more than half are unable to recall information about cheaper deals. […]

Businesses must change their behaviour to save on energy, Big Six supplier argues

Behavioural change can help businesses slash their energy costs, one of the Big Six energy suppliers has recently argued. npower Business Solutions believes that the key to tangible energy savings is designing programmes to change behaviour, improve energy efficiency and reduce energy consumption. This can be achieved by working with employees to alter their energy […]

Data initiative helps people in need cut their energy bills

The Energy Saving Trust’s data matching service for the Affordable Warmth arm of the ECO scheme has just processed its 100,000th record since launching in June last year and helped a very large number of people in need reduce their energy consumption and bills. It’s a service tailored to simply check people’s eligibility for the […]

Smart monitoring systems to help drive down energy costs for office buildings

Research firm Gartner predicts that commercial buildings will have more than 500 million “connected things” during 2016, with the biggest driver for this trend being to improve energy efficiency – currently commercial buildings account for 40% of the world’s electricity consumption. By embedding hundreds of sensors in walls, ceilings or even lights, the systems that […]

Runcorn homes to take part in energy efficiency monitoring programme

A housing association from Runcorn is taking part in a study to measure the efficiency of the latest heating insulation systems in a bid to combat UK fuel poverty, a news report has been able to find. The housing association, Riverside, has been awarded £227,500 from National Energy Action’s (NEA) technical innovation fund to compare […]

Fuel poverty and cold homes caused 9,000 deaths in England and Wales last winter

Fuel poverty and cold homes have caused 9,000 deaths in England and Wales last winter alone, a study from the University College London (UCL) has been able to reveal. The charity Age UK estimates that fuel poverty, where people cannot afford to heat their home, costs the NHS around £1.3bn every year. Each year, the […]

Scottish government pledges £14 million to support housing associations installing energy efficiency measures

A new £14 million energy efficiency fund set up by the Scottish government to help householders keep their homes warmer is now also open to housing associations, a news report has been able to suggest. The interest-free scheme is part of the government’s Home Energy Efficiency Programme Scotland (HEEPS) and it is expected to help […]

Up to 1.79 million energy efficiency measures were installed across the UK until the end of January

An estimate 1.79 million energy efficiency measures were installed until the end of January across the UK, a recent news report has been able to reveal. All of the aforementioned measures were deployed via a number of government’s schemes such as the Energy Company Obligation (ECO) and the Green Deal (GD). The lifetime carbon savings […]