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The NHS has revealed plans to step up action to tackle the climate emergency and drive towards reaching the national target of reaching net zero by 2050, a news report can reveal. NHS Chief Executive Sir Simon Stevens announced that the organisation and its staff will fight the climate “health emergency” and in doing so, […]

The Big Energy Saving Week 2020 was officially launched yesterday, the 20th of January. Funded by the UK and Scottish and Welsh Governments and run by the Energy Saving Trust and Citizens Advice Bureau, it focuses on raising public awareness about the potential benefits of switching energy suppliers or tariffs and educating people on how […]

One of the UK’s best-know towns (and home of one of the country’s busiest international airports) had declared a “climate emergency” and revealed an action plan containing a series of measures it wants to deploy in order to become carbon neutral by 2040, a recent news report has been able to suggest. Luton Borough Council […]

Plans for building a new £8m net zero carbon neighbourhood consisting of 35 new homes have been granted planning consent by Neath Port Talbot Council, a recent news report in the local media has been able to suggest. Sero Homes will transform a scrubland site into a sustainable extension of the existing community, with residents […]

The Green Finance Institute has recently announced the formation of the Coalition for the Energy Efficiency of Buildings (CEEB), which aims to develop the market for financing net-zero carbon and climate-resilient buildings in the UK by accelerating the pace of financial innovation and scale-up. According to a press release, the CEEB comprises global experts from […]

The global home automation market is likely to expand at a rate of 6.8% between 2018 and 2026, with energy efficiency being one of the main factors driving the sector forward, a recent report from Transparency Market Research forecasts. And the need for improved energy efficiency is likely to represent one of the main factors […]

Despite the majority of companies affected by ESOS legislation being fully prepared for it, more than half of energy managers (60% of them, to be exact) believe that the legislation was ‘not worthwhile’, a recent survey has been able to suggest. The research sponsored by Centrica Business Solutions suggested that 70% of businesses believe that […]

Ireland has recently launched a €11m project to fund 50 cutting-edge research, development and demonstration energy projects, a recent news report has been able to suggest. The projects include a scheme from Irish firm SustainabilityWorks to research the development of an innovative financial solution to home energy upgrades that includes low-interest rates, long-term finance, and […]

A massive programme that aims to bolster the local schools’ energy efficiency, lower energy usage and slash bills has been announced by New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, a recent news report in the local media has been able to suggest. The $4 million (£3m) P-12 Schools Initiative funding programme is encouraging educational organizations to […]

An estimate 9% of all customers received inaccurate energy bills last year, with a total of more than 2.5 million households being unfairly charged, a recent research report has been able to suggest. “The Secrets of Better Billing” study commissioned by utility billing software business Echo Managed Services surveyed 1,000 UK households and found that […]

The primary energy intensity, an indicator of how heavily the world’s economic activity uses energy, improved by just 1.2% in 2018, reaching the lowest rate since 2010, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has been able to reveal. It highlights that the rate of improvement has now declined for three years in a row, leaving it […]

Energy efficiency is the fastest-growing segment of US energy-sector employment, now employing more than 2.3 million Americans, according to recent analysis from E4TheFuture. The report, Energy Efficiency Jobs in America, finds energy efficiency jobs grew 3.4 percent in 2018 –more than double the rate of growth for overall jobs nationwide — with 7.8 percent growth […]