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A loggerhead turtle makes its way to the relative safety of the sea - PRNewsFoto Dasal Architectural Lighting

Sea turtles are being scared off nesting sites by bright lights - but energy efficient LEDs could provide a solution

24 May 2013

Businesses urge EU to adopt energy efficiency goals

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Execs at Alstom, Siemens, Schneider Electric and Philips say legislation would drive jobs and growth

22 May 2013

Businesses hail plans for energy efficiency payments

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Government confirms plan to drive energy saving through capacity market, but will incentives prove enough to create long term stable efficiency market?

22 May 2013

Updated: Green Deal needs targets to be effective, warn MPs

It is unacceptable that Ministers are unable to explain what success would look like for one of the Coalition's flagship policies, Committee argues

22 May 2013

A third of councils 'in breach' of EU energy efficiency laws, FOI reveals

Property and Energy Professionals Association says many public buildings do not have mandatory Display Energy Certificates

21 May 2013

Renewable heat payments doubled for householders

Value of vouchers raised for four key technologies as government looks to link renewable heat scheme with Green Deal

21 May 2013

Government takes wraps off energy intensive industry compensation package

Heavy industry can apply for share of £250m pot designed to offset the impact of carbon pricing schemes from next month

20 May 2013

Saint Lucia waves goodbye to fossil fuels

Caribbean island signs up to Richard Branson-backed Carbon War Room initiative to phase out fossil fuel imports in favour of green energy

20 May 2013

Green Investment Bank makes £5m biomass commitment

Injection into private fund mobilises a further £5m for project replacing inefficient heating systems with biomass boilers

20 May 2013

"Sharing Economy" saving UK £4.6bn a year

New survey reveals growing numbers of people are embracing resource efficient sharing based business models

17 May 2013

Policy Briefing: UK faces fresh calls to beef up energy efficiency efforts as EU closes crucial loophole

EU Commission rules out loophole that would have enabled UK to halve energy saving goal for 2020

16 May 2013

Scotland seeks to create smart grid hub with Power Networks Demonstration Centre

New £12.5m research centre designed to provide world-leading test facility for new smart grid technologies

15 May 2013

Breaking: Green Deal assessments approach 19,000

Sources reveal plans for new research on Green Deal adoption will be published this summer

14 May 2013

Silver Spring Networks: How to sell the smart grid

Chief executive Scott Lang reveals how the smart grid technology giant plans to build on its early success

14 May 2013

How the Church of England is spreading the energy efficiency gospel

With over 16,000 buildings to manage, the Church has to be evangelical on green issues if it is to meet its ambitious emissions reduction targets

14 May 2013

BusinessGreen Guide to Fuel Efficient Fleets

BusinessGreen explores how new techniques and technologies can help firms slash their fuel bills

13 May 2013

Exclusive: Air traffic controllers set sights on greener skies

NATS has already saved 800,000 tonnes of CO2 through delivering smoother flight paths, but its carbon-saving measures are really ready to take-off

13 May 2013

Smart meter roll out delay confirmed

Ed Davey announces that national deployment of 50 million smart meters will not be completed until 2020 - a year later than expected

10 May 2013

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