Efficiency
UTC adopts circular mindset to put brakes on water usage
Slowly, but surely, purple pipes are becoming more common in commercial and industrial settings
How do you prove the circular economy is working?
AECOM's Robert Spencer warns that businesses deploying circular economy models need to remember to make the case for the approach, even once it is successfully up and running
Where's the BEEF?
Andrew Warren reveals the low-down on the decades-spanning work of the British Energy Efficiency Federation
We need a new approach to the Sharing Economy
Trewin Restorick asks if the real sharing economy could tackle the social, economic, and environmental challenges the UK faces
From old bottles to new insulation: Knauf Insulation and Veolia cut ribbon on £10m recycling facility
Companies hope new St Helens facility will provide template for further circular economy initiatives
Greater Manchester £15m low carbon fund to deliver green building renewables boost
European Regional Development Fund-backed loan fund to aims to accelerate the roll out of emerging clean technologies
Freezing weather and gas supply fears sparks calls for UK to revamp energy efficiency efforts
E3G report reveals how public investment in domestic energy efficiency has slumped 58 per cent since 2012
CDP: 100 cities worldwide source at least 70 per cent of power from renewables
Seattle, Auckland, and Nairobi among urban centres sourcing majority of their power from renewables, as more than 40 cities now run on 100 per cent clean electricity
Seven companies advancing the circular economy by selling products as a service
The experiments involve everything from replacement tires to temporary apartments
Bill McDonough: We are here to make goods, not 'bads'
The legendary designer says it's time to view the economy from the perspective of how much we can give for all we get
E-Leather sews up £70m investment to take green material around the world
Green tech start-up makes leather from scraps that would otherwise head to landfill
Bright idea: How Shuji Nakamura's LED invention changed the world
The electronic engineer shared a Nobel Prize for developing the first blue LED 25 years ago, but he tells BusinessGreen the potential of energy efficient lighting is far from fully realised
Energy for Londoners: Mayor powers up £34m solar and energy efficiency plan
Sadiq Khan launches next phase of wide-ranging new plan to help fuel poor households cut bills and ramp up solar deployment across the capital
Harvard study: Green buildings deliver nearly $6bn in health and climate benefits
Analysis of green certified buildings reveals they have provided around $6bn in health and climate benefits on top of $7.5bn of energy savings
Smart homes: BRE cuts ribbon on new research hub
Building science body has teamed up with EDF, BT, and Telefonica to launch a new centre for smart home research
MEES Extension: A sign of things to come for domestic landlords
Maria Connolly of law firm TLT explains why new energy efficiency rules for landlords are only heading in one direction
Salesforce dives headfirst into water recycling with new HQ
New skyscraper boasts the largest commercial "blackwater" recycling system in the US, delivering a 76 per cent reduction in its water footprint
Chicago fires up $160m LED street-lighting plan
Major new smart lighting initiative expected to slash energy bills and carbon emissions
California becomes first US state to ban incandescent lightbulbs
State brings in new federal rules two years ahead of schedule in a move that could see California's businesses and consumers save $1bn every year on energy bills
Landlords to face limited upgrade bill under proposed changes to energy efficiency rules
Government consults on removing exemption for landlords unable to access 'no cost' financing, but campaigners remain frustrated at decision to cap costs at £2,500
AirEx: Smart ventilation to banish cold and damp
AirEx helps householders to reduce their heating energy demand without compromising indoor air quality
ADE and ACE merge to create beefed-up decentralised energy trade body
Association for Decentralised Energy and Association for the Conservation of Energy join forces to create 'powerful and unified voice'
Is the smartest thing about the smart meter programme the name?
Andrew Warren argues the decision to mandate the roll out of technology that could quickly become outdated could prove a costly mistake
MEPs back bolder efficiency and renewables goals
Nail-biting vote sees key committee back tougher targets for energy efficiency improvements across the bloc
