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ECIU: Leaky homes and extended lockdown could exacerbate households' Covid-19 financial struggles
ECIU: Leaky homes and extended lockdown could exacerbate households' Covid-19 financial struggles

A new analysis by the ECIU notes that extended lockdown into the winter months could exacerbate fuel poverty in the UK and calls on the government to implement vast energy efficiency programmes for homes that will lower heating bills while reducing carbon,...

  • Energy
  • 22 May 2020
How a greener homes drive could hold the key to over 150,000 post-Covid jobs
How a greener homes drive could hold the key to over 150,000 post-Covid jobs

Two major new reports today have highlighted how relatively modest policy reforms and financial innovations could turbocharge UK decarbonisation efforts and provide thousands of construction jobs

  • Policy
  • 20 May 2020
Flexitricity bags deal to manage Europe's 'largest' battery storage site
Flexitricity bags deal to manage Europe's 'largest' battery storage site

Firm will move the Gresham's lithium-ion 50MW/75MWh Thurock battery storage site's outputs between different markets from its Edinburgh control room.

  • Energy
  • 15 May 2020
Net Zero: Carbon Trust launches cross-sector investigation into prospects for flexible energy system
Net Zero: Carbon Trust launches cross-sector investigation into prospects for flexible energy system

The project's conclusions, expected for early next year, will draw from modelling, research and industry interviews and help inform net zero road maps of policymakers and energy players.

  • Energy
  • 13 May 2020
Making the net zero home a reality: Schneider Electric and Sustainable Ventures launch clean tech competition
Making the net zero home a reality: Schneider Electric and Sustainable Ventures launch clean tech competition

Competition will give startups and SMEs a chance to develop their solution in partnership with Schneider Electric.

  • R&D
  • 11 May 2020
Farms of the future: McKinsey outlines measures to curb farming emissions
Farms of the future: McKinsey outlines measures to curb farming emissions

Agriculture faces a more challenging ride to net-zero than other sectors, warn the analysts, due to the sector being enormous in scale yet highly decentralised.

  • Management
  • 07 May 2020
Heat: A policy chasm on the route towards net zero
Heat: A policy chasm on the route towards net zero

Richard Lowes at the University of Exeter argues that the encouraging rhetoric in the government's latest green heat proposals conceals a paucity of ambition that looks to be way off track against the UK's net zero emission goals

  • Policy
  • 06 May 2020
Tyneside abandoned coal mines to be transformed into multimillion-pound renewable energy system
Tyneside abandoned coal mines to be transformed into multimillion-pound renewable energy system

Project designer for £7m council minewater district heating project set to heat “fuel-poor homes” was appointed last week.

  • Energy
  • 05 May 2020
Legal & General's low-carbon modular home scheme approved in North Yorkshire
Legal & General's low-carbon modular home scheme approved in North Yorkshire

Modular housing will be able to weather Covid-19 crisis better than traditional construction due to controlled factory environment, L&G said as it unveiled plans to build 154 homes in Selby.

  • BusinessGreen
  • 04 May 2020
Is home working really the greener option?
Is home working really the greener option?

The coronavirus lockdown may have led to a fall in emissions, but assumptions that home-working automatically cuts carbon could prove to be wide of the mark

  • Efficiency
  • 30 April 2020
Study: Empty commercial buildings wasting energy and money during Covid-19 lockdown
Study: Empty commercial buildings wasting energy and money during Covid-19 lockdown

Offices, shops, and hotels are still using roughly 84 per cent of their typical energy demand during lockdown, according to findings from energy performance consultants Carbon Intelligence

  • Buildings
  • 28 April 2020
Google debuts Carbon-Intelligent Computing Platform
Google debuts Carbon-Intelligent Computing Platform

Tech giant announces new project is successfully shifting energy intensive computing processes to occur when the sun is shining and the wind is blowing

  • IT
  • 23 April 2020
Research: Many Britons in the dark over CO2 impact of heating and eating
Research: Many Britons in the dark over CO2 impact of heating and eating

Energy Systems Catapult survey reveals high concern over climate change among the public, but less understanding of CO2 sources

  • Policy
  • 20 April 2020
Government launches consultation on Climate Change Agreement extension, touting £300m energy-saving opportunity
Government launches consultation on Climate Change Agreement extension, touting £300m energy-saving opportunity

'Extending the Climate Change Agreement scheme will give businesses greater clarity and security at a time when they need it most'

  • Policy
  • 17 April 2020
Electrolux reports plummeting emissions and vows to ramp up product energy efficiency
Electrolux reports plummeting emissions and vows to ramp up product energy efficiency

  • Efficiency
  • 02 April 2020
Smart Hot Water: New project to help balance UK power grid
Smart Hot Water: New project to help balance UK power grid

USER Project to integrate AI technology with hot water cylinders to help manage grid demand

  • Technology
  • 25 March 2020
Arbnco steps up trial of SME energy efficiency platform
Arbnco steps up trial of SME energy efficiency platform

Scottish building optimisation specialist teams up with Centrica and secures government funding to undertake three pilot projects across the UK

  • Technology
  • 24 March 2020
Sainsbury's keeps it cool with 400,000 energy-saving 'Formula One' fridges
Sainsbury's keeps it cool with 400,000 energy-saving 'Formula One' fridges

Supermarket claims Aerofoil fridges have cut energy use from refrigeration across its UK stores by 15 per cent

  • Technology
  • 06 March 2020
The government must deliver clear sighted energy efficiency policy - nothing else will do
The government must deliver clear sighted energy efficiency policy - nothing else will do

The government must deliver on its promises to tackle the UK's woefully inefficient housing stock, argues Andrew Warren

  • Policy
  • 05 March 2020
CCC: Weak UK housing rules risk raising net zero costs and climate vulnerability
CCC: Weak UK housing rules risk raising net zero costs and climate vulnerability

Government's current green housing policies 'do not go far enough' to protect against climate change or cutting CO2, advisory body warns

  • Buildings
  • 19 February 2020
UK failure to focus on energy efficiency is wasting millions and damaging public health, Green Alliance study argues
UK failure to focus on energy efficiency is wasting millions and damaging public health, Green Alliance study argues

The UK's decarbonisation strategy should pay more attention to the public health benefits of lowering energy demand, the study from Green Alliance in collaboration with the Centre for Research into Energy Demand Solutions (CREDS) argues

  • Energy
  • 30 January 2020
'Ecohosting': Airbnb debuts green host education hub
'Ecohosting': Airbnb debuts green host education hub

Platform launches new online hub to help hosts enhance the environmental performance of their property

  • Efficiency
  • 27 January 2020
Knowledge gap leaving ten million UK households wasting energy, Citizens Advice survey finds
Knowledge gap leaving ten million UK households wasting energy, Citizens Advice survey finds

Nearly three-quarters of Brits underestimate the contribution of British homes to global warming, research conducted by Citizens Advice in partnership with the Energy Saving Trust has found

  • Energy
  • 23 January 2020
Inefficiency of UK offices fuelling climate change and driving up costs, report finds
Inefficiency of UK offices fuelling climate change and driving up costs, report finds

Energy waste remains widespread, despite the availability of established solutions that can cut costs and emissions, new report from Green Alliance finds

  • Efficiency
  • 22 January 2020
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