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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Lack of a long-term plan adversely affects progress in the energy efficiency of UK buildings

The lack of a long-term plan from successive UK governments is having a profoundly negative effect on the overall energy efficiency of UK buildings, according to the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE). The comments follow the publication of the House of Commons Energy and Climate Change Committee report Home Efficiency And Demand Reduction. […]

Cambridge could become a zero-carbon city by 2050

The city of Cambridge could commit to reducing its carbon emissions to zero by 2050, should local councillors agree to the plans laid out in a report on a new climate change strategy that will be presented at the council’s Strategy and Resources Committee on 21 March 2016. The new strategy focuses on reducing emissions […]

Lloyds Bank launches £1bn fund for deploying energy efficiency measures across commercial properties

One of the UK’s best-known banking groups has just announced the launch of a new £1 billion fund designed to help owners of commercial real estate improve the energy efficiency of buildings. Lloyds Bank will support its clients’ adoption of energy-saving measures by providing loans of £10 million and above, but companies will have to […]

SME energy bills record huge variations across the UK, study finds

SMEs across the UK have distinctively different energy expenditures depending on their exact locations, a recent research study has been able to find. The paper from energy comparison firm Love Energy Savings found that firms in the City of London spend an average of £2,574 per year – the lowest in Britain – on gas […]