Improving the energy efficiency of UK homes is key for attaining the UK climate targets

Improving the overall energy efficiency of the UK housing stock is the key to help reduce the UK’s carbon emissions, experts in the field have recently suggested. Researchers from the Imperial College Centre for Energy Policy and Technology have recently released their Managing Heat System Decarbonisation report, which is aimed at the energy used in […]

SMEs encouraged to stop overpaying for energy

SMEs are paying a combined £280m per year too much for their energy, but many still feel unsure of tackling the big change, an expert report has recently revealed. Following an extensive inquest into the energy market, the Competition Markets Authority (CMA) has found that suppliers are only passing on a fraction of their own […]

Energy firms are failing the most vulnerable customers, research shows

Energy firms are not doing enough to support their most vulnerable customers, with only around two of the 10 best deals offering the £140 Warm Home Discount, recent data released by a comparison site has been able to suggest. The research by uSwitch suggests that of the ten cheapest energy tariffs available on May 1, […]

Berkeley Group pledges to become Britain’s first carbon-positive housebuilder

One of the UK’s best-known house builders, the Berkeley Group, has recently pledged to become Britain’s first carbon-positive housebuilder, a news sources has exclusively revealed. The firm has unveiled a new two-year plan to deliver a 10% reduction in carbon emissions per person, while utilising an internal carbon tax and carbon offsetting schemes to reach the new […]

The number of energy efficiency measures to be deployed across the UK set for major fall

The number of energy efficiency measures installed across UK homes is set to record a significant drop until 2020, a recent report from the Association for the Conservation of Energy (ACE) has been able to suggest. Only around 1.6 million measures are likely to be installed yearly by 2020, which marks a 73% drop compared […]

HeatingSave Building Energy Management System can help cut carbon emissions

The HeatingSave Building Energy Management System is the perfect solution for cutting energy bills and reducing carbon emissions for any type of boiler, including here oil-fired boilers. This type of boiler generates significant emissions, so high that OFTEC, the Oil Firing Technical Association, argues that cash incentives to replace oil-fired boilers in homes would be […]

UK businesses could be saving millions of pounds in energy cost savings, research suggests

UK businesses are sitting on millions of pounds worth of energy cost savings that are waiting to be implemented, an energy efficiency auditor has recently revealed, as a result of conducting numerous audits through the ESOS (Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme) scheme. ESOS was launched by the Government in 2014 to assess the energy used through […]

The home automation systems market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 12.46% between 2016 and 2022

The worldwide market for home automation systems is expected to grow at a CAGR of 12.46% between 2016 and 2022 and be worth $78.27 billion by 2022, a new market research paper from ReportsnReports has been able to suggest. The report suggests that the main driving factors for this segment will be a significant growth […]

Energy efficiency development requires more policy certainty, business forum argues

The energy efficiency industry requires more policy certainty provided by the UK government, the Westminster Sustainable Business Forum (WSBF) argued in the wake of inquiries by the Energy & Climate Change Committee, National Audit Office and the upcoming Bonfield Review. The report by the WSBF, a coalition of key UK businesses, parliamentarians, civil servants and […]