Data initiative helps people in need cut their energy bills

The Energy Saving Trust’s data matching service for the Affordable Warmth arm of the ECO scheme has just processed its 100,000th record since launching in June last year and helped a very large number of people in need reduce their energy consumption and bills. It’s a service tailored to simply check people’s eligibility for the […]

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 […]

Fuel poverty and cold homes caused 9,000 deaths in England and Wales last winter

Fuel poverty and cold homes have caused 9,000 deaths in England and Wales last winter alone, a study from the University College London (UCL) has been able to reveal. The charity Age UK estimates that fuel poverty, where people cannot afford to heat their home, costs the NHS around £1.3bn every year. Each year, the […]

Scottish government pledges £14 million to support housing associations installing energy efficiency measures

A new £14 million energy efficiency fund set up by the Scottish government to help householders keep their homes warmer is now also open to housing associations, a news report has been able to suggest. The interest-free scheme is part of the government’s Home Energy Efficiency Programme Scotland (HEEPS) and it is expected to help […]

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 […]