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• Posted 19th September 2012

Article from Energy in Buildings & Industry Magazine – July/August 2012 Introducing a floor price for the EU emissions trading scheme (EU:ETS) risks being seen as a carbon tax, according to the head of climate change policy in the European Union.  As a new tax, it would require endorsement by every government before it could […]

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• Posted 30th August 2012

Article From:  Energy in Buildings & Industry Magazine – July/August 2012 Cambridge City Council has completely refitted its Grand Arcade Annex car park with award-winning LED lighting to help save energy and lower carbon emissions. As part of their commitment to make Cambridge a more sustainable city, council officers asked lighting specialists MHA Lighting to […]

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• Posted 30th August 2012

Article From:  Energy in Buildings & Industry Magazine – July/August 2012 Sheffield’s Meadowhall Shopping Centre Retail is slicing 25 per cent off its energy consumption as it makes the transition from RGB cold cathode lighting to LEDs. Meadowhall was one of Oldham Lighting’s original cold cathode installations and typical of a large retail area where […]

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• Posted 30th August 2012

Article From:  Energy in Buildings & Industry Magazine – July/August 2012 Britain is missing a huge opportunity for electricity savings in the commercial sector, according to a report quietly published by the government’s new Energy Efficiency Deployment Office on the Department of Energy (DECC)’s website. The report, “Capturing the full electricity efficiency potential in the […]

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• Posted 30th August 2012

Article from Energy in Buildings & Industry Magazine – July/August 2012 LED (light-emitting diodes) street lighting can generate energy savings as high as 85 per cent, an independent, global trial of the technology has found.  The programme also indicates that citizens of pilot cities prefer LED lighting, citing the social and environmental benefits. The findings […]

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• Posted 7th July 2012

Article from:  Energy in Buildings & Industry Magazine – June 2012 Colt Technology Services’ data centre in Wapping, London, has been equipped with ultra efficient Turbomiser chillers as part of an upgrade delivering a total of 3.3MW of high efficiency cooling. The facility, at Princes Court in East London, will be cooled by six of […]

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• Posted 7th July 2012

Article from: Energy in Buildings & Industry Magazine – June 2012 The European Union has agreed a new energy efficiency directive, intended to improve dramatically energy efficiency delivery during this decade.  The legislation has the potential to overhaul the business model for European gas and electricity utilities, requiring them to help consumers to save fuel.  […]

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• Posted 1st July 2012

Article from:  Energy in Buildings & Industry Magazine – June 2012 Coming out of the Shade  While the Feed-in Tariff has grabbed the headlines, the Government has launched a similar scheme for non-domestic solar heating.  Stuart Elmes looks for the best opportunities.  At the end of 2011 it seemed that photovoltaic solar energy (PV) was always […]

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• Posted 10th June 2012

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has today announced that from April 2013 all businesses listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange will have to openly report their levels of greenhouse gas emissions. The requirements will not cover private companies or those listed on the Alternative Investment Market. Speaking […]

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• Posted 28th April 2012

Chancellor George Osborne appears to have finally taken notice of customer concerns.  In his budget statement the chancellor made it clear that the government plans to introduce a new environmental tax this autumn if officials are unable to find “major savings” in the administrative costs incurred by businesses and organisations complying with the scheme. Since […]