Sustainability Live 2013 happened last week at the Birmingham NEC. It's a coming together of three separate events: NEMEX Live, EfW Expo and IWEX Water. Together they cover the renewables, energy efficiency, Energy from Waste and sustainable water industries....
THE UK government’s Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) wants to know why businesses don’t buy into energy efficiency. Recently The Green Building Council’s Business Case for Green Buildings publication outlined how a conscientiously designed...
A BIT OF BACKGROUND ABOUT THE GREEN DEAL: Britain's new energy efficiency program, designed to keep homes warm and draught-free. It allows people up to £10,000 to install cost cutting energy measures to their property, to be paid back in instalments stuck...
THE UK GOVERNMENT has just launched its grand energy efficiency plan, the Green Deal. The Green Deal has been designed to reduce carbon emissions and provide insulation and other home improvements, on a large scale. But what about small scale things?...
EVERYDAY PEOPLE can now invest in renewable energy projects, thanks to democratic finance platform Abundance Generation, the fastest growing crowd funding site to date. Five pounds – that’s the minimum investment. Investors can gradually build up an investment...
The story here is: efficiency brings together financial and environmental arguments. Economy in general – not being wasteful – is common sense. So what is a ‘common sense technology’?. Everyone understands that developed economies are powered by business....
It is a turbulent time for the UK’s energy industry. Rising energy prices make the argument for solar PV more persuasive than ever, and the stage has been swept clear for a new financing initiative to improve the nation’s homes. It’s called the Green...