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Going Green

26
Jul

Green DealThe Climate Change Act 2008 legislated for a reduction in our carbon emissions and set legally binding carbon budgets across all sectors of the UK economy – including our homes, communities and workplaces and as part of this the government has made a pledge to reduce carbon emissions by 34% (of 1990 levels) by 2020 and 80% by 2050. UK domestic buildings are among the least efficient in the world and account for 38 per cent of the UK’s total greenhouse gas emissions. The Green Deal scheme has been set up by the government to make improvements in the efficiency of these buildings more accessible to the general population and aims to do the following:

  • Reduce the demand for energy
  • Reduce dependence on imported fuel
  • Meet carbon reduction targets
  • Achieving affordable warmth
  • Avoiding upfront cost

Applied to the process of improvement is the “Golden Rule” – which ensures that repayments for the work completed to improve energy efficiency do not exceed the savings made by these improvements. So in effect, this is a medium to long term solution in terms of financial savings but has an immediate effect in terms of carbon reduction. continue

Category : Carbon Emissions | Going Green | Legislation | Blog
20
Jun

Storm WavesClimate Change Agreements (CCA’s) were introduced by the UK government in April 2001 as an incentive for businesses to reduce their energy bills and as a result, their carbon emissions. They are voluntary agreements containing targets for eligible industry sectors. This was introduced after the government implemented an energy tax (levy) which appeared directly on all business’s energy bills known as Climate Change Levy (CCL). CCL was originally intended to be tax neutral with a corollary reduction in National Insurance contributions. continue

Category : Carbon Emissions | Going Green | Legislation | Blog
7
Dec

Windmills and LightbulbThere have been many questions regarding this governments commitment to ‘green energy’ since the last cabinet reshuffle with the new energy minister having a reputation for being less than keen on renewables and investing in sustainable technologies. Are we still pursuing the goals we’ve set out or will things change direction somewhat? The UK population remains convinced that the sustainable, green, renewable…call it what you like, is here to stay and a reasonable proportion are happy to invest in it either on a domestic or commercial basis. Perhaps the uptake may be slower than hoped and having taken the odd beating here and there [especially with Feed In Tariff cuts] – but it is not going to be stopped. continue

Category : Alternatives | Energy Production | Going Green | Blog
3
Oct

Torse Ltd presented at the Environmental Technology Centre‘s breakfast meeting this morning which was entitled “Sustainability, The Impossible Dream?”. The ETC are based at Nottingham University. Below is the video created by Torse to highlight some key issues for the presentation and you can also download the sustainability and profitability handout diagram used by Torse to present their ideas.

Video Content

0:21 > 1:24 Energy price rises and trends from Jerome Baddley, Nottingham Energy Partnership
1:24 > 4:15 What low cost activities can businesses do to reduce energy costs?
4:15 > 4:49 What medium cost activities can businesses engage with?
4:49 > 5:24 When should technologies be considered?
5:24 > 6:30 Keith Baker discusses the sort of technologies that could be considered?
6:30 > 7:43 Example of Lake Source Heat Pumps at the Sir Colin Campbell building
7:43 > 8:49 Tree surgeons who have changed to more sustainable and profitable working practice
8:49 > 9:30 Best options for a typical city based business

Category : Alternatives | Carbon Emissions | Energy Production | Going Green | Legislation | Blog