Confidence in energy efficiency is up and rising

Jun 24, 2017 Jonny Bairstow Energy Efficiency, Top Stories 0

Confidence in the energy efficiency industry was up in the first quarter (Q1) of 2017 and looks to continue rising. That’s according to a new report from Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF), which...

Mancunian community energy finds key to home retrofits

Jun 23, 2017 Jonny Bairstow Energy Efficiency 0

A community energy group in Manchester has found a way to effectively carry out domestic energy efficiency retrofits. Carbon Co-op says its Community Green Deal can cut energy consumption and...

Green Deal loans spring back into life after acquisition

Jun 20, 2017 Jonny Bairstow Energy Efficiency, Markets & Finance 0

The Green Deal Finance Company (GDFC) has begun financing loans for the first time since July 2015. Its relaunch follows its acquisition from the UK Government in January 2017 and comes ahead...

Kosovo homes go efficient with €12m loan

Jun 15, 2017 Jonny Bairstow Energy Efficiency 0

More than 3,100 households in Kosovo have so far installed energy effiency measures as part of a new credit line scheme. Kosovo Sustainable Energy Projects (KoSEP), a credit line from the...

Trump administration ‘broke law on energy efficiency rules’

Jun 14, 2017 Jonny Bairstow Energy Efficiency 0

The Trump Administration has been accused of violating the law by not publishing energy efficiency standards. The California Attorney General Xavier Becerra and New York Attorney General Eric...

Retrofitting shopping centres ‘could be key to EU efforts’

Jun 12, 2017 Jonny Bairstow Energy Efficiency, Low Carbon 0

Retrofitting shopping centres could play a significant role in reaching Europe’s green goals. That’s according to the EU-funded CommONEnergy project, which says “temples of consumerism” need to...

Smart meters yield underwhelming savings

May 31, 2017 Jonny Bairstow Energy Efficiency, Smart Data, Top Stories 0

Smart meters and time-of-use pricing have only yielded small electricity savings so far. That’s according to researchers at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada, who compared data for...

Greenpeace claims Tories are weakening EU energy efficiency rules as Brexit approaches

May 31, 2017 Jonny Bairstow Policy & Legislation, Sustainability & Environment, Top Stories 0

Leaked documents suggest the UK is lobbying to weaken one of the EU’s main energy efficiency laws. A series of files, obtained by Greenpeace, are alleged to show the British Government is trying...

California’s new homes to be zero carbon by 2020

May 26, 2017 Jonny Bairstow Energy Efficiency 0

California has established a goal for all new residential buildings to be zero net energy (ZNE) by 2020. The Department of Energy’s (DoE) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has launched two...

Open chimneys ‘risk health and waste energy’

May 25, 2017 Jonny Bairstow Energy Efficiency, Sustainability & Environment 0

Having an open chimney could prove costly, both in terms of health and energy bills. Air quality adviser Breathe London says fully insulating buildings, including chimneys, not only prevents...