Mind the air: London Underground’s most polluted routes exposed

New study found that certain routes can have eight times higher air pollution levels than the safe limit

“Car ads on London Underground and Rail Network should be banned”

Eco campaigners have touted allowing these ads promoting cars as an “extraordinary act of self sabotage”

Waste heat from the Tube to warm more than 1,350 homes in Islington

A disused underground station houses a huge underground fan that extracts warm air from the Northern line tunnels and converts it into hot water for heating homes

Could climate change cause regular floods on the London Underground?

London Assembly Member Caroline Russell says it’s Morden likely…

Could tubes, trains and trams go solar?

Rail, tube and tram networks could be connected directly to trackside solar panels for subsidy-free clean energy. That’s the suggestion from climate change charity 10:10 and Imperial College London’s Energy Futures Lab, which say this could reduce strain on the electricity grid by bypassing it altogether. They believe connecting solar arrays and battery storage units […]

Waste heat from the tube to be piped into London homes

The sticky heat is one of the most unpleasant parts of a morning commute on the London underground – but that hot air is about to be put to good use. Hundreds of London homes are to be kept warm using the waste heat from the tube. The project is a team effort between Islington […]

EDF wins government electricity contract

Hospitals, schools and museums across Britain will be powered by EDF Energy after it won the largest ever contract to supply electricity from the government. The French firm, which draws a large amount of its power from nuclear, beat rivals British Gas Business, npower and Scottish Southern and Energy to win the contract from the […]