£125k boost for energy demand management ideas

A project aimed at innovative solutions for electricity demand management in the country has boosted the prize for its competition. Dynamic Demand Challenge – run by Nesta, Imperial College London and the National Physics Laboratory (NPL) – was initially offering £50,000 for entrepreneurs who can offer the best technology that demonstrates a shift in demand […]

UK centre to deliver large carbon reductions and save £500m

The UK could save more than £500 million and cut eight million tonnes of carbon emissions within the next decade. That’s according to a new report, which claims the National Physical Laboratory’s (NPL) Centre for Carbon Measurement would help make those savings. It suggests the level of carbon savings made would be equivalent to 2% […]