UK retailers set to meet 2020 green targets
British retailers are set to meet their 2020 environmental targets, a report by the British Retail Consortium (BRC) has suggested. The BRC has set environmental targets such as reducing absolute carbon emissions by 25% and halving energy-related emissions from buildings by 2020. Waitrose and M&S are among the retailers which signed up to the green […]
Leisure centre deploys extensive energy efficiency measures
A leisure centre has deployed multiple latest-generation energy efficiency measures as part of the upgrade to their building energy management system, a recent news report in the local media has been able to find. The Dawlish Leisure Centre in Dawlish, Teignbridge has had a renewable energy system installed as part of Teignbridge Council’s plans to […]
Shropshire firms achieve significant energy savings
A couple of Shropshire firms have managed to achieve significant energy savings and have demonstrated their commitment to reduce their carbon footprint by achieving the ISO 50001 international standard for energy management, a recent news report in the local media has been able to find. Morris Leisure owns six caravan parks in Shropshire and North […]
Scotland launches major energy efficiency drive in the public sector
Scotland has just announced the launch of a highly ambitious energy efficiency scheme that aims to retrofit the country’s public sector buildings in order to attain higher levels of energy efficiency. As part of this scheme, public sector organisations and registered social landlords can choose to have a combination of energy efficiency measures installed across […]
Building Energy Management Systems Sector Set for Significant Growth
The energy management systems (EMS) market is set to reach an impressive $58.59 billion by 2022, recent research published by Grand View Research has been able to reveal. Building energy management systems for the industrial sector have emerged as the leading product segment and were responsible for half the total revenue in 2014. Power and […]
DECC pledges extensive support for business energy efficiency in new policy
The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has pledged extensive support for business energy efficiency within its new plan from 2015 to 2020. Within their 5-year plan, the DECC argues that, although the energy intensity of the UK economy has fallen by 24% since 2004, there remains significant untapped potential for energy saving in […]
Building Energy Management Systems can be used for slashing emissions for healthcare organizations
Healthcare organizations looking at cutting their carbon footprint and also reducing their energy bills should consider deploying an advanced Building Energy Management System that can thoroughly monitor environmental factors and control them to a certain degree. One organization that has actually managed to achieve a very high level of success in slashing their energy bills […]
Rise in profits at British Gas raises questions over price cuts and policies
Despite taking their time to cut energy prices in line with the drop in wholesale energy price reductions and only doing so following significant public pressure, British Gas has just recorded a profit spike of 31%, its owners, Centrica, have recently reported. Overall, the British Gas owner reported an £857m loss across the group after […]
Global green building sector to double by 2018, report suggests
The green building sector is likely to more than double in size by 2018, data from a recently published report has been able to reveal. The number of companies expecting to have more than 60% of their building projects certified green could grow from 18% currently to 37% in just two years, the poll by […]
Scotland’s office buildings will have to meet tough new energy efficiency standards
Scottish commercial properties may require expensive energy improvement works to meet the new minimum energy efficiency standards laid out in the Assessment of Energy Performance of Non-Domestic Buildings (Scotland), a new set of draft rules that could come into force as soon as September this year. The proposed regulations stipulate that properties must achieve a […]