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Economist Debate on renewable energy subsidy

By bokeh@beck On November 22, 2011 ·
A debate has recently ended in the Economist magazine that makes for interesting reading. The question was whether subsidising renewable energy was a good thing. The cons won by 52% to 48%. This threw up a number of interesting points to me. Firstly, I was surprised that the Economist magazine chose for the arguments of [...]
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Carbon Control

By bokeh@beck On November 22, 2011 ·
An interesting debate is under way at the Economist. The assertion is that CCS (carbon capture and storage) cannot be relied upon for the climate control policies. Joseph Romm speaking for the assertion believes that vast expense will glean little reward until at least 2030. Whilst the IEA estimates that approx 19% of the emission [...]
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Air Conditioning EPC Conventions

On October 27, 2011 By bokeh@beck
The first air conditioning epc conventions have been released. These conventions, issued by CLG, and published by BRE, flesh out the vague parts of the TM44 inspection methodology. The full report by BRE can be viewed here. Air conditioning EPC sampling rules. Of particular interest to air conditioning inspectors, such as myself, is the sampling [...]
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Green Deal – or no Green Deal

On October 27, 2011 By bokeh@beck
The countdown has begun – with only 12 months before the Green Deal is due to go online. But first, a short introduction for those who do not know what the Green Deal is. Essentially it’s a way of installing energy efficient systems, such as solar panels etc without having to pay for it up [...]
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EPC amendments postponed

On June 17, 2011 By bokeh@beck
“Dear All, The purpose of this email is to inform you that it will not be possible to bring the amendments to the existing Energy Performance of Building Regulations 2007 into force on 1 July, but it is our intention to implement the changes as soon as possible. DCLG will be providing a further update [...]
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EPC changes announced

On April 15, 2011 By bokeh@beck
This is the announcement from DCLG that Business Footprint has received concerning the EPC changes for this year. PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE ENERGY PERFORMANCE OF BUILDINGS (CERTIFICATES AND INSPECTIONS) (ENGLAND AND WALES) REGULATIONS 2007 (THE EPB REGULATIONS) 1. Summary of the changes to the EPB Regulations The changes to the EPB Regulations can be summarised [...]
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commercial property and energy

On February 14, 2011 By bokeh@beck
How far ahead do you think in business terms? 20 years is probably too long for most, 10-15 years may be for the professionals among us. But what about 3-5 years? Surely most of us think in those terms! Well apparently not. The first is a graph which predicts the moment that Middle Eastern oil [...]
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The 2020, 20% efficiency target must be met: The European Council

On February 10, 2011 By bokeh@beck
On Friday there was more bad news for business owners who thought that carbon reduction and energy efficiency can be ignored. All member states are to review their public building energy efficiency standards from January 2012. Since current research shows that as things stand, the EU member states will only achieve  a 10% improvement, the [...]
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UK PLC scores a waste hat-trick

On February 3, 2011 By bokeh@beck
Recently the Carbon Trust released a particularly damning series of reports. Firstly, it has found that big business has undervalued energy efficiency investments to the tune of £1.6bn. This was after 1000 investments between 2006 and 2009. They cite such reasons as the Landlord-Tenant divide and the low priority given to energy. We think that [...]
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European Commission set to extend and broaden energy-saving legislation

On January 29, 2011 By bokeh@beck
The EC is set to strengthen its commitment to tightening up on energy waste in buildings. The European Commission is to extend its efficiency targets beyond the initial group of member states, including the UK, to all countries within the EU. Furthermore, it will require all public authorities to double it’s current rate of building [...]
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