Following the second phase of a hugely-successful, council-wide programme to cut carbon, West Sussex County Council has now upgraded the lighting at more than 50 of its properties, replacing outdated fluorescent lamps with energy-efficient equivalents using the retrofit converter device, ‘Save It Easy®’ from Energys Group.
Scott-Broadwood Church of England School in Ockley and Capel has successfully cut its lighting energy consumption by 50%, as a result of a project to replace its old fluorescent lamps with energy-efficient equivalents using the retrofit converter device, ‘Save It Easy®’ from Energys Group.
The Government is backing up £125m Green Deal incentive fund with £40m of support for community-level efficiency initiatives.
Continue readingThe scheme aims to enable homeowners to install insulation and renewable energy systems with upfront costs covered by loans repaid via energy bills. Under the ‘Golden Rule’, the savings made through the energy efficiency measures should offset the costs over the lifetime of the loan.
Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham and Sheffield will receive the money in order to support their submitted plans to test key elements of the Green Deal, helping people pay for home improvements such as insulation through savings on their energy bills.
The Energy Event 2012 proved to be a huge success for Energys Group, with delegates expressing keen interest in its range of retrofit low-carbon technologies including boiler controls, power optimisation and Valve Wrap.
Energy-saving measures including renovating public buildings, energy-saving schemes for utilities, and energy audits for all large firms, could cut energy consumption by 20%, saving the EU €50bn per year – according to an EU energy efficiency directive approved by the European Parliament on Tuesday (11 September).
Buying up prime commercial property assets in UK cities and then giving them a green makeover can boost their value according to a report by a leading European green property fund.
The Renewable Heat Premium Payment (RHPP) which ran until July 4 this year has been reopened for landlords wishing to install devices such as biomass boilers, solar hot water panels and heat pumps.
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