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Power management and carbon footprints - Register

UK Energy Efficiency - Fri, 04/09/2010 - 10:15

Power management and carbon footprints
Register
... it should be safe to confirm something that wasn't one - the "Carbon Reduction Commitment To Energy Efficiency Scheme", which is now in force in the UK. ...

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Surveyors seek bigger role for sales energy efficiency - WalesOnline

UK Energy Efficiency - Fri, 04/09/2010 - 07:49

Surveyors seek bigger role for sales energy efficiency
WalesOnline
Initiated as part of the UK Government's Heat and Energy Savings Strategy, the project recommends making sure consumers understand the benefits of and have ...

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South African coal-fired power station to be built after UK abstains on vote - Times Online

UK Energy Efficiency - Fri, 04/09/2010 - 00:04

Times LIVE

South African coal-fired power station to be built after UK abstains on vote
Times Online
... 200 megawatts potential capacity and $485 million for energy efficiency measures, including a new rail line to transport coal rather than using lorries. ...
Rand gains as South Africa gets $3.75 billion loanMarketWatch
Loan brought on by unique circumstances, World Bank saysBusiness Day
South Africa Dirty Loan ApprovedIt's Getting Hot In Here (blog)
Times LIVE -Business Report
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Use polluters' cash to create a green bank - Times Online

UK Energy Efficiency - Thu, 04/08/2010 - 22:00

Use polluters' cash to create a green bank
Times Online
For example, improving Britain's domestic housing stock so it reaches a good level of energy efficiency would create around 750000 jobs between now and 2015 ...

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UK businesses are 'prioritising' business energy efficiency - Make It Cheaper

UK Energy Efficiency - Thu, 04/08/2010 - 16:30

UK businesses are 'prioritising' business energy efficiency
Make It Cheaper
According to a new survey, UK businesses are implementing more environmental initiatives to prioritise business energy efficiency. ...
Businesses prioritising eco-friendly schemesInstitute of Leadership & Management

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Barker - Energy efficient homes - DeHavilland (press release) (subscription)

UK Energy Efficiency - Thu, 04/08/2010 - 09:41

Barker - Energy efficient homes
DeHavilland (press release) (subscription)
Shadow Conservative Energy and Climate Change Minister Gregory Barker stated that after 13 years of Labour, the UK still had the least energy efficient ...

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Group agrees global metric for datacentre efficiency - ZDNet UK

UK Energy Efficiency - Wed, 04/07/2010 - 15:19

Environmental Leader

Group agrees global metric for datacentre efficiency
ZDNet UK
"The ultimate goal is to create a set of globally accepted metrics for datacentre energy efficiency," said Tom Brey, secretary of the Green Grid, ...
Green Grid Pushes PUE As Global Data Efficiency MetriceWEEK Europe UK

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Weekly Climate Change Policy Update - April 5, 2010 - Mondaq News Alerts (registration)

UK Energy Efficiency - Wed, 04/07/2010 - 14:50

Weekly Climate Change Policy Update - April 5, 2010
Mondaq News Alerts (registration)
The ARRA climate funding was dedicated almost exclusively to technology development and deployment, including funding for energy efficiency, weatherization, ...

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Renewable energy coalition releases manifesto - Renewable Energy Focus

UK Energy Efficiency - Wed, 04/07/2010 - 08:56

Renewable energy coalition releases manifesto
Renewable Energy Focus
Create a coordinated mechanism to deliver energy efficiency. “Reaching our 2020 targets will mean that the UK needs to increase seven-fold the amount of ...
Nine UK renewable energy associations sign 12-step green 'manifesto'Power-Gen Worldwide

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UK: Welsh Dairy Industry to Receive GBP 3.3 Mln in Aid - FLEXNEWS

UK Energy Efficiency - Wed, 04/07/2010 - 08:54

UK: Welsh Dairy Industry to Receive GBP 3.3 Mln in Aid
FLEXNEWS
The main beneficiaries of the project will be dairy farmers who will benefit from advice, support and information on issues ranging from energy efficiency ...
UK: Cardiff ups support for dairy industryjust-food.com (subscription)

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Homes Fit for Green Heroes - BBC News (blog)

UK Energy Efficiency - Wed, 04/07/2010 - 07:43

BBC News

Homes Fit for Green Heroes
BBC News (blog)
It was helped by a the strength of a property market in which builders didn't have to offer energy efficiency measures to entice buyers. ...
Scotland tightens energy efficiency regulations for new buildsEnergy Efficiency News
Scottish sustainability standards anger building industryEnvironmental Data Interactive
Scottish government aims to make construction jobs greenerRandstad CPE News

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UK 'keen' to take up energy saving schemes, says expert - Energy Saving Trust

UK Energy Efficiency - Wed, 04/07/2010 - 05:36

New Energy Focus

UK 'keen' to take up energy saving schemes, says expert
Energy Saving Trust
Feed-in tariffs are the first, but it is also hoped that the Carbon Reduction Commitment Energy Efficiency Scheme will help businesses to make energy saving ...
Experts Believe People Across UK would be "Keen" to take up Energy Saving SchemesTopNews United States
Feed-in Tariff will lead to higher bills for all, claim analystsNew Energy Focus

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Switch provides efficient grid connection - The Engineer

UK Energy Efficiency - Wed, 04/07/2010 - 05:15

The Engineer

Switch provides efficient grid connection
The Engineer
'When people talk about renewable generation, energy-storage systems and energy efficiency, in order for all those things to happen on a practical level, ...

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Where They Stand: Guide to party election policies - BBC News

UK Energy Efficiency - Tue, 04/06/2010 - 14:11

Where They Stand: Guide to party election policies
BBC News
... ensure all new homes energy efficient from 2010; offer 'Green Loans' to invest in home energy efficiency; replace air passenger duty with a per-plane ...

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Q&A: the CRC energy efficiency scheme - The Guardian

UK Energy Efficiency - Wed, 03/31/2010 - 17:12

Telegraph.co.uk

Q&A: the CRC energy efficiency scheme
The Guardian
The CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme is a new, mandatory, energy-saving and carbon emissions-reduction scheme for the UK. It will see big companies compete ...
New carbon trading legislation confuses businessesTelegraph.co.uk
UK Carbon Reduction Commitment comes into force amid 'confusion'Energy Efficiency News
Costs, confusion greet new carbon trade schemeReuters UK
Reuters India -BusinessWeek -Times Online
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KNX CELEBRATES 20 YEARS AT LIGHT+BUILDLING 2010 - Voltimum (subscription)

UK Energy Efficiency - Tue, 02/16/2010 - 01:37

KNX CELEBRATES 20 YEARS AT LIGHT+BUILDLING 2010
Voltimum (subscription)
At the main stand in Hall 8 members of the KNX User Clubs from different countries will be showing KNX applications in areas such as energy efficiency, ...

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2010-02-15 UK's Carbon Trust awards its largest ever loan - New Energy Matters (subscription)

UK Energy Efficiency - Mon, 02/15/2010 - 23:21

2010-02-15 UK's Carbon Trust awards its largest ever loan
New Energy Matters (subscription)
The technology, provided by UK firm EcoCooling, will cut indirect electricity use within the data centre by 60%, making it the most energy efficient data ...

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Project launched to study home energy efficiency - Click Green

UK Energy Efficiency - Mon, 02/15/2010 - 20:21

Project launched to study home energy efficiency
Click Green
The ETI has responsibility for developing the technologies that will help the UK meet its 2050 carbon reduction targets. The organisation believes that DE ...
ETI Launches GBP2m Studies Into Distributed EnergyEnergy Business Review

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