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Regulation
15 April 2011
A new Bill has been presented in the House of Commons that would see local plans for energy efficiency made transparent, and encourage energy efficiency at local authority level.
28 March 2011
Social renters have expressed a multitude of concerns over retrofitting and their property, a survey of over 100 English housing associations has revealed.
25 February 2011
Energy and climate change secretary Chris Huhne has faced a barrage of criticism since announcing he was bringing forward a review of Feed-in-Tariffs for small scale renewables. Simon Napper looks at the problem.
24 February 2011
As often happens at European Summits, external events changed the agenda at the last moment, so instead of devoting the whole time to energy, there was a great deal of discussion about events in the Middle East. So what was achieved?
11 February 2011
A new report by Barclays has found that building retrofits will require the largest amount of procurement capital of €600bn by 2020.
04 January 2011
Ofgem has handed over the launch of smart meters to the Government, a scheme which is to be rolled out in the UK by 2020.
04 January 2011
A study by the Centre for the Built Environment (CeBE) and the University of Leeds has found that a low carbon, high efficiency building project has underperformed to expectations set at the design stage, causing concern for the wider building industry.
17 December 2010
17 Dec: The Government has announced reforms to the electricity supply which will aim to put the UK at the forefront of global electricity investment, drive the growth of clean energy industries and ensure consumers get the best possible deal on their supply.
09 December 2010
9 Dec: Energy secretary Chris Huhne has announced there will be no room for cowboys in the Green Deal, following the publication of the Energy Bill in Parliament.
29 November 2010
A flagship of the last Government’s low carbon programme, the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme is being radically overhauled. Simon Napper asks, how well does it sit with the Prime Minister’s boast to make this the greenest Government ever?
13 October 2010
London Mayor Boris Johnson has been praising a large-scale retrofitting scheme for the City, in both the public and private sectors, used as a key method to improving the low-carbon economy.
08 September 2010
Research released by business management consultancy, Blackmores, suggests that NHS Trusts are failing to comply with the new Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) legislation, due to come into effect in October.
27 August 2010
DECC has released 2050 Pathways Analysis as part of a suite of energy reports including the first ever Annual Energy Statement to Parliament, which itself sets out 32 actions of coalition energy and climate change policy
24 June 2010
Part L 2010 will come into force on 1 October 2010. It will require a reduction of 25% of carbon emissions compared to Part L 2006
17 June 2010
Energy suppliers are free to decide how best to deliver their carbon target under CERT