Government ‘should subsidise energy efficiency over renewables and give Esos teeth’
While George Osborne may be playing the blame game for the busted cap on renewable energy subsidies, the truth is that successive governments have...
Green Investment Bank: Energy managers must build better business cases
Energy managers must build better business cases if they are to succeed in getting energy efficiency projects signed off by their boards, according to...
There’s a quieter, more efficient vacuum pump in town
In this sponsored post, Atlas Copco says its GHS 350-900 VSD+ range of highly efficient vacuum pumps delivers average energy savings of 50% and...
Don’t let Esos costs go to waste
With the clock very much ticking on compliance with the Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (Esos), organisations should be thinking about how they can get...
P272: are you ready for the change?
Inenco chief commercial officer Dave Cockshott explains what you need to know about the new half-hourly settlement code in this sponsored post.
P272: mandatory half hourly settlement...
What has the CRC done for us?
A piece of research commissioned by Decc has found the CRC carbon tax has done broadly what it said on the tin.
The 88 page...
The Energyst: The new name for Water, Energy & Environment magazine
The rebrand of the print masthead comes a year after editor Tim McManan-Smith and sales director Steve Swaine completed a management buy-out of the...
Tinytag data loggers: energy efficiency monitoring for ESOS and more
Tinytag data loggers support energy efficiency applications by accurately monitoring power usage, CO2, temperature and RH locally or throughout a building, says Gemini Data...
Recovering utilities costs from commercial tenants
Recovering utilities costs from commercial tenants: are service charges a simple accounting exercise or complete minefield, asks TEBS director Martin Jaehme in this sponsored...
Esos: 152 companies compliant, can it be enforced?
The Environment Agency remains committed to enforcing Esos despite growing consensus that it will have to extend the deadline for compliance and may lack...
Esos or not, firms must make energy efficiency number one priority says Energy Institute
The Energy Institute (EI) is committed to improving energy efficiency across industry and has developed a variety of resources to support this. Whether you...
Government may subsidise Esos measures
The government has indicated that it may subsidise the cost of energy efficiency measures for businesses under the Esos programme.
Under the Energy Savings Opportunity...
Energy Efficiency Summit 2015
ESTA invites all energy industry participants to attend its annual conference next month in this sponsored post.
ESTA’s annual event programme is going from strength...
When not to trust your energy consultancy
With energy consultancy, as with everything, you get what you pay for, says CUB in this sponsored post. 'Free' consultancy is one sign that...
How to waste energy No. 8: Road Transport
The latest installment from energy expert and trainer Vilnis Vesma, who applies the power of ridicule to transport.
Transport in all its forms provides excellent...
Boom and bust: Mark Group in administration, US parent Sun Edison blames solar subsidy...
Energy efficiency and renewable energy installer Mark Group has been placed in administration after its new owner, US-based Sun Edison, decided to pull the...
Environment Agency effectively extends deadline for Esos with 371 firms compliant
The Environment Agency has effectively extended the deadline for Esos submissions by confirming that firms are unlikely to face punitive action provided they have...
Here’s how you can tell government which energy taxes to scrap
The government is consulting on energy taxes and plans to thin out the policy stew. Inenco is lobbying for change and in this sponsored...
Vilnis Vesma to mount UK’s first national M&V conference in November
Later this year, working in association with the Energy Services and Technology Association, Vesma is mounting the UK’s first national conference on the subject. The...
Pettigrew to succeed Holliday as National Grid chief
National Grid chief executive Steve Holliday has confirmed he will step down next year. The board has picked John Pettigrew to replace him.
Holliday has...