Day: 13 August 2014

Top 10 tips for compliance – ESOS

What are the practical steps you need to take to ensure your company complies with the new Energy Savings Opportunities Scheme (ESOS)? Find out below.

Business leaders to announce new plans to tackle climate change at UN event

Political figureheads will join leaders from business and civil society to announce new commitments and practical actions to address climate change at a climate summit hosted by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon next month.

Briefing: The Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (ESOS)

Construction firms urged to rethink buildings as ‘material banks’ for circular gain

The construction industry has a great opportunity to enter the circular economy space by viewing buildings as material banks, a real estate developer has said.

Green Deal: Success or failure?

The Green Deal Home Improvement Fund scheme has been closed because the funding allocated to the scheme for this year has now been spent, less than two months after the scheme was launched. It is not yet known how many households have managed to take advantage of the scheme but it seems clear that thousands of home owners who have already paid some £100 for a Green Deal assessment will now potentially be out of pocket. BSRIA's Krystyna Dawson considers what closing the scheme really means, who misses out and the difference it will make to the energy efficiency of homes.

Home or away – making the right training choice

Firms have been complaining about the skills shortage for years and their concerns show no signs of abating. In fact, the CBI's education and skills survey 2013 highlights that almost half of its respondents had 'acute concerns' about their ability to find highly-skilled workers in key sectors of manufacturing, construction and engineering in the coming years.

Will shale gas ever find its place in today’s broad energy mix?

Many decades ago, Albert Einstein said that 'Everything is Energy and Energy is everything". This claim is still very true as we look at the impact of energy as a source on our modern society today.

Study challenges belief that green buildings carry high cost premium

Perceptions that sustainable buildings are more expensive to construct have been challenged by new research, which has found that achieving lower BREEAM ratings can incur little or no additional cost.

Bacardi commits to sustainable sugarcane

Spirits giant Bacardi has pledged that all of its sugarcane products will come from sustainable sources by 2022.

Largest local authority rooftop solar array goes live

Work on the largest local authority rooftop photovoltaic (PV) system in the UK has been completed at the Northacre Resource Recovery Centre in Westbury and will save £1.5m over the next 20 years.

Free online sustainability support for £117bn FM and services industry

Facilities management (FM) and services sector suppliers, contractors and clients will get a free resource to help them to boost their sustainability credentials in January 2015.

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