Day: 7 August 2013

Certainty for investors as Government publishes CfD contract terms

Investors have been provided a level of certainty today as the Government publishes draft terms for its Contracts for Difference (CfDs) support mechanism offered to investors in low-carbon energy generation.

EXCLUSIVE: Lib Dems 2040 diesel and petrol ban needs ‘progressive legislation’

The Government must introduce legislation that allows motorists and industry to affordably adopt cleaner vehicles if the Liberal Democrats vision of banning all petrol and diesel cars from UK roads by 2040 is to be realised, says the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).

Construction sector commends Gov’s zero-carbon building proposals

The construction industry has welcomed the Government's public consultation on its 'Allowable Solutions' proposals, which aims to help builders ensure that all homes are zero carbon from 2016.

Historic estate adds hydropower to become one of Britain’s ‘greenest palaces’

World heritage site Blenheim Palace has announced that it will install a £180,000 micro hydropower scheme on the River Glyme in order to cut the estate's co2 emissions and to become one of Britain's greenest palaces.

WRAP to examine economics of collecting ‘neglected’ waste wood

WRAP has commissioned a series of pilot studies in England to examine cost-effective ways to collect waste wood.

EXCLUSIVE: Government’s ‘distractions’ must not deflect UK’s low carbon goal

Government must ensure that short term difficulties and distractions such as the slow take up of the Green Deal, delay of RHI, and the recent renewed emphasis on finite resources like fracking for natural gas, do not deflect the UK from the "ultimate low carbon goal", says the Institute for Sustainability's Terry McGivern.

In conversation with the Institute for Sustainability’s Terry McGivern

Looking at sustainability in the building sector this week, edie talks to Terry McGivern, head of resource efficient building at the Institute for Sustainability, on why the sustainability agenda is starting to drive up building performance standards and client requirements.

Energy

Heathrow Airport sets its sights on closed loop procurement

Heathrow Airport has undertaken its first in-depth waste audit to gather more robust data on arisings in a bid to drive more sustainable procurement throughout its operations.

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