Day: 10 September 2010

Airport hotel could be UK’s greenest

Still a year away from opening but the East Midlands Airport's Radisson Blu Hotel is already making waves in the green building world.

Ground source heat pumps disappoint in test

The UK's largest test of domestic ground source heat pumps has disappointed with scientists reporting pumps 'underperformed'.

Eureka moment for McDonald’s

Global fast food giant McDonald's is nearing an annual CO2 reduction of over 250 tonnes, it has been claimed, thanks in part to a series of new heat recovery systems.

‘No merit’ in increasing UK renewables targets

The UK's climate change watchdog has written to the Government telling it not to raise targets for renewable energy generation.

Biomass could boost renewable power and green jobs

The Irish government has launched a campaign aimed at encouraging smaller producers of energy into the market.

Wind power generates almost 10% of the UK’s power

Earlier this week the amount of UK energy generated from wind power came closing to 10% of the total output.

Death toll could rise in California gas explosion

A gas pipeline exploded last night in a California suburb destroying dozens of homes and killing at least one person.

English flytipping drops by a fifth

Figures released yesterday (September 9) showed flytipping has fallen by a fifth across the country.

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