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Retrofit Comparison Calculators: T5 vs Metal Halide Lighting

Posted on 18. May, 2010 by Ross.

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Looking to buy new lighting for your warehouse? Looking for a simple way to compare metal halide lighting with low-energy T5 fluorescent technologies?
The decision is a no-brainer really: high-quality intelligent T5 fittings such as the energy efficient Somar Eluma lighting system result lower energy bills, better light qualty, less light degradation and lower carbon emissions [...]

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LED Lighting Still Not Ready For Commercial Buildings

Posted on 10. May, 2010 by Ross.

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Light-emitting diodes (LEDs) will remain too expensive for mainstream commercial applications for the next decade compared to other energy-efficient lighting systems like Somar Eluma.
Despite grand predictions of LED lighting taking over the world, and of rapidly falling costs in the manufacture of these semiconductor-based low-carbon lights, they will remain too expensive to effectively compete against [...]

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Energy-Efficient Supermarket Lighting Supercharges Your Spinach

Posted on 23. Mar, 2010 by Ross.

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File this particular study in the ‘Popeye’s Secrets’ category: not only does spinach contain plenty of key vitamins essential for a healthy existence, but it is also more potent when bought from a supermarket than pulled out of the ground.
Why? Fluorescent lighting.
According to research published in the Journal of Agricutural and Food Chemistry, energy-efficient supermarket [...]

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Carbon Trust Building The Low-Carbon Workplace: £350 Million Commercial Energy Efficiency Fund

Posted on 15. Mar, 2010 by Ross.

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Is £100 million in interest-free loans to UK companies for energy efficiency projects through the Carbon Trust’s Big Business Refit not enough? The Carbon Trust seems to think so, as it is now amassing a new fund in order to push forward the retrofitting of commercial properties into new high-specification, low-carbon environments.
By collaborating with fund [...]

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Carbon Trust’s £40m Big Business Refit Is A Scrappage Scheme: Theo Paphitis

Posted on 09. Sep, 2009 by Ross.

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Businesses around the country are laying off staff in order to save money through the recession, despite millions of pounds in interest-free loans being available from the Carbon Trust to reduce bottom line costs through energy efficiency.
Making do with old, inefficient equipment or replacing it when it finally breaks down is costing businesses £3.3bn every [...]

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Tesco Beats Carbon Trust By Labelling The Black In The White Stuff.

Posted on 20. Aug, 2009 by Ross.

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Tesco has announced that it will be rolling out carbon footprint labelling on its own brands of milks by the end of the year, only a week after the Carbon Trust announced it would be aiding dairy farmers to start calculating their carbon dioxide emissions.
The move is an important exercise for Tesco, with milk being [...]

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Tesco Awarded Carbon Trust Standard After Absolute Carbon Reductions

Posted on 09. Jun, 2009 by Ross.

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Tesco has announced that it has been awarded the Carbon Trust Standard by the Carbon Trust, and that it has finally achieved a reduction in its absolute carbon emissions.
Compared to the 06/07 and 07/08 financial years, Tesco’s absolute carbon emissions were reduced by 0.7% over 08/09. That translated to impressive carbon intensity reductions of 12.5% [...]

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Paltry Energy Efficiency Leaves UK Facing Large Post-Recession Emissions Rise

Posted on 02. Jun, 2009 by Ross.

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Recent analysis of the UK reduced electricity consumption implies that energy efficiency measures are still too scarce to impact emissions and competitiveness after the current economic recession.
Electricity use in the UK for the first three months of 2009 dropped by 3.2% compared to the same period the previous year, despite colder mean temperatures. The majority [...]

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UK Supermarkets Criticised Over Freezer Greenhouse Gases

Posted on 04. Feb, 2009 by Ross.

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An Environmental Investigation Agency report has lambasted UK supermarkets for failing to take steps to reduce their use of greenhouse gases in their fridges and freezers, and released a ranked list of the worst - and least worst - offenders.
Despite more environmentally friendly alternatives existing, supermarket freezers and refrigerators use hydroflurocarbons (HFCs) as a coolant. [...]