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Google Drops Powermeter; Future Not Bright For Android@Home
Posted on 08. Jun, 2011 by Ross.
Two years after announcing the launch of Powermeter - touted as the Google Analytics of home energy use - Google have quietly and surprisingly dumped development of the Powermeter API.
At a time when Google is making some big investments in renewable energy (most recently in windfarms), home automation and innovative methods to green their data [...]
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What is Sustainability Assurance?
Posted on 23. May, 2011 by Ross.
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) reports are a great thing, right? They detail how companies are considering the communities and environments which their operations impact upon, and the sustainable efforts that they are going to in order to make these impacts positive ones rather than damaging. Since CSR reporting is now legally mandatory in many countries [...]
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My Return On Investment Case with Philips LED Lighting
Posted on 19. May, 2011 by Ross.
The New York Times announced the arrival of a new LED light bulb from Philips this week, capable of deliver enough light to replace a 75W light bulb (until now LED lights had only been able to emit enough light to replace a 60W bulb). The EnduraLED A21 is expected to cost $40, last 25,000 [...]
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When Do Greens NOT Want A Carbon Floor Price? When Nuclear Gets The Benefits
Posted on 16. May, 2011 by Ross.
The initial headlines were all about political wranglings and conflicts, but the latest UK agreement to reduce carbon emissions has exposed just how fragmented the environmental movement has become.
The Liberal Democrats saw less discord amongst party members for forming a coalition with the hated Conservatives than would have been expected last year. Even the diabolical [...]
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UK Budget 2011 - What’s Green And What’s Greenwash
Posted on 23. Mar, 2011 by Ross.
Here’s all the key green (or really-not-so-green!) changes in UK government policy in today’s 2011 Budget.
Fuel Duty.
Green policies? Run away!
Previous Labour governments declared war on motorists, consistently and unashamedly increasing fuel tax with an aim not just to make more money (although this was hardly a happy accident) but to also drive down the escalation [...]
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California Shows The World (Some Of) America Is Serious About Climate Change
Posted on 17. Dec, 2010 by Ross.
The plans for a US-wide cap-and-trade scheme for carbon emissions might be dead in the water, but California is charging ahead regardless with its plans to regulate carbon dioxide emissions.
Although still playing catch-up with Europe, with the long-established ETS and 2020 emission targets of 20-30% reductions from 1990, Californians aims to return to 1990 levels [...]
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CRC Recycling Payments Scrapped In Spending Review
Posted on 20. Oct, 2010 by Ross.
In a move that will outrage business leaders, the UK government has switched the goalposts on participants of the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme less than a month after the registration deadline expired.
In a piece of news buried in the Spending Review (point 2.108) and somehow avoiding being leaked in the run-up to the report, the [...]
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Carbon Trust Survives The Spending Review: Waits For Another Review
Posted on 20. Oct, 2010 by Ross.
After months of speculation, the Carbon Trust learnt it’s fate today in the UK coalition government’s Spending Review: that it was up for review.
Firstly, the fears that the Carbon Trust would be axed today proved unfounded, as recently predicted here at Energy-Saving News. With a raft of business support services all axed from the Department [...]
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Energy Saving Sweets: Carbon Trust Funds Confectionery Cuts
Posted on 01. Oct, 2010 by Ross.
The carbon footprint of Britain’s sweets could soon be cut (without sacrificing all those yummy calories!), thanks to a new energy-saving investment drive by the Carbon Trust in partnership with Dairy UK and the Food and Drink Federation.
In an eye-catching piece of publicity which will remind people that the Carbon Trust is still alive and [...]
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Carbon Trust Not Axed - Yet
Posted on 24. Sep, 2010 by Ross.
Want to know if you can still apply for those fantastic Carbon Trust interest-free loans for your business’s energy efficiency projects? Need to know if the Carbon Trust is facing the axe under the UK government’s planned spending cuts?
Today a list of quangos facing the axe was leaked by the Cabinet Office, showing almost half [...]
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Which Companies Are In The CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme?
Posted on 07. Sep, 2010 by Ross.
With the CRC deadline fast approaching, and thousands of companies still yet to register for the UK government’s new flagship cap-and-trade scheme, one of the biggest questions which is still to be answered is which companies are in the CRC Energy Efficiency scheme? Without a full list being available, let’s look instead at what we [...]
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