Tag Archives: energy saving
How Energy Saving Costs Businesses & Governments Nothing: Save The World For Free!
Posted on 24. Dec, 2009 by Ross.
Energy saving is the most important weapon in the fight against climate change.
Why?
Because it pays for itself! There is no excuse for businesses to not invest in energy saving projects such as energy efficient lighting, because energy saving has short return on investment periods and massive long-term, sustainable cost-cutting power.
There is no excuse for governments [...]
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Military Leads UK In Energy Saving War
Posted on 23. Dec, 2009 by Ross.
The UK’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) is currently putting the rest of the government departments to shame, with the military hitting their 12.5% carbon reduction targets two years ahead of schedule.
In the government’s war against carbon emissions, the military are at the heart of the biggest battle: the MoD previously accounted for 60% of the [...]
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Energy Efficiency Can Destroy Drax Power Station
Posted on 09. Sep, 2009 by Ross.
Drax Power Station in Yorkshire, UK is the biggest power station in Western Europe. By burning up to 36,000 tonnes of coal a day and producing 22,800,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide annually, Drax supplies 7% of the UK’s entire energy needs.
And it’s totally pointless.
In an interview with BBC Radio about the launch of the Big [...]
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France To Charge Consumers For Saving Energy
Posted on 23. Jul, 2009 by Ross.
The French energy regulator has defied comprehension - as well as the European environmental agenda - by demanding that a tiny electricity management company must compensate power companies for the energy which it saves consumers.
Voltalis has brought a home energy management system to market which monitors and directly controls the electricity usage in the house, [...]
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Bunzl Retail Gets The Green Light For Eluma Energy Savings
Posted on 20. Jul, 2009 by Ross.
Distribution and outsourcing giants Bunzl have slammed the brakes on its energy consumption by installing a new, high-tech light system that is expected to cut lighting costs by around 70%.
Bunzl Retail has switched to advanced Somar Eluma warehouse lighting throughout their warehousing, racking and picking bays at its 200,000sq ft Manchester depot - and in [...]
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Concorde Spends 40th Anniversary In Eco-Splendour
Posted on 09. Apr, 2009 by Ross.
Today marks the 40th anniversary of Concorde’s 22-minute long maiden British test flight from Filton to RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, but more than five years into her retirement and it seems the iconic aircraft
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White Is The New Green!
Posted on 30. Mar, 2009 by Ross.
At a time when companies have their sights fixed on saving energy and cutting costs by using measures such as energy efficient lighting, insulation, natural ventilation and other energy-saving technologies, one weapon in the energy efficiency arsenal receives little attention: colour.
No, this isn’t a racially-orientated discussion on Obama’s green agenda, but recognising the reflection and [...]
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Efficiency Could Save U.S. 22% on Future Power
Posted on 23. Jan, 2009 by Ross.
A report from the Electric Power Institute Energy has concluded that efficiency programs in the United States could save the country 236 billion kilowatt hours by 2030
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