The UK government has continued to build support behind electric vehicles after announcing £40 million in funding for UK cities around the country to develop new infrastructure for ultra low emission vehicles.

The latest edition of EEVS Insight and Bloomberg New Energy Finance’s energy efficiency trends report has shown record levels of interest in efficiency works by UK businesses.

With more than 85 manufacturing facilities around the world and a target of being ‘net zero energy’ by 2020, the Kingspan group of companies has its work cut out. A switch of lighting systems at one facility however helped it save 91% of its annual lighting costs.

At least one in four small and medium-sized firms have reduced their production costs through efficiency measures according to a new survey from the European Commission.

The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has called on the government to overhaul “complex regulations” which it says is holding back investment in energy efficiency.

Four cities across the UK are to receive new funding for the roll-out of new infrastructure projects for ultra low emission vehicles (ULEVs) as the Department for Transport (DfT) continues to push the take-up of electric vehicles.

German car manufacturer BMW has topped Corporate Knights’ ‘Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations’ list while nine UK-headquartered firms made the grade.

The Scottish government has unveiled a new £14 million energy efficiency fund that will encourage businesses to work with local authorities to fund improvement measures.

New figures for the non-domestic Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) have shown that accredited installations under the scheme fell dramatically in the final quarter of 2015.

The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has confirmed its policy shift away from the able-to-pay domestic energy efficiency sector at a launch event for a new research project seeking to link energy costs with mortgage lending.