Lockheed Martin’s Ampthill site was recently awarded ISO50001 certification for energy management after an energy efficiency drive saw bills come down by more than £150,000. Director of operations Graham Harraway explains how the standard was achieved and what savings the company has made as a result.

Barnsley Council has been granted the Carbon Trust Standard mark of excellence for its recent efforts to reduce its carbon emissions.

Advanced technology firm Lockheed Martin has achieved the ISO50001 energy management standard for its Ampthill site following an energy efficiency drive that cut electricity bills by more than £150,000.

The issue of excess winter deaths was once again pulled into the spotlight yesterday after Labour MP Dan Jarvis raised the issue during Prime Minister’s Questions.

The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) issued guidance to firms who have completed audits under the Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (ESOS).

Electric vehicles (EVs) took centre stage at the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas last week, with Chevrolet’s new Bolt EV heralded by many in attendance as a leading development in low emission vehicles.

The UK Green Building Council (UK-GBC) is to launch a new research project seeking to identify ways to close the gap between the designed performance of buildings and how they actually perform once built and occupied.

The Daily Telegraph has withdrawn so-called energy efficiency monitors fitted beneath staff desks after a number of employees expressed concerns over their privacy.

The UK government has saved more than £164 million on its energy bills since 2010 but revealed that it had missed ambitious targets to reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 25% in 2015.

UK energy provider OVO Energy has awarded a £5.5 million contract to Trojan Utilities which will see the company install hundreds of thousands of smart meters in homes and businesses.