The government’s plans to implement a near-universal rollout of smart meters to properties risks becoming a “costly failure”, according to the latest report from the energy and climate change committee.
APC Technology Group launched a new group of sustainability businesses called Minimise Group. The group will also include a subsidiary dedicated to renewable energy generation, Minimise Generation.
Conservative plans to exempt 100,000 starter homes from the zero carbon standard have been lambasted by the UK Green Building Council, which has labelled the move “incredibly short-sighted”.
“Inefficient and unambitious” government energy efficiency programmes have resulted in an 80% decrease in support available to Brits looking to improve cold properties, according to the Energy Bill Revolution.
Electricity demand during the winter peak will be cut by 1,855,548kWh, following the completion of the UK’s first electricity demand reduction (EDR) pilot auction.
Kingspan's Liam McDaniel says that 2018's energy bill is a ticking time bomb - but one that can be diffused with proper mitigation, such as LED lighting.