Blog > June 2011
Wednesday 29th June 2011
In recent years a lot of tech companies have
entered the home energy market, with products aimed at helping consumers manage
and reduce their energy use. But this isn’t an easy market to break into, with
even technology
giant Google turning its back and...
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Friday 24th June 2011
In the last decade energy-related issues and energy
consumption have become some of the most critical challenges facing the
international community. So my interest was peaked when the ISO
International Standard ISO 50001 on energy management systems was...
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Friday 24th June 2011
This week the Design Council’s Design for
Growth conference took place in London. At this year’s event, Navetas’ CEO
Chris Saunders presented alongside the
Minister
of State for Business and Enterprise, the CEO of Jaguar Land Rover and Jonathan Ive,
Senior...
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Wednesday 22nd June 2011
I
recently read an article in The
Guardian that stated nearly half of the UK’s top companies are failing to
act on carbon emissions law by not having targets on greenhouse gas emissions
in place. It’s a worrying story and is in direct contrast with the...
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Wednesday 15th June 2011
On Monday, Energy minister Charles Hendry announced that,
following a consultation exercise, companies
with less than 250,000 customers would not have to take part in the Carbon
Emissions Reduction Target (CERT) and Community Energy Saving Programme (CESP).
As...
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Thursday 9th June 2011
It’s been less than three days since Scottish Power announced
its ‘shocking’ price rises, and consumers are not taking the news well. The energy giant has
revealed it is set to raise the price of domestic gas and electricity bills by
19% and 10% respectively...
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Tuesday 7th June 2011
Consumer Focus, has today called on Ofgem to ‘stick
to its guns’, pending the results of its Retail Market Review. The consumer
group is demanding that the regulator ensures that key reforms in the energy
market are pushed through and that consumers are...
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Monday 6th June 2011
Tesco recently launched an energy management
initiative that will see more than half of its workforce gain access to energy usage
data for their stores, along with tips to improve energy efficiency and cut
carbon emissions. The initiative forms part of...
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Wednesday 1st June 2011
Recent figures released
by the Department
of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) indicate
that greenhouse gases, including CO2, rose by nearly three per cent in 2010. It’s
a finding that is causing concern that the UK may not reach its 2022 target of
reducing...
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