Businesses have been urged to boost their energy efficiency in the face of rising gas and electricity costs.A newspaper has noted that businesses are contending not only with an economic downturn eating at profits, but that their expenditures are rising as bills for energy go up.Faced with these dual pressures,...

A programme of insulating homes would be the best way to help people in fuel poverty as it would help cut their energy bills, according to the Local Government Association (LGA).The body, which has called for an annual charge on energy companies to fund the installation of insulation, said that...

Small scale hydroelectric power projects seem to be gaining popularity among large utilities.As the UK moves towards meeting the target of 20 per cent of energy generated through renewable sources by 2020, npower was granted permission for a 300kW project on the River Thames.The approval follows the purchase by Scottish...

A wind farm in Cornwall is to make three times as much renewable energy available for homes and commercial buildings following the granting of planning permission.The Goonhilly Downs Farm on the Lizard Peninsula in Cornwall has been given permission to replace existing technology on the site with turbines that will...

The UK Green Building Council (UK-GBC) is to join forces with three other organisations to hold a consultation into the reduction of carbon emissions in current lodgings, it has emerged.H&V News reported today that the Sustainable Development Commission, the Energy Efficiency Partnership for Homes and the Technology Strategy Board will...

Cutting domestic carbon emissions by 80 per cent is the target of a new government led study.Research led by the UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) will seek to improve on energy efficient technologies such as insulation, solar heating and triple glazing already in use, with an eye to reducing household...

Insulation was responsible for a 60 per cent cut in domestic energy consumption in the three years leading to March 31st, according to regulator Ofgem.Eight energy firms taking part in the government's Energy Efficiency Commitment (EEC) managed to reduce the household energy consumption in the UK by 187TWh, exceeding government...