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Getting a feel for Green Deal
We recently reported tentatively optimistic signs from the early days of the Green Deal – but now fans of the scheme can start to feel some real excitement. The most recent figures released showed a...
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Why outside the grid does not mean outside of help
Four million households across the UK (15 per cent of the population) are off the mains gas grid and are reliant on expensive alternatives to gas to heat their homes. A typical three-bedroom house...
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Landlords lagging behind may say ‘bye’ to let
Rising rents mean times are tough for the tenant. And things can be made worse when massive energy bills are dropping on the mat, too. Our survey at the start of this year showed that private renters...
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Count with the old
When new schemes supersede old ones, there’s no use just forgetting about what’s gone before. Everything that’s been can inform the present, and makes sure it at very least does as well as the...
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Proven credentials kick-start success for green trades
However much your football club pays for their star striker, they always seem to require an ‘arm around the shoulder’ from the boss to keep ploughing on when a barren run in front of goal hits home....
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Reasons to be cheerful? Sustainable energy and the UK
The respected Committee on Climate Change suggests that Britain may struggle to meet its climate targets in the 2020s. Looked at another way, though, it also says we will likely make the carbon...
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Meeting the UK’s retrofit challenge
Head of Environment and Climate Change at Birmingham City Council, Sandy Taylor, outlines projects and initiatives used by the local authority to provide energy saving services to its residents. The...
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Are TV soaps setting a good energy efficiency example?
British soaps are well-known for supporting charitable and humanitarian causes through storylines and canny advert-placements – but where do our fictitious friends stand on home energy efficiency?...
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Leeds to lead in energy retrofit
The Government recently announced £88million funding to be shared between 24 councils under the Green Deal Communities scheme, which aims to fuel a street-by-street approach to energy efficiency...
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2014: A green policy round-up
2014 may be remembered as the year when international debate on climate targets gave way to what looks like broad agreement. Certainly in Europe, more common ground has been found than ever. The green...
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