Built Environment
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Green Deal Home Improvement Fund closed after surge in applications
A Government cashback scheme offering £7,600 to people improving the energy efficiency of their homes has been slammed shut overnight after a last-minute surge of applications threatened to blow the budget.Green Deal and ECO have failed to put UK on track to meet carbon targets, climate watchdog says
The Coalition’s flagship insulation programmes have failed to put the UK on the right track to meet its commitments on cutting greenhouse gases, a review by the statutory advisers on climate change has found.Government ‘Zero Carbon Homes’ policy “in tatters”, says industry
Businesses working to reduce household energy bills and carbon emissions in buildings have reacted angrily to new details released by Government on its controversial ‘Allowable Solutions’, claiming its zero carbon homes policy is now “in tatters”.Green retrofit cooperative aims to link up householders with local suppliers
A new green retrofit cooperative is aiming to answer the UK-wide call for energy saving refurbishment by forging better links between householders and local suppliers.Energy efficiency: “gaping hole” at heart of Government infrastructure programme
A number of building trade groups have joined forces with fuel poverty campaign groups and environmental NGOs to call on the Government to address a “gaping hole” at the heart of its infrastructure policy and make home energy efficiency a “national infrastructure priority.”Green Deal cashbacks see surge in applications in first week
Recent changes to the Green Deal are showing early signs of success, with an estimated £2.61 million issued to households in cashbacks during the renovated scheme’s first week.Higher education energy efficiency fund to get £34m investment boost
An energy efficiency fund to help higher education institutions reduce their carbon emissions and energy bills is to receive a £34 million investment boost, creating opportunities for jobs and growth in the green goods and services sector.Novel ‘chopping’ energy saving device to be installed across London homes
A Scottish start-up that has designed a simple heating control device that can cut energy bills by 30 per cent by automatically ‘chopping’ the length of time a boiler is on for, has signed its first major contract with a housing provider that will see its system installed across homes in London.Industry cautiously welcomes Green Deal changes
The latest Government move to inject life into the beleaguered Green Deal has prompted a flurry of interest from installers and has been welcomed by organisations looking to drive up energy efficiency in Britain’s homes, but industry is warning it will not be a silver bullet.Green Deal home improvement fund opens for business
Homebuyers who install energy-saving measures within the first 12 months of moving into their new home will be able to claim new grants – typically up to £1,500 – after a Government revamp of the Green Deal.Queen’s speech: zero carbon homes plans “worst row-backs on green policy”
The green building and renewable energy sectors have reacted angrily to new legislation introduced today in the Queen’s Speech that effectively waters-down a previous pledge that all new homes will need to be zero carbon by 2016.Zero carbon homes: infrastructure bill to usher in watered down green standards
The Coalition has effectively abandoned a pledge to make all new homes “zero-carbon” by 2016, as new legislation in the Queen’s speech would not apply to housing built in small developments and companies would be allowed to buy exemptions from new green standards.Landlord-tenant divide bridged in first certified ‘Low Carbon Workplace’ building
A commercial building awarded a new Carbon Trust ‘green’ workplace certification is being hailed as the first to bridge the ‘landlord-tenant divide’ – one of the main issues blamed for a lack of progress on energy efficiency improvements in non-domestic buildings.Green Deal: Government launches home improvement fund to boost flagging scheme
Payments of thousands of pounds will be available to UK householders who install energy-saving measures such as insulation and new boilers from June, in a move designed to breathe new life into the Government’s flagship energy efficiency scheme.Google’s Nest launches energy saving thermostat in UK
A US green technology firm acquired by Google earlier this year for £2 billion, has today launched its all-in-one energy saving programmer and thermostat device in the UK.
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