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Tap into middle managers for sustainable boost
Tap into middle managers for sustainable boost Nov 28, 2014 Vicky Ellis Smart Data, Sustainability Environment 0 Sustainability carrot is non-existent for middle management, say analysts. Image: Thinkstock Do your company’s attempts to be sustainable lack a bit of oomph? You could be missing a trick by not motivating your middle managers with targets suggests […]
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MPs turn spotlight on smart meter roll-out
MPs turn spotlight on smart meter roll-out Dec 01, 2014 Vicky Ellis Infrastructure Generation, Smart Data 0 Image: Thinkstock Today directors from energy companies will be probed on the progress of the ambitious nationwide smart meter rollout. Representatives from big suppliers British Gas and E.ON plus smaller supplier Ovo Energy will appear before MPs on […]
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Listed firms beat private ones on sustainability
Listed firms beat private ones on sustainability Nov 28, 2014 Vicky Ellis Policy Legislation, Sustainability Environment 0 Image: Thinkstock Listed facilities management (FM) companies are doing more to be sustainable than their private rivals, suggests the second annual Sustainable FM Index. This year researchers at Acclaro Advisory looked at 27 firms working in the UK […]
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Sawdust – the new petrol?
Sawdust – the new petrol? Nov 30, 2014 ELN reporter Low Carbon, Sustainability Environment 0 Image: Thinkstock In future you may top up your car with petrol – and sawdust. Belgian scientists claim a new process of “bio-refining” can convert the cellulose in sawdust into fuel. Cellulose is present in all non-edible plant parts of wood and it contains […]
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£17bn spending to revamp power networks
£17bn spending to revamp power networks Nov 29, 2014 Vicky Ellis Infrastructure Generation 0 Network companies must accommodate new forms of energy generation such as solar panels. Image: Thinkstock Five of the nation’s six network companies will be spending £17 billion to maintain their electricity lines and connect small renewable energy projects to the grid. […]
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Protestors target Energy UK winter deaths news
Protestors target Energy UK winter deaths news Nov 28, 2014 Priyanka Shrestha Coal, Gas Oil 0 UK energy giants were accused of being responsible for a significant number of winter deaths related to cold homes last year. Around 100 protestors marched across London today – from the Institute of Directors office to Energy UK’s building […]
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Full throttle for Honda’s Brazil wind farm
Full throttle for Honda’s Brazil wind farm Nov 27, 2014 Priyanka Shrestha Sustainability Environment 0 Image: Honda Japanese automotive giant Honda announced it has officially opened its 27MW wind farm in Brazil. Its wind power business subsidiary Honda Energy invested around €3.2 million (£2.5m) in the wind farm, which will generate around 95,000 MWh of […]
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Solar power for the Cook Islands
Solar power for the Cook Islands Nov 28, 2014 Priyanka Shrestha Sustainability Environment 0 Cook Islands. Image: Thinkstock The Cook Islands is set to install a number of solar power plants, thanks to a $24.28 million (£15.4) fund. The European Union and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) will support the project, which includes the installation […]
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NI Water fined £300 for pollution
NI Water fined £300 for pollution Nov 27, 2014 Priyanka Shrestha Sustainability Environment 0 Northern Ireland Water has been fined £300 for a pollution offence. It pleaded guilty for a “polluting discharge” from the Ros-Na-Rig Wastewater Pumping Station (WWPS) at Islandmagee. A Senior Water Quality Inspector, acting on behalf of the Northern Ireland Environment Agency, […]
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Suppliers confess 1.5m gas meters overcharged
Suppliers confess 1.5m gas meters overcharged Nov 27, 2014 Priyanka Shrestha Coal, Gas Oil, Markets Finance 0 More than one million prepayment gas customers could have been overcharged, Energy UK has confessed. The industry body admitted up to 1.5 million gas meters have not been working properly since they were installed, however, energy companies are […]
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