Green Power in the UK & news of Energy Efficiency & Eco Home developments
Supercars go green CITY A.M. FOR the last few years, the supercar brands largely ignored the move towards greener motoring. Instead they have continued to produce products and concepts ...
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Werksmans Incorporating Jan S. de Villiers > Go Green, Go Tax Linex Legal (registration) Source: Werksmans Incorporating Jan S. de Villiers - Integrated sustainability reporting is more about management than it is actual reporting. ...
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Easy ways to go green around the house Easier (press release) Most of us understand the importance of being green, either because it's bad for the environment or simply to save money. But with so many aspects of our ...
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A PLANT to generate green electricity and heat for Crawley and Gatwick Airport is being proposed for a site 1km east of Faygate Station. 7 hours ago
Faygate firm's 'green electricity' plan West Sussex County Times A PLANT to generate green electricity and heat for Crawley and Gatwick Airport is being proposed for a site 1km east of Faygate Station. ...
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Greenbang (blog) The trouble with clean energy $ources Greenbang (blog) By Greenbang on Tuesday, 9th March 2010 A lot of attention is given to one of the big problems with renewable energy source: intermittency, which refers to ...
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The American Pharmacists Association's Headquarters Building Achieves the US ... Earthtimes (press release) The American Pharmacists Association (APhA) announced today that it has achieved the US Green Building Council's LEED® Gold certification for the core and ...
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Businesses still unsure about CRC energy efficiency scheme Workplace Law Network (subscription) With less than a month to go until the launch of Government's CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme, there is concern that many businesses are still not clear about ...
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Friendly Energy Exploration Forms New Subsidiary, Acquires Two Service Rigs Earthtimes (press release) CARSON CITY, NV -- 03/09/10 -- Friendly Energy Exploration (PINKSHEETS: FEGR) is pleased to announce that the company has created a wholly owned subsidiary ...
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Houseladder Green home</b> improvements 'essential to meeting CO2 goals' Rated People With around three-quarters of existing residential property expected to still be in use by 2050, having builders carry out green retrofits will be ... Green home</b> improvements 'needed to meet CO2 targets'Wickes
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NI firms attend cheap eco energy conference energyhelpline.com A number of major organisations in Northern Ireland convened at a business energy conference this week to identify key areas of sustainable development. ...
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'Double-standards' found at green building</b> event, claims journalist Energy Saving Trust Writing for the Guardian, Donnachadh McCarthy noted various environmentally damaging practices at the green building conference held in London this week. ...
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Are tiny sea bugs the answer to green fuel? Portsmouth News Tiny marine life that destroyed seafarers ships could be the answer to producing green fuel. Research from the Institute of Marine Sciences at the ...
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IBM researchers on Tuesday said they have discovered a way to make Earth-friendly plastic from plants that could replace petroleum-based products tough on the environment. 16 hours ago
Green Survey: Huge Green Construction Support Continues Despite Recession ... Earthtimes (press release) LOS ANGELES - (Business Wire) The Fourth Annual Green Building Survey by Allen Matkins, Constructive Technologies Group (CTG) and the Green Building Insider ...
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Government green homes strategy 'overlooks controls' Rated People The government's Warm Homes, Greener Homes strategy has missed a "golden opportunity" to improve energy efficiency and maximise the reduction of CO2 from ...
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Reuters UK Buyers yet to warm to green home</b> buzz Reuters UK LONDON, March 5 (Reuters Life!) – The building industry wants to ease green home standards as the public balk at the 20 percent or higher ...
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24dash Severnside opens green homes 24dash Residents joined their local councillor last week to cut the ribbon at a development of new, energy efficient green homes, just outside Shrewsbury. ...
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A SOUTHAMPTON MP has called on energy suppliers to give customers more advice on making their homes more efficient. 1 day ago
Elephant dung to power green energy plans at Paignton zoo The Guardian Newquay zoo in Cornwall has signed up to the 10:10 campaign pledged to reduce its carbon emissions by 10% by the end of 2010. ...
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SOME of Northumberland's most rural reaches will be leading the way when it comes to low-carbon transport, with plans to install charging points for electric vehicles thro 2 days ago
An award-winning eco home on a South Tyneside estate opens its doors to the public. 2 days ago
BBC News Eco home</b> in South Tyneside showcases heating system BBC News An award-winning eco home on a South Tyneside estate has opened its doors to the public to showcase two renewable heating systems. 'The Showhouse' on Lukes ...
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An award-winning eco home on a South Tyneside estate opens its doors to the public to showcase heating systems. 2 days ago
CAMPAIGNERS are to quiz planning experts about a Premiership football star’s plans to build an eco-home on greenbelt land. 2 days ago
THOUSANDS of Scottish engineering jobs can be created by investing in "clean energy", a Cabinet minister has claimed. 4 days ago
Liberal Democrats have called for greater emphasis to be placed on energy generation being localised as they debated their blueprint for Scotland’s energy future at the party conference in Perth today. 4 days ago
LONDON (Reuters Life!) - The British building industry wants to ease green home standards as the public balk at the 20 percent or higher costs of low-carbon homes, exhibitors told a major London conference this week. 4 days ago
Funding for community work by Football League clubs will now be linked in part to the steps they take to help the environment, it was announced today. (05/03/2010 12:52:42) 4 days ago
Is your school green? Maybe it's time to start considering ways to integrate being green with your Martial Arts training 4 days ago
Guardian Staff, Published under license by, BusinessGreen , Friday 5 March 2010 at 10:00:00 RenewableUK wants money for research and development The renewable power industry has warned that it needs £500m from the government over the next two years if it is to help ministers meet energy and climate change targets. More than half of the cash is for offshore wind power generation, while another ... 4 days ago
A BURY housing association is to be part of a green energy “micro-grid” in Greater Manchester. 4 days ago
A number of London landlords have admitted they have found biomass boilers difficult to use in an urban setting because of the costs and carbon footprint of importing fuel. They have also reported some operational difficulties. 5 days ago
Green fuel goals raise oil supply fears Financial Times Today's biofuels targets risk causing another oil supply crunch in the middle of this decade, a key report for the international ...
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We've teamed up with energy company E.ON to offer readers three FREE energy saving products to help cut bills bills - AND slash CO2 emissions. From next Sunday, we will be running a coupon each week for three weeks. 5 days ago
Green homes plan needs simple tax incentive, says FMB Rated People The government's Warm Homes, Greener Homes Strategy would benefit from a "simple tax incentive" to encourage residential property owners to carrying out ...
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Cruise industry going green Southern Daily Echo MAKING sure the deep blue of the oceans stays green, Southampton's cruise ships are using some of the latest environment friendly systems to lessen the ...
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Green light: Climate emails inquiry, beer and bikes, and green homes The Guardian Professor Phil Jones, the director of the Climatic Research Unit, gives evidence to the Commons committee on 1 March 2010. Photograph: parliamentlive.tv.
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Builders Merchants Journal Government launches green homes strategy Rated People The government has launched a new initiative that aims to support eco-friendly upgrades for around seven million properties and create some 65000 jobs for ... CBI comments on Government's green homes strategyCBI on Climate Change CBI Comments On Government's Green Homes StrategyFresh Business Thinking Mixed reaction to Labour green homes planPlanningResource (subscription) PlanningResource (subscription) all 77 news articles » 6 days ago
The findings show that the Department for Transport’s target for raising the level of biofuel in all fuel sold in Britain will result in millions of acres of forest being logged or burnt down and converted to plantations. 9 days ago
Times Online Green fuels cause more harm than fossil fuels, according to report Times Online Using fossil fuel in vehicles is better for the environment than so-called green fuels made from crops, according to a government study seen by The Times. ...
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Wider adoption of the practice of recycling medical equipment including laparoscopic ports and durable cutting tools typically tossed out after a single use could save hospitals hundreds of millions of dollars annually and curb trash at medical centers, the second-largest waste producers in the United States after the food industry. The recommendation, made in an analysis by Johns Hopkins ... 12 days ago
Only 9,100 homes last year given green energy makeover out of 500,000 target, but government says pace of retrofits has risen Barack Obama's $5bn programme to help fuel America's economic recovery by making more than half a million homes energy efficient has got off to a painfully slow start and was 98% short of its goal last year, according to an official report. The programme, part of last ... 17 days ago
Times Online Drax shelves its green fuel idea The Press, York THE country's biggest power station has shelved plans to replace coal with greener fuels because of the cost. ... Drax 'halts' green fuel agenda as Hull plans unveiledThe Business Desk (registration)
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THE country’s biggest power station has shelved plans to replace coal with greener fuels because of the cost. 17 days ago
At a recent London insurance market seminar, marine consultants BMT's, principle surveyor Gerry Williams, warned that new and existing regulations for the restriction of air pollution from ships will mean extra costs and responsibilities for shipowners. 'Burning ships' fuel in an environmental ... 18 days ago
Social housing co-op to harness eco power to generate cheap energy energyhelpline.com Social housing organisations in the UK are set to launch a cheap energy cooperative to harness renewable energy. The Horizon Energy Cooperative aims to ...
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BA green fuel plant praised Opodo Proposals to construct a plant for the development of sustainable fuel have been welcomed by an international engineering firm. Mott MacDonald said that ...
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aPROTESTERS are stepping up their campaign to stop a Premiership footballer from building on Green Belt. 20 days ago
British Airways and the US bioenergy company Solena are to establish Europe's first green jet fuel plant in the East End of London. 21 days ago
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