By Lydia Newman (Photo by Anisur Rahman on Unsplash) You might think it distressing to find that ‘humanity is currently using nature 1.75 times faster than our planet’s ecosystems can regenerate, equivalent to 1.75 Earths.’ But this could increase to approximately 3 Earths if the population continues to grow and reach 9.6 billion by 2050. On the […]
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Are we confident we’ll find you savings? Definitely. We expect to find real value for our clients hidden away within their day to day energy consumption. If a situation ever arose whereby savings did not cover the cost of the report there would be no charge The Benefits · There are opportunities to lower your bills,
When did World Oceans day first begin? In 1992, at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), in Rio de Janeiro, it was declared that World Oceans day was to be celebrated every year on the 8th of June. Why do we celebrate World Oceans Day? World Oceans Day unites the world to honour
Have your previous EPCs been calculated accurately? Professional treatment of energy surveys is likely to become more important over the coming years as government considers how best to use the EPC database, combined with incentives or tax, to improve the efficiency of commercial buildings. Will it matter? As well as for sales and rental, accurate EPCs
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Photo by Arturo Castaneyra on Unslpash Where do we stand globally, is progress occurring? In 2018 greenhouse gas emissions decreased by 2% in the European Union, unfortunately elsewhere in the world this is not the case. In China for example, there was an increase of 2.2%, the USA’s emissions increased by 2.6, India’s rose by 7%, and
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By Lydia Newman The energy performance of our buildings is likely to become more crucial than ever before. According to Chris Stark, the CEO of the Committee of Climate Change (CCC), it is expected that there are approximately 30 million buildings that must be fully decarbonised. In coherence with the requirements of the 2015 Paris
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Click here for a quotation We aim to reduce your exposure to MEES by using careful, accurate assessments instead of expensive improvement work to your building. What’s the problem? Buildings with poor energy ratings can no longer be legally let or leased after April 2018, with penalties of up to £150,000 for non-compliance. MEES ( The Energy
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By Stan Rayfield In the first phase of ESOS, 6780 large organisations submitted their ESOS compliance to the Environment Agency. In terms of enforcing compliance, the Environment Agency have investigated 2,400 organisations to date, with 190 Enforcement cases currently ongoing. However, although ESOS is so often reported in terms of compliance, the real benefits of the next
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By Stanley Rayfield Few listed buildings will now be exempt from needing an EPC Government guidance advises that only a limited proportion of listed buildings may be exempt from needing an EPC – this would be in a case where the only ‘relevant’ energy efficiency improvements that could be carried out would unacceptably alter the
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