The ESOS deadline has now passed. Organisations were required to notify the Environment Agency that a Lead Assessor has been appointed and had signed off their ESOS compliance before the 5th December 2015. However, for those organisations that didn’t make the deadline, a lifeline has been thrown. If they notify the environment agency using the […]
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District heating systems are subject to new regulations with a deadline of 31st December 2015. This means that heat suppliers will have a number of new duties, such as to make a notification to the National Measurement & Regulation Office. This is required by The Heat Network (Metering and Billing) Regulations 2014 which implements
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The way that Landlords account for the heating, cooling or hot water supplied to tenants is changing. If a landlord supplies more than one tenant within the same building, then it’s likely that ‘The Heat Network (Metering and Billing) Regulations 2014’ will affect them. The deadline for complying with the new regulations is 31st December
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The Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) is the world’s first long-term financial support programme for renewable heat. The RHI pays participants of the scheme that generate and use renewable energy to heat their buildings. By increasing the generation of heat from renewable energy sources (instead of fossil fuels), the RHI helps the UK reduce greenhouse gas emissions and meet targets for reducing
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Travelling sustainably has business advantages. As well as reducing carbon emissions from travel, making good use of travel time increases productivity. Sustrans – the national charity championing sustainable travel – like to learn from people that already have their travel figured out for their profession. They talked to Stan Rayfield of Survey and Test to
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The Energy Savings opportunity Scheme (ESOS) is a mandatory energy assessment and energy saving identification scheme for large undertakings (and their corporate groups) applied throughout the UK. Organisations that qualify must carry out ESOS assessments every 4 years. These assessments are audits of the energy used by their buildings, industrial processes and transport to identify
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Do EPC ratings affect house prices? A DECC report on the effect of EPC ratings on house prices, analysed repeat sales transactions involving 325,950 dwellings that took place in the period from 1995 to 2011 and was published in 2013. The analysis found that there was a positive association between price per square metre
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R-22 is a type of HCFC (hydrochlorofluorocarbon) and therefore an ozone depleting substance. It was commonly used in air conditioning, process chillers and industrial refrigeration plant. The phase out period began in 2003, where production of R-22 air conditioning equipment was ceased. The Montreal Protocol modified by the EU, enforces the end of the supply
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The Green Growth Platform was launched at The Palace of Westminster, London The platform is a £3 million, 5 year programme led by the University of Brighton and offers a range of free and subsidised services to help SME’s within the environmental sector across Sussex. These services are offered to help: Develop and bring to
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The Montreal Protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer, is an international treaty that entered into force on January 1st 1989. It is designed to protect and help restore the Earth’s ozone layer by phasing out the production of numerous substances that are hazardous and responsible for the ozone layers depletion. Phase out management
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