The benefits of an Energy Performance Certificate to Landlords (Private & Social)
Many social housing and local authority landlords have an issue with getting the right type of tenants. Quite naturally, Landlords want tenants who will pay on time, take good care of the property, and keep open lines of communication with both the letting agent and the landlord.These tenants also tend to be the ones who […]
New features introduced to the home energy saving scheme
The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) will introduce two new features to the Home Energy Saving (HES) scheme, designed to further empower consumers, first by guiding them on suitable upgrade works and secondly informing them of the impact of works undertaken. Furthermore, grants are provided to homeowners for insulation and heating system upgrades and […]
SYNTEGRA OFFERS FREE LED LIGHTING SURVEY
To assist companies in reducing their carbon footprint and the cost of energy for lighting, Syntegra Consulting is offering a new Free LED Lighting Feasibility Survey for commercial properties. The survey assesses the potential for installing LED lamps by calculating the building’s current lighting electricity consumption and recommending LED options to reduce electricity costs and […]
Home Information Packs (HIPS) suspended with immediate effect
This change in legislation is welcomed by Syntegra Consulting as the emphasis remains with the Energy Performance Certificate (EPC). Extract as follows: 6. In order to ensure that people selling their homes continue to make an Energy Performance Certificate available to prospective buyers, we have also laid before Parliament the Energy Performance of Buildings (Certificates […]
New Building Services Design Consultancy will assist with CRCEES
Syntegra Consulting, the Reading & London based energy consultancy, can now provide Building Services Design Consultancy & Energy Consultancy commissions throughout the UK. With the CRCEES (Carbon Reduction Commitment Energy Efficiency Scheme) introduced in April 2010, the onus will be on UK businesses to monitor and reduce their energy usage. The company’s consultants can work […]
Air tightness testing and Code for Sustainable Homes assessment
The Energy Saving Trust has recently stated that almost 1/3rd of new homes are still failing to meet energy efficiency guidelines as the Code for Sustainable Homes (CfSH) is not being adequately enforced, giving cause for real concern. The state that the UK building regulations are among some of the toughest in Europe, but they […]
The Feed In Tariff – An overivew of the oppurtunity
On the 1st of April 2010 the Government introduced Fee-In-Tariff (FIT), which has been put in place to incentivise energy customers to install new anaerobic digestion, wind, hydro or solar renewable technology solutions on their properties/sites. This scheme is applicable to all new schemes installed after July 2009 and offers a guaranteed payback to customers […]
Underestimation in businesses affected by the forthcoming CRC legislation
The Financial Times have stated that the UK government has underestimated by as much as 6 times the number of corporate businesses affected by the Carbon Reduction Commitment. With the scheme due to start on April 1st, it is now suggested that as many as 30,000 businesses may be affected. The legislation may seem onerous […]
The Government launch Home Energy Management Strategy (HEMS) at Ecobuild 2010
Ecobuild last month was quite simply the biggest it has ever been with 40,000 visitors and an increase of 20% of exhibitors than the previous year. During the 3 day exhibition, the Government launched its Home Energy Management Strategy, which included a commitment to primary legislation to enable a Pay As Yous Save scheme. Home […]
Key energy related questions commercial organisations should ask
Organisations that don’t have a clear and transparent energy policy to guide the business forward, will continue to find it difficult to answer the following increasingly regulatory questions: How much energy could be saved for the business in the long term? What impact would saving energy have on the business from a financial perspective? Have […]
Government consult on the extended remit for Display Energy Certificates (DEC)
CIBSE has welcomed the Governments decision to publish a consultation paper in relation to the proposals to extend Display Energy Certificates to the private sector. The Government will undertake a detailed analysis of the costs and benefits or requiring all non-domestic buildings to have a EPC by 2018 and requiring all such buildings to have […]
The increasing UK energy legislation – But no one is enforcing effectively
A recent survey, as highlighted by MBS Journal this month, has stated that only 28% of commercial properties marketed for sale or lease have the legally required EPC. Even worse is the inspection of cooling systems (Air Conditioning Inspections) – with CIBSE estimating that fewer than 2% of the 50,000 installed systems with cooling capacities […]
Switch to LED lighting for CO2 emission reductions
LEDs are a reasonably new and exciting generation of lighting because they hit a number of issues such as, energy saving, reduced maintenance and recyclability. Light output equivalent to lamps being replaced No hazardous material and easy recyclability Reduced maintenance costs Long life – upto 20 times longer life than conventional lamps Lowest energy lamp […]
Code for Sustainable Homes Assessment – Greenwood Rd, Hackney, London
Syntegra Consulting appointed as energy consultants to undertake SAP assessments, OCPEC and a full code for sustainable homes assessment for a contemporary new-build property in Hackney, London.
New boiler scrappage scheme
By installing an efficient heating system household energy bills and CO2 emissions will be greatly reduced. Domestic heating accounts for 14% of the UK’s CO2 emissions and improving this will go some way to meeting our CO2 emission targets. Currently 3.5 million homes have the least efficient type of boiler (G or worse) The government […]
SME Energy Grant assistance
Syntegra Consulting are able to offer SME companies based in the South-East region of the UK energy auditing and energy grant advice to help reduce operational energy costs and carbon footprint. The Government Grants available are offered to businesses on the basis of the loan of a wireless energy monitor for a two to ten […]
Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) Consultancy
The CRC will affect organisations whose half-hourly metered electricity use exceeds 6,000MWh which currently translates to an electricity bill in excess of £500,000 per annum. Schools’ electricity consumption will be collated and reported by the Local Authority for all buildings in their area. April 2010 to September 2010 is the qualification period when organisations are […]
Syntegra extend services into PAT testing for domestic & commercial properties
Syntegra expand their services into PAT testing (Portable Appliance Testing). We can currently undertake PAT testing across London & the South-East via our Green Surveyor ® brand. Landlord Legal requirements Anyone who lets a residential accommodation as a business activity is required by law to ensure the equipment they supply as part of the tenancy […]
The Future of Heat Pumps in the domestic market
The Heat Pump Industry realise that their technology is at the brink of making a major contribution to domestic heating in the UK, this will add to their huge impact on commercial heating and cooling. Ground source, air source, heat recovery applications already exist in their thousands in the UK despite the lack of significant […]
The RICS house price index turns positive
The RICS house price net balance returned to the positive status for the first time in 2 years according to the latest RICS UK housing market survey. The national average property price value was subsequently boosted by the data mainly from the South of England. With the rise in unemployment new opportunities are been sought […]
Energy Efficiency is high on the Agenda
It is obvious to see that energy efficiency is moving up the governments agenda, with the the Prime Minister urging Nations to ‘come together and reach agreements that make history’ ahead of the December Copenhagen summit. Pressure has increased worldwide to sharpen energy efficiency legislation and create new incentives. However, despite a frequently positive outlook […]
Distributed Energy (DE) – Low Zero Carbon energy shcemes
Distributed Energy (DE) is a fundamental part of the design of most low or zero carbon energy schemes. Typically, a developer will commission a scheme, usually with an energy services company (ESCO). The ESCO will build, finance and operate the scheme and assume financial and operational risk. The ESCO agrees to make the required energy […]
Carbon Capture Storage (CCS) projects are moving quickly
Following a recent meeting in London, the UK Energy and Climate Change Secretary Ed Milliband said: ‘Today some of the world’s biggest coal consuming nations have shown business as usual on coal won’t do. There;s agreement that we need countries around the world to finance demonstrations, as we are doing in the UK. We need […]
Carbon emissions reduce by 3% due to the recession !
The International Energy Agency (IEA) has stated that due to the financial and economic environment this has deferred energy investment, and carbon emissions could have fallen in 2009 by as much as 3% – this is steeper than at any point in the last 40 years. The IEA recently acted to move forward an early […]
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