Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting (SECR) deadline imminent
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Companies are reminded that the deadline is fast approaching for the latest phase of Streamlined Energy and Car...
Poverty harming UK’s chances of reaching net-zero
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Unfortunately, the word ‘poverty’ is one with which we are all too familiar and conjures up images of people, o...
Government unveils ‘radical’ energy efficiency standards for homes and office
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All homes and business premises in the UK will be required to meet new energy efficiency standards that reduce ...
The new Green Homes Grant
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Residents in England are now eligible for Government funding of up to £10,000 towards the cost of energy effici...
New rules to encourage business energy efficiency with SECR
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Businesses need to be up to speed with the Government’s new Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting (SECR) policy...
New Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards in force
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Landlords are being urged to comply with updated regulations in relation to minimum energy efficiency standards (...
Syntegra’s Quick Guide to Green Office Measures
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If we don’t take action, the collapse of our civilisations and the extinction of much of the natural world is on ...
Government measures needed to get tough on housing stock to meet carbon reduction targets
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Legally binding carbon reduction targets will not be met in the UK unless the Government takes steps to tackle the ...
Net-zero economy aim for UK government
The UK Government has confirmed it is seeking advice on how to reduce carbon emissions and move to a net-zero economy.
Following the release of a r...
England’s World Cup success eclipses major built environment announcements
While recent national headlines have, rightly, been dominated by the unexpected (but very welcome) England World Cup journey, a couple of major announ...
MEES: a wake-up call to commercial landlords
It’s not often that we use these channels to nag our audience, clients or not, and we hate saying: ‘Told you so,’ when things go wrong.
So we took ...
Energy efficiency timeline
There’s a lot going on in the world of energy efficiency, targets and key dates, so Syntegra has developed an easy to follow timeline to hel...
Landlords face significant bills to implement energy efficiencies
Landlords face the prospect of paying for measures to improve their properties’ energy efficiency under a new government proposal.
Minimum standard...
Energy manifesto review
Syntegra energy sector manifesto review
Energy costs and regulation plus attitudes to climate change and renewables feature in all the main politic...
Future Energy Efficiency Policy
The Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology has published its Future Energy Efficiency Policy document which outlines the benefits and costs of...
Chance for businesses energy saving
Businesses have the opportunity to save money on their energy bills thanks to a new regulation forcing them to have half-hourly meter readings.
P27...
New EPC rules mean landlords could be barred from letting out properties without urgent energy efficiency improvements
Landlords need to act now to avoid costly penalties and protect their assets as important legal changes are introduced to energy regulations.
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Your water, your choice
It’s that time of year when you turn on any TV or radio news channel, one of the headlines is the cost of gas and electricity and how we should all sw...
Green Data Centre Market Set To Skyrocket In 2016
Last week’s news that digital giant Google plan to buy enough renewable energy to power two cities to provide for its data centres is a clear indicati...
IEA: Renewables will dominate new electricity capacity thanks to falling costs
Thanks to their falling costs and continued rapid expansion in emerging economies; Renewables are set to represent the largest source of growth in ele...
Energy efficiency in the UK
According to the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC), the UK energy efficiency improves year on year. Energy efficiency is measured as ener...
The Five Key Pillars for ‘Energy Union’
Currently, the EU imports 53% of its energy and six EU Member States are totally reliant on Russia for gas imports, so President Juncker’s European Co...
FABRIC FIRST: Maximising Performance, Minimising Cost
Fabric First is a design approach to building which emphasises in-built energy efficiency through maximising the thermal performance of the building e...
Energy Efficiency in SME Office Buildings: practising what we preach!
Thames Valley Chamber of Commerce Group organises over 200 events per year, which vary from focused networking events to specialised speaker events; c...
