Government allocates £560m to decarbonise housing
More than £560million has been set aside by the UK Government to boost the energy efficiency of 50,000 homes. The Government has issued £500m from the Green Homes Grant and £62m from a Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund to be shared by 300 local authorities in England and Scotland to fund upgrades to some of the […]
Get Your Energy House in Order to Avoid Heavy Fines
Organisations are being urged to begin critical energy audits to avoid heavy fines for non-compliance with a Government scheme. The mandatory Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (ESOS) is moving into its second phase – but the Environment Agency has revealed that hundreds of organisations are facing financial penalties for failing to comply with Phase 1. The […]
Small Businesses Missing Out On Energy Savings
Although the prices of utilities are a concern for small business owners, studies have found that there is a lack of understanding and engagement from these business owners in association with energy purchase and consumption. 2.54 million (52%) of SME owners are unaware of what percentage of their overheads is used up on gas, electricity […]
Life Costing Analysis: Cost and Carbon Efficient Construction
Life-time cost and carbon savings can be easily made by making small simple specification changes to a base design of a building. The materials and components chosen for a building will have an impact on a building’s performance, both financially and economically throughout its lifetime. Financial and environmental costs should be coupled together whenever thinking […]
ESOS
The Energy Saving Opportunity Scheme (ESOS) main aims is to reduce demand for energy from industry, businesses and the public sector, to reduce the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions by 80% by 2050 and helping households to cut their energy bills. Adopting ESOS the UK’s government meets the requirements set out in Article 8 EU Energy […]
BRE’s appointment for examining solid wall insulation benefits
Currently, the Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC) has commissioned the Building Research Establishment (BRE) to carry out a research project, regarding the energy efficiency of the UK’s domestic buildings. The main aim of this research is to examine the solid wall properties. More particularly, it will investigate the heat losses in the approximately […]
DECC plans harsher retrofit targets for energy companies
Due to performance issues energy efficiency ratings for building products to be downgraded. Energy companies will need to undertake up to 35% more energy efficiency work in order to meet targets set under the Energy Company Obligation scheme, under proposals set out by the government earlier this week. The Department of Energy and Climate Change […]
Government supports notion of lower VAT rate for green materials
The UK government is to defend lower VAT rates for insulation against a European Commission ruling that they are illegal. The reasoning behind the government’s defence is an effort to save the Green Deal from being ‘brought down’ by potentially huge cost increases for energy efficiency work driven by Europe’s demand for a quadrupling of […]
LED lighting feasibility survey – British Antartic Survey, Cambridge
Syntegra Consulting has successfully undertaken a FREE LED Feasibility study for BAS buildings. The FREE LED feasibility study involved a site survey and a feasibility report by Syntegra’s LED consultants. The FREE LED feasibility study assessed the potential for installing LED lamps by calculating the building’s current lighting electricity consumption and recommending LED options to […]
LED lighting feasibility report – Wellingborough,Northamptonshire,NN8 6AQ
Syntegra Consulting has successfully undertaken a FREE LED Feasibility study for DANA Spicer Drivershaft factory plant . The FREE LED feasibility study involved a site survey and a feasibility report by Syntegra’s LED consultants. The FREE LED feasibility study assessed the potential for installing LED lamps by calculating the building’s current lighting electricity consumption and […]
LED lighting Consultant – Oakhill College, Middlesex
Syntegra Consulting has successfully undertaken a FREE LED Feasibility study for Oakhill College in Middlesex. The FREE LED feasibility study involved a site survey and a feasibility report by Syntegra’s LED consultants. The FREE LED feasibility study assessed the potential for installing LED lamps by calculating the building’s current lighting electricity consumption and recommending LED […]
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