Call to retrofit buildings as net-zero quick win

The government has been urged to accelerate plans to retrofit buildings as a quick win to get its net-zero targets back on track. Following the publication of the latest report from the Climate Change Committee (CCC), the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) said the government should make the built environment a priority as the UK’s […]

Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive Update

The Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive, launched on 9th of April 2014, aims to promote the use of renewable heat in order to reduce the UK carbon emissions and have by 2020 at least 12% of heating coming from renewable sources. This is a part of the Renewable Heat Incentive which is formed by two schemes: […]

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 […]

ENERGY PERFORMANCE CONTRACTING (EnPC)

The energy performance contracting (ENPC) could be defined as a financial mechanism which incorporates energy conservation measures. Furthermore, currently it is an obligation of the UK government to provide guidance to all the organisations that would like to enter into an EnPC. In fact, despite the fact that they have been around in the UK […]