Newly-launched BusinessEnergyQuotes.com to support businesses with energy comparisons

Newly-launched BusinessEnergyQuotes.com to support businesses with energy comparisons UK SME businesses are set to benefit from a brand-new, fully-online business energy pricing engine, after the...

Britain’s corporates the sick men of Europe on low carbon spending

British companies ‘last in Europe’ in spending on low carbon business processes, survey by Carbon Disclosure Project finds UK corporations contributed only three per cent...

Sainsbury’s sets aside £1bn for net zero

Sainsbury's has committed to decarbonise its operations by 2040 and has set aside £1bn to fund its transition. It will also put pressure on...

Nearly half of England’s councils ‘don’t know carbon footprint’

Almost half of England’s councils cannot put a number to their own carbon emissions, an engineering trade body has discovered. Quizzed by the Electrical Contractors’...

Offices ‘should cut energy use 60 per cent to hit net zero’

Offices need to cut energy use by almost two thirds to enable the UK to hit net zero carbon targets. Simply relying on decarbonisation...

TCR: Triads and tribulations for large energy users

Ofgem's final decision on reforms to network charging arrangements will have a big impact on business electricity bills from next year. Chris Hurcombe, director...

Viridor signs 27MW private wire agreement, eyes more energy parks

Pennon-owned Viridor has signed a 27MW private wire agreement with a data centre for offtake of power from its Beddington energy from waste plant. Posting...

Stark beefs up gas capability with Squire buy

Energy metering and data firm Stark has acquired metering and independent gas transporter Squire. Managing director, Joel Stark, said it enables the company to provide...

New energy software to cut consumption and cost

Global Procurement Group (GPG) has developed new technology to provide real-time data on how much energy assets consume. The technology has been developed by...
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Wilson Power transformers win IEMA Sustainability Award

The Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA) launched Sustainability Impact Awards this year to recognise businesses and individuals whose impact on the transformation...

Smart lighting controls for industrial buildings: Up to 90 per cent savings

The Sylvania SylSmart Connected Industry takes the benefits of wireless technology and advanced lighting controls and places them in a robust form factor for...

Goodlight: 3,000 LED lights at car parks save owners 80 per cent

NeuxPark have completed a major Goodlight LED project to refit the lighting in four international station car parks in the South of England with...

The show must go on: keeping the lights on at Wyndham’s Theatre

Wyndham’s Theatre first opened its doors in 1899, designed by architect William Sprague for the leading actor-manager of his day, Charles Wyndham. The Louis...

Decarbonising heat: Phase change materials crack thermal storage

Cranfield University has been heating campus buildings using a heat storage system based on phase change materials since March, cutting consumption and carbon. Now...

Engie signs 33 year, £90m energy services deal with Edinburgh St James

Engie has inked a £90m long-term energy services deal for the Edinburgh St James retail precinct. The utility said it will guarantee cost and carbon...

Those that bought the shares, priced at 103 pence, and that still hold them in November will qualify for an expected 2.5p dividend. Chairman Tony...

Go green without risk: How to fund your LED lighting through energy savings

In an uncertain economic climate, businesses are understandably cautious. For many firms, pulling up the drawbridge is the most obvious strategy. Defensive measures include cost-saving...

Reducing thermal stratification in space heating

Hoval has launched a modular, scalable solution for heating and ventilating warehouses and other ‘shed’ type buildings of any size and height, providing significantly...

ESCOs, EPCs and EaaS: are the FAANGs set to bite utilities?

Steven Fawkes outlines how energy service companies are gravitating towards energy as a service (EaaS) models – and suggests internet giants are well placed...

Heating Tower Bridge: A tale of two boiler houses

The success of a boiler upgrade project at Tower Bridge relied heavily on close collaboration within the project team and Hoval’s end-to-end service delivery. As...