Reactive Technologies launches ‘CHP optimisation as a service’
Reactive Technologies has launched ‘CHP optimisation as a service’ which it says uses machine learning to optimise run times and revenues for combined heat...
Prepare for impact: How IFRS 16 will affect energy performance contracts
Incoming changes to accounting rules may materially affect energy performance contract structures and risk allocation. But there may be upsides, experts suggest. Brendan Coyne...
2018: a challenging year for the energy market
The market is not getting any easier, writes Tony West, energy trading consultant, Pulse Business Energy, in this sponsored post.
For many years prior to the...
Indian government buys CHP firm Edina for £55m, eyes UK energy services market
India's Ministry of Power has acquired UK combined heat and power firm Edina for £55m and plans to invest millions in the UK energy...
The late show: National Grid confirms this winter’s Triad periods
National Grid has confirmed this winter's Triad periods.
The System Operator said the three highest winter peaks, at least ten days apart, upon which it...
Mitie chairman: Wholesale recalibration required for FM to remain economically viable
Mitie chairman Derek Mapp has urged industry to properly price risk or the economics of facilities management will become unsustainable.
Such a situation would see...
Inspired Energy buys energy bill validation firm PCMG
Inspired Energy has acquired Professional Cost Management Group (PCMG). The deal could be worth up to £700k in cash.
PCMG provides utility bill validation, whereby...
The promise and pitfalls of private wire electricity supply
A boom in private wires may be tempered by incoming regulatory change, writes Ali Lloyd, senior principal consultant at Pöyry
Recent years have seen a...
Bristol pilots blockchain energy efficiency rewards scheme
Bristol City Council will reward employees for behaviour that cuts energy and carbon via a blockchain-based token reward scheme.
Manchester-based Energi Mine has developed the...
Burger King CFO: How to bring the c-suite into sustainability
Tim Doubleday is group CFO at Burger King. He is also chair of the environment leadership team at Business in the Community – and...
Beis seeks views on creating energy efficiency markets
Government is consulting on how to better incentivise energy efficiency and seeks input to inform market-based approaches.
It wants views on how current markets can...
Smart Buildings Show unveils 2019 conference programme
Speakers include Capita, Google, IWFM, Microsoft, Schneider Electric, WeWork and Wireless Infrastructure Group
Topics include AI, Autonomous Buildings, Facilities Management, IoT, Smart Cities...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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Sainsbury’s drives down fridge consumption with F1 tech
Sainsbury’s has installed aerofoils based on Formula 1 technology on fridges at all of its UK stores, completing a rollout that began with a...
Addressing the myths of boiler control
There are a number of misconceptions regarding retrofit boiler controls that can lead to savings opportunities being missed, or energy-saving projects that fail to...
An energy manager’s approach to decarbonising heat in 26 cities
Decarbonising direct electric heat across an estate spanning 136 buildings in 26 cities is no mean feat. But Unite Students energy & environment manager James...