Delivering warmer homes, cutting energy bills and reducing carbon emissions
On June 30th Government minister Greg Barker announced the next steps to simplify the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme. Those who attended our workshops earlier in the year won’t be surprised by the main announcements and it’s important to remember that … Continued
The partnership between Local Energy and the Energy Saving Trust is already bearing fruit. A consortium of Local Energy, the Energy Saving Trust, Marksman Consulting and Ernst and Young are hopeful of winning a contract to work with councils in … Continued
The next round of Carbon Saving Public Sector workshops is upon us. Timed to give a final opportunity to check compliance before the July 29th deadline these workshops will also discuss the implications of the CRC review, the results from … Continued
As part of the package for our network ‘Carbon Saving Public Sector’ members receive a free CRC data and compliance audit. So far 10 members have taken advantage of this offer and to help others the broad findings were posted … Continued
Local authorities deal with the private sector all the time but quite often in areas where expertise and experience exists in the council. The in house expertise is not always available for energy security and councils are being approached by … Continued
The LGiU has just completed a report for Defra on the implications of taking a Big Society approach to tackling climate change. Across four main variables (finance, transparency, decentralisation and philanthropy), the report imagined what it would look like if … Continued
The Energy Bill has completed the committee stage in the House of Commons now and will soon enter the report stage. No date is yet set. The House of Commons library produced a research report in May that stated: The … Continued