Adam Vaughan and Rowena Mason write in the Guardian about a government report published in full after freedom of information battle, admits impact of fracking on water quality and wildlife is ‘uncertain’, though possible benefits also listed. It is curious how fracking is so important to the UK government’s low-carbon energy transition. Fracking could … Continue reading Government report outlines the full impact of fracking in Britain
Britain’s domestic energy efficiency strategy needs more money
While another post this week detailed that the UK’s domestic energy efficiency programmes are off track, Rebecca McAdam writes on the 24dash.com website that the Climate Change Committee, that provides independent, evidence-based advice to the UK Government and Parliament, stresses that the government must provide more adequate and effective resources. CCC urges increased investment … Continue reading Britain’s domestic energy efficiency strategy needs more money
Raising concern about UK government’s approach to wind power
Following premature cutbacks to onshore wind farms the UK's energy security will increasingly depend on large scale offshore wind power, write Ian Broadbent & Peter Strachan in an excellent blog on The Ecologist website. All at sea? Government's strong talk on offshore wind masks feeble ambition Onshore wind is potentially Britain's lowest cost electricity … Continue reading Raising concern about UK government’s approach to wind power
Developments in retrofit metal roofing
The Steelworks website from the American Iron and Steel Institute writes about retrofit metal roofing that helps heat and cool buildings, produces electricity for the grid, and harvests rainwater. Is this the way of the future? High Tech Roofing Brings Energy Efficiency to Department of Defense The nation’s largest energy user, the Department of … Continue reading Developments in retrofit metal roofing
Britain’s Energy Research Accelerator showing results
John Murray Brown writes in the Financial Times about the impact of energy research collaboration by six universities in the Midlands. Midlands universities in cold energy tie-up A prototype refrigerated lorry cooled by liquid nitrogen, not diesel, is set to be the first beneficiary of a £60m energy research collaboration by six Midlands universities. … Continue reading Britain’s Energy Research Accelerator showing results
New passive-design high-rise being built in New York City
Christian de Looper writes a good article in Tech Times about a new high-rise apartment building that will make it the largest passive building in the world. This 26-Story Building Will Be The Largest Passive Building Ever Built Passive energy-powered buildings are becoming more popular, although most of those that pass the requirements to … Continue reading New passive-design high-rise being built in New York City
There are growing concerns that the UK Green Deal is struggling to deliver large scale improvements and the ECO scheme has been effectively watered down
Will Nichols writes on the BusinessGreen website about a new government report that provides disturbing, but not surprising, news from the UK on the current state of affairs of its domestic energy efficiency programmes. Government energy efficiency plans 'off-track', official review warns The government's household energy efficiency programme is veering off track, according to … Continue reading There are growing concerns that the UK Green Deal is struggling to deliver large scale improvements and the ECO scheme has been effectively watered down
Are you clueless about how much energy you use?
Chris Mooney has written a good article in the Washington Post about the many reasons why we don’t know much energy we use Here’s one reason it’s so hard to know your energy footprint Much research has shown that people are often pretty clueless when it comes to how much energy they use. But … Continue reading Are you clueless about how much energy you use?
International survey raises the lack of a holistic energy efficiency strategy in the industrial sector
Robin Whitlock writes on the Renewable Energy Magazine website about a new survey that highlights that, for the most part, industry is not taking a comprehensive approach to addressing energy efficiency. Readers should look seriously at this and see if this is due to the barriers to industrial energy efficiency discussed in another post this … Continue reading International survey raises the lack of a holistic energy efficiency strategy in the industrial sector
Is it worth improving how we use energy?
A lot of people must be puzzled by the results of a recent study on the cost effectiveness of our energy efficiency programs. Chelsea Harvey in the Washington Post writes of a recent study that compares the cost of efficiency upgrades with the energy they save. What do you think about this? Study raises … Continue reading Is it worth improving how we use energy?
