Why don’t we do district heating in the UK?
I was giving a presentation on Sustainable Construction on Friday to a group of Local Authority energy managers. I mentioned Kalundborg in Denmark where the...
“Ethical” consumer spending doubles to 5%
Nov 30, 2007
The Co-operative Bank is reporting that ethical* consumer spending in the UK has doubled to 5% of our total since 2002. Food in particular is...
Google Searches for Cheaper Solar Power
Nov 28, 2007
Google's reputation as a corporate goodguy (motto: Don't be evil) took a big hit recently with charges of complicity in political censorship by the Chinese...
CBI Members Make Climate Change Commitments
Nov 26, 2007
The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has released "Climate Change: Everyone's Business" the report of its Climate Change Task Force. The task force consists of...
Brown admits 60% carbon cut may be inadequate
Nov 23, 2007
With all the furore over Northern Rock and the loss of 25m people's personal data, you may have missed a significant speech on climate change...
Green Dragons?
Nov 21, 2007
It was great to see Max McMurdo get some cash backing for his Reestore eco-design business on last week's Dragons' Den. The funny bit was...
Uncertainty over Carbon Intensity of Electricity
Nov 19, 2007
Like the rest of the carbon accounting/footprinting industry, we've always used DEFRA's published figure for the carbon intensity of electricity of 0.43 kgCO2 per kWh....
New Green Taxation Commission Starts Work
Nov 16, 2007
Source: edieThe new Green Fiscal Commission was launched on Wednesday and brings together leading politicians from all major parties, academics, industry experts, regulators and consumer...
Watch out for green conmen!
Nov 14, 2007
Like any sector of industry, the environmental sector has its fair share of con artists and cowboys. At one end of the scale is dodgy...
UK Commits To Legally Binding Carbon Reductions
Nov 12, 2007
In last week's Queen's Speech, Prime Minister Gordon Brown made a commitment to legally binding carbon emissions targets for the UK - a 60% cut...