Tag: energy saving

Amazon Alexa offers tips on energy usage and partners with Department for Energy Security & Net Zero on Help for Household campaign.

Madeleine Gabriel, Mission Director in Nesta’s sustainable future team, discusses its money-saving boiler challenge and how it can help households this winter.

Nine Midlands-based projects have been awarded funding to provide in-person energy advice through the Local Energy Advice Demonstrator competition. This forms part of a national scheme funded by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero which is being run by the five Local Net Zero Hubs. Across England, 36 projects will be delivered through […]

The government has launched the UK Business Climate Hub today. The hub includes a free carbon calculator and a suite of new tools to help businesses measure, track and report on their emissions and save money by using less energy. It offers detailed advice on everything from sourcing products from green suppliers and reducing emissions […]

Loughton Leisure Centre, Ongar Leisure Centre and Waltham Abbey Leisure Centre have cut energy use by investing in various efficiency measures. Together with Epping Forest District Council, Places Leisure identified ways to reduce energy consumption at the leisure facilities and invested in the following improvements: Pool covers at Ongar Leisure Centre and Waltham Abbey Leisure […]

NatWest has joined forces with energy experts Perse and Absolar to help businesses save money on their energy bills. Research by the bank has found that, with the right support, half of the UK’s carbon reduction ambition could be achieved by UK small and medium-sized enterprises, and the majority of SMEs would stand to benefit […]

A campaign aimed at increasing the energy efficiency in businesses, charities and public sector bodies has been launched by the government. The campaign is targeted at small and medium sized businesses and will offer guidance on how they can make energy savings with measures such as light and heating timers, turning down boiler flow temperature […]

British Gas has revealed its customers have received a combined total of more than £1.8 million and saved 147 MWh of energy through its PeakSave scheme since the launch in December – enough to power 750,000 homes for an hour. This equates to an average of £28.56 per customer – with the top 2% saving […]

Ahead of a panel discussion at InstallerSHOW on 28th June on some of the lesser known energy-saving products available, we have a look at a selection of the solutions that will be featured. elemental is hosting three days of live panel discussions and Q&As at InstallerSHOW again this year, exploring energy efficiency in buildings and […]

The world is in the middle of a global energy crisis. There´s never been a greater need for smarter ways to save energy within the home. Replacing your customers’ old pump with a smart pump unlocks substantial saving potentials with the lowest cost and highest return on investment – yet typically this is overlooked. Many […]

Double glazing is the most popular energy-saving improvement carried out by home owners, according to new research by Legal & General Surveying Services. Upgrading windows was slightly more popular than installing roof insulation (86% of surveyors mentioned double glazing, compared to 80% for roof insulation), both were well ahead of the third most popular energy-efficient […]

The Energy Savings Barometer from Vattenfall has been published, revealing the measures people are taking in response to the energy crisis. The research has found that both investing in energy efficiency and making small behavioural changes are playing a part in how consumers in Europe are tackling the energy crisis. Compared to other countries, the […]