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“Lack of understanding” hindering energy performance contracts – EMA survey
A lack of understanding about ‘Energy Performance Contracts’ (EnPCs) is hindering their take up, early data from an Energy Managers Association (EMA) survey into EnPCs suggests. The results come ahead of a key EMA-led conference on EnPCs, due to be held at the Institute of Mechanical Engineers in London next week. Respondents to the survey reported a widespread lack of awareness about the...
Taking a more holistic view of building energy efficiency
This contributed piece for Energy Demand comes from Rob Bamforth, marketing director at software platform company Ecosteer – the firm’s market proposition is that monitoring energy consumption (or production!) is not enough to know if your business site is really efficient: what really matters is how energy usage changes with varying temperature, humidity and luminosity. The concept of...
Event Listing: Energy Performance Future
WHAT? Energy Performance Future: An Energy Managers Association conference examining the issues associated with the energy performance contracting market place. “The Energy Managers Association is working with supporting partners to create guidelines concerning Energy Performance Contracts (EnPCs). It is envisaged the EnPC Guideline Document will significantly expand the marketplace, reducing...
Behaviour change needed for real vehicle efficiency – energy expert
UK vehicle users must change their driving behaviour if they want to cut their carbon emissions and fuel costs, according to transport expert James Swanston, CEO of Carbon Voyage. Speaking to Energy Demand as chancellor George Osborne announced tax breaks for companies investing ultra low emissions vehicles, Swanston said that UK energy managers should be cautious about depending entirely on low emission...
Saved by the Dell: IT power management system delivers classroom savings
Energy saving in the education sector has been brought to the forefront as it was revealed that a UK school is on course to shave over 12% off its annual energy bill after installing a power management system across its entire IT suite. Richard Brent, bursar at St Faith’s independent school in Cambridge, told Energy Demand the school had seen £3,500 in savings on its energy bill since it installed...
Medium-sized business users will bear the brunt of DECC policies
Medium-sized business energy users will face a 22% rise in gas and electricity prices as a direct result of the government’s climate change policies, analysis from the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has revealed. The government’s current selection box of climate change policies – which include an array of subsidies for renewables, energy-efficiency regulations and fuel poverty...
Energy costs: finally on the radar?
Time to get energy prioritised in the boardroom? Here, BP’s chief scientist, Steven Koonin, speaks about the energy scene in the BP boardroom on 22 February 2005. With energy prices soaring at alarming rates, Energy Demand questions a select group of the top brass at the Energy Managers Association (EMA) whether energy is finally becoming a boardroom issue. For James Swanston, chief executive...
VW commits to reducing its carbon emissions to 95g/km by 2020
German car maker Volkwagen Group (VW) has committed to reduce the carbon emissions of its European car fleet to 95g/km by 2020, making it the first car manufacturer to commit to EU car emission reduction targets. The reduction will see the car fleet achieving fuel consumption of around four litres/km, saving drivers an average of £400/year on fuel costs. In a move to further push its carbon-saving...
EMA slams Treasury for energy efficiency-lite 2013 budget
The Energy Managers Association (EMA) has slated the Treasury for its failure to include any significant measures to help businesses cut their energy use in its 2013 budget. “This budget shows that the government is not focusing on the upcoming crisis in energy supply and demand,” Lord Rupert Redesdale, chief executive of the EMA, told Energy Demand. “The Chancellor talks about growth but...