The government has tabled an amendment to the Energy Bill currently passing through Parliament, which will allow it to offer financial incentives to businesses who cut their electricity demand. In a response to a consultation on electricity demand reduction, secretary of state for energy and climate change Ed Davey said that there is “significant potential” for greater electricity efficiency in... 

In this video interview (below) Asha Kayla, Energy and Carbon Reduction Manager at Alliance Boots, shares her opinions on her role in the Energy Management field and work at the Energy Managers Association. Alliance Boots was formed in 2006 through the merger of the UK retail brand Boots and the wholesale and retail pharmacy group Alliance UniChem. Alliance Boots is a multinational health and beauty... 

The Energy Managers Association (EMA) has called on the government to take action on the energy and carbon related costs resulting from legislation that requires companies to store vast quantities of data on remote servers. Among the measures suggested by the EMA are proposals that the government should carry out mandatory carbon and energy impact assessments upon each piece of legislation put through... 

Demand response company KiWi Power has achieved a 100% success rate in forecasting ‘triad’ periods – the three annual half hour periods of peak winter power demand that attract the highest electricity prices – during the 2012/13 financial year. The success rate bolsters the commercial case for participating in a demand response programme, in which businesses plan to shift or reduce... 

Energy Demand speaks to Richard Brent, bursar at St Faiths School in Cambridgeshire and Charlie Cochrane, IT project consultant at Joskos Solutions, to get an educational perspective on energy efficiency. For many years, schools have had their budgets stretched in a myriad of imaginative ways. Securing the best staff, nailing funding for new facilities, keeping up to date with the latest technology... 

A 12 month delay to the government’s smart meter roll-out has been branded as “thoroughly disappointing” by energy managers. However, the industry has been unanimous in its calls for the government to get the smart meter roll-out right first time – which might just make the delay worthwhile. “It’s disappointing that consumers and small businesses will have to wait longer for smart meters,... 

Energy Minister Greg Barker The Energy Managers Association (EMA) is to launch a code of conduct for Energy Performance Contracting (EnPC) this summer, in an effort to reduce the associated costs of energy contracting and open up the energy savings market. The cost of drawing up bespoke contracts was identified as a key barrier to mass take-up of EnPCs by delegates at the EMA-led Energy Performance... 

In a volatile world economic market, it appears that there is no shortage of lenders prepared to fund Energy Performance Contracts (EnPCs), as long as energy managers are prepared to get the contract concept right, according to a senior figure in the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS). Hung up on kit Jon Miles, director of sustainable energy finance at RBS, told delegates at the EMA’s Energy Performance... 

Edinburgh Airport is on track to make savings in the region of £23,000 per year with the installation of 257 LED lights in the airport’s round-the-clock baggage hall, effectively halving its power use in this area. The retrofitted lights replaced T8 fluorescents and will cut Edinburgh airport’s power demand by nearly 208,922 kWh/year, corresponding to annual savings of approximately £22,981,... 

Tesco has committed a fleet of its heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) to run on a dedicated biomethane fuel blend as part of its drive to cut carbon emissions and reduce fuel costs. The grocery giant has agreed a deal with biogas supplier Gasrec for 35 of its HGVs to fill up at Gasrec’s new filling station in Daventry, Northamptonshire, close to one of Tesco’s distribution centres. The HGVs will run on...