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Climate Change Minister Greg Barker recently launched a partnership to ensure the UK has the right skills to implement the Green Deal, the government’s flagship policy to improve the energy efficiency of buildings.
The Green Deal aims to enable private firms to offer consumers energy improvements to their homes, communities and businesses at no upfront cost and to recoup payments as a charge in instalments on the energy bill.
The Green Deal Skills Alliance (GDSA), officially launched by th... [more]
Earlier this year, it was announced that the London Borough of Bexley had received funding from the London Waste and Recycling Board’s (LWARB) Flats Recycling Programme and the Recycle for London programme, which is also funded by LWARB, to support the scheme in partnership with Gallions Housing Association.
The first phase is focused on 2,000 flats in East Thamesmead with a potential expansion to 15,000 flats across Bexley planned for 2012, and following that, a potential roll-out to all ho... [more]
Now in its third year, Green Office Week (9-13 May 2011) will be bigger and better than ever. So spring into action this May and help encourage your company to think and act green. But to do this, they need you to take part. So sign up, get involved and become a Green Office Week Follower. It’s a fantastic opportunity to seed change and help your company flourish, not to mention raise your own profile within the organisation.
As a Green Office Week Follower, you’ll be showing your suppo... [more]
Fats, oils and grease from commercial kitchens block sewers, pumping stations and municipal wastewater treatment plants causing multi-million costs, health risks and contamination. Remember that just one roast chicken will produce at least 100 grams of waste fat. In the United States FOG blockages cause 10 billion gallons of overflows per annum. In the UK, Anglian Water’s region alone has more than 10,000 tonnes of FOG in its sewer system.
A proportion of yellow frying oils are easily turned... [more]
YouGov research has revealed that despite office workers efforts to be green at work they are being held back by a lack of recycling facilities, no environmental policy and cynical colleagues.
UK office workers throw their green ideals out of the window when they enter the work place, according to the government research poll. A new initiative is aiming to change green behaviour in offices throughout the country.
Green Office Week, which takes place from 26 – 30 April, is an initiative to ... [more]
More than 2.5 billion electronic devices - including laptops, printers, speakers, routers, modems, cell phones, entertainment devices, power tools, cameras and other portable electronic gear - require a power source that converts 65V - 240V wall power to device-specific DC power. Manufacturing separate interfaces is both costly and inconvenient to the consumer, and is a significant source of solid waste. Every year, in the U.S. alone, hundreds of millions of discarded, incompatible power suppl... [more]
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