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An easier life at home? ‘Selling’ the Green Deal to UK households
Posted on: 29 January 2013
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A key assumption behind the Green Deal is that once market barriers are removed, there will be a flood of demand from UK homeowners for energy efficiency measures in their homes. However, interim findings from research from the UK Energy Research Centre casts doubt on whether this expected flood will come, for one simple reason: energy efficiency is rarely the main motivating factor for people’s decisions to renovate their homes.
Green Deal goes live
Posted on: 29 January 2013
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The government has launched the Green Deal which provides people with the opportunity to transform their homes by paying for energy efficient home improvements with the savings on their energy bills. With buildings in Britain among the least efficient in the world, the Green Deal aims to provide homes and businesses with a new way of paying for energy efficient improvements such as insulation and new heating systems.
Improving the energy efficiency of existing buildings. Specification for installation process, process management and service provision (PAS 2030)
Posted on: 29 January 2013
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BSI, the business standards organisation, has published an update to PAS 2030, the standard which supports the Green Deal policy, encouraging the implementation of energy efficiency measures within existing households and businesses. Working with industry experts, BSI has reviewed and amended the standard to coincide with the first Green Deals being signed from January 28th, 2013. The updated PAS 2030 standard builds on the existing 26 permitted measures (which already cover heating, insulation and glazing) by adding a further 12 permissible energy efficiency measures either in the form of new annexes or through amendments to existing annexes.
Energy, transport and environment indicators: 2012 edition
Posted on: 28 January 2013
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The multi-thematic pocketbook comprises a broad set of data collected by Eurostat and the European Environment Agency. It provides an overview of the most relevant indicators, with particular focus on sustainable development.
Recast of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive: impact assessment
Posted on: 18 January 2013
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The Energy Performance of Buildings Directive is an EU measure designed to tackle climate change by reducing the amount of carbon produced by buildings. This document lists the changes to the regulations introduced on 9 January 2013 and the linked guidance documents that have been revised.
Improving the energy efficiency of our buildings: A guide to air conditioning inspections for buildings
Posted on: 18 January 2013
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This guidance is intended to help anyone who manages or controls an air conditioning system to understand how the Energy Performance of Buildings Regulations (Certificates and Inspections (England and Wales) Regulations and the Directive, on which these regulations are based, work in practice, how to apply the regulations, what their responsibilities are and when air conditioning inspections are required.
Lessons from Germany’s Passivhaus experience
Posted on: 10 January 2013
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This report provides an objective overview of the experience gained to date from Passivhaus in Germany and elsewhere in Europe. It looks at the achievements and the national context that has helped its popularity in Germany, while conversely discusses some of the differences that may hinder volume uptake in the UK. Register to obtain access to the document.
Overheating in new homes: a review of the evidence
Posted on: 2 January 2013
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This report reviews the information and evidence on overheating from the perspectives of housing and health issues. It looks at the parameters that might be used in the definition of overheating, including possible threshold temperature levels, and also features analysis of BRE investigations into overheating in homes.
Recast of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive
Posted on: 2 January 2013
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The Energy Performance of Buildings Directive is an EU measure designed to tackle climate change by reducing the amount of carbon produced by buildings. The requirements of the Directive were implemented on a phased basis by the Energy Performance of Buildings (Certificates and Inspections) (England and Wales) Regulations 2007. Key requirements were: energy performance certificate to be produced on the sale, rent or construction of a building; display energy certificate to be produced and displayed in large public buildings; and air conditioning equipment above a certain size to be inspected regularly. Changes have been made to the regulations, to transpose the requirements of a recast of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive in England and Wales. The main requirements were introduced on 9 January 2013.
Smartspaces
Posted on: 6 December 2012
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This EU-funded project started on 1 January 2012 and will last for three years. It has set up 11 pilot sites in 11 cities in 8 countries with the aim of saving energy in Europe’s public buildings using information and communication technology.
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