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Retrofit 2012. Salford, 24-26 January 2012
Posted on: 17 April 2012
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Retrofit 2012 provided leading researchers, policy makers and industry professionals with the opportunity to report on the three main issues for UK energy policy: Carbon emissions, fuel poverty, and energy security. Retrofit 2012 included the latest research findings, and brought together leading academics, politicians and leading industry partners. The three day event, had the following themes running throughout: Policy and regulation; Models, performance and evaluation; Communities, people and behaviours; Technology and materials; and Skills, jobs and economic development. Keynote presentations and papers are available online.
FutureFit: Financial modelling in-depth findings
Posted on: 4 April 2012
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FutureFit is Affinity Sutton’s flagship project that aims to provide unique insights into how the Green Deal could work in the context of the 56,000 homes they own and manage, and more widely in the social housing sector. As part of the project, Affinity Sutton installed energy efficiency work packages in 102 of their properties with a view to understanding the practical issues and costs of energy efficient building retrofit. This report presents the findings of the technical and financial analysis that was undertaken to understand the potential to finance a stock-wide retrofit programme by capturing the revenue from energy savings, and how Affinity Sutton as a organisation can begin to mainstream low carbon activities to deliver significant CO2 reductions in its existing housing portfolio.
Changes to the Energy Performance of Buildings Framework
Posted on: 3 April 2012
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These documents describe the April 2012 changes to the Energy Performance of Buildings framework aimed at making it easier for consumers to save money on their fuel bills.
Legal framework for energy-efficient renovation
Posted on: 3 April 2012
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This document, covering the theme of legal framework for energy efficient renovation is the 2nd in a series of 6 mini-guides for the CASH project, a network of 11 partners which seeks to reduce the energy consumption of buildings and in buildings http://urbact.eu/en/projects/low-carbon-urban-environments/cash/homepage/. Availability of affordable and energy efficient housing is not only a technical or financial matter. European Directives, national/regional/local laws, decrees, ordinances and policies are forming the framework for cities to work within. This mini-guide describes the existing legal playing field for CASH partners from 9 European countries at the local level and shows how they can manoeuvre within the given possibilities to enhance energy performance of affordable housing for social landlords, low income owners or tenants. It also highlights the gaps, barriers, local needs and the potential solutions for a bottom-up approach more in line with local context.
Spreading the net: The multiple benefits of energy efficiency improvements
Posted on: 3 April 2012
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In this report, the International Energy Agency (IEA) describes the wider socioeconomic outcomes that can arise from energy efficiency improvement, aside from energy savings. The report enumerates many of the most prominent multiple benefits of energy efficiency and, although the list is not exhaustive, it provides a rich menu of the variety of the benefits that may be of interest to policy makers. Based on a review of existing literature, this report summarises the significance of each of these potential outcomes of energy efficiency measures.
Passivhaus ventilation: It’s not a lot of hot air
Posted on: 3 April 2012
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Mark Siddall, architect and Certified Passivhaus Designer, does a little myth busting and sets some facts straight, before exploring some areas where neither natural ventilation, mechanical ventilation, nor even the Passivhaus standard, have absolutely all the answers.
National Heat Map
Posted on: 30 March 2012
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The National Heat Map was commissioned by the Department of Energy and Climate Change and created by The Centre for Sustainable Energy. The purpose of the Map is to support planning and deployment of local low-carbon energy projects in England. It aims to achieve this by providing publicly accessible high-resolution web-based maps of heat demand by area. The heat map is primarily intended to help identify locations where heat distribution is most likely to be beneficial and economic. It is important to note that it should be used as a tool for prioritising locations for more detailed investigation – and not as a tool for designing heat networks directly or for querying energy bills.
Japan’s green renewal? After the Disasters UN Tour
Posted on: 30 March 2012
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Having just returned from a United Nations-led tour of disaster-ravaged areas of Japan, Warren Karlenzig reports on efforts across the region to rebuild along smart growth and green economic development models.
Building Regulations applying to electrical and gas installation repairs in dwellings
Posted on: 30 March 2012
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The House of Commons Communities and Local Government Select Committee has published the findings of its inquiry into Building Regulations applying to electrical and gas installation and repairs in dwellings. The parts of the Building Regulations that are of most relevance to this inquiry are Part P, which covers installation work on certain types of fixed electrical installations in both new and existing dwellings, and Part J, which covers the safe installation and use of combustion appliances, including boilers. The Committee wanted to examine these two areas of the Building Regulations in relation to safety in the home, and in particular within the context of DCLG’s current review of the Building Regulations. This is an important area, affecting householders, landlords and business across England. A volume containing the written evidence to the Committee is also available here.
Urban transport and energy efficiency
Posted on: 27 March 2012
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This guide provides a comprehensive overview of measures and policies designed to promote greater energy efficiency in transport, and assigns specific tasks and responsibilities to particular parties. Case studies illustrate international experiences in implementing measures to increase energy efficiency in transport. Registration is required to access the document.
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