Evidence invited into exemptions from requirement for an electricity licence
A call for evidence into exemptions regime from requirements to hold electricity licences has been extended to 8 March 2021 due to the coronavirus...
£9.3m handed to local authorities to help launch their own ‘try before you buy’...
Highways England has charged a green incentive scheme with a multi-million pound investment that allows businesses to try electric vehicles for free before they...
Funding approved for first phase of Cardiff’s district heating network
A new £26.5m district-heating network, which will use underground pipes to transport heat from an energy recovery facility to businesses and homes in Cardiff,...
A Scottish Council smashes its carbon targets
EAST Dunbartonshire Council in Scotland has reduced its carbon footprint by 41% and exceeded its five-year target a year early.
However, that is just the...
New green bond to help prepare for hydrogen heating
Abundance Investment Ltd, an ethical investment crowdfunding platform, has launched an offer to fund Northern Gas Networks’ (NGN) programme to upgrade its pipelines to...
Supporting social housing through Covid-19
SOCIAL housing is under a lot strain at the moment, with the government advice on self-isolation/quarantine and many vulnerable residents.
If your tenants have voiced...
Psychologists study mental health and social impacts of COVID-19
PSYCHOLOGISTS at the University of Sheffield have launched a study of the mental health and social impacts of the COVID-19 epidemic to understand how...
Halogen bulb ban announced
The government has announced plans to end the sale of halogen light bulbs from this September.
Legislation being brought forward this month will also include...
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development unveils plan to be majority green bank by...
THE EUROPEAN Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has unveiled its plan to scale up even further its climate and environmental finance and its...
Mandatory climate change classes planned for Scottish politicians, business leaders and students
MEMBERS of the Scottish Parliament, business leaders and newly enrolled university students may be asked to take mandatory climate change studies if plans currently...
