More British homes to stay warm with heat pumps or solar

If winter is making temperatures drop to frigid levels where you live, you're likely grateful for a functioning home furnace ... but dreading the coming heating bills. Wouldn't it be wonderful not to have to worry about those, knowing that your home stays warm courtesy of nature's free services? Residents in 38 communities across the UK are…

ByThe Global ViewDecember 7, 20120Comments

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UK to review fuel poverty policies

The British government has appointed social policy expert John Hills to lead an independent review of its fuel poverty target and definition. A household is currently classed as being in "fuel poverty" if it would need to spend more than 10 per cent of its income on fuel to keep a home warm enough. "Many households have…

ByThe Global ViewMarch 14, 20110Comments

Energy

Heat incentive could revolutionise UK

The UK government has today announced the details of the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) policy which is set to revolutionise the way heat is generated and used in buildings and homes across the UK. It is the first financial support scheme for renewable heat of its kind in the world. The RHI is being introduced to…

ByThe Global ViewMarch 10, 20110Comments

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UK launches first incentive for renewable heating

The UK's Energy Secretary Chris Huhne has launched the world's first financial incentive of its kind to revolutionise the way heat is generated and used in buildings. The Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) will support emerging technologies and businesses in Britain, strengthening security of supply by reducing dependence on fossil fuel heating and emissions. Currently around half of…

ByThe Global ViewMarch 10, 20110Comments

Smart Cities

Boiler upgrades, new heat pumps to warm UK homes

With the recent stretch of snowy, icy weather in many parts of the eastern US, UK and Europe, keeping warm has been on a lot of people's minds. For Britons, that will become a bit easier -- and greener -- to do, thanks to a couple of new developments. The electronics company LG announced today that,…

ByThe Global ViewJanuary 12, 20100Comments

Smart Cities

Of bad CSR and biofuel-heating handouts

A bad corporate social responsibility report can be the enterprise equivalent of the push-up bra. To put it bluntly, it looks good from afar, but as soon as you take away the nice packaging, there's not really an awful lot to look at. Greenbang mentions this purely because the story she had originally intended to bring…

ByThe Global ViewApril 14, 20080Comments

Smart Cities

Wal-Mart prototype slashes energy by 45 percent

Having been to Las Vegas, Greenbang can testify that using less energy typically means taking one of those weird golf buggy things rather than their own legs to travel the 500 metres from the restaurant to the roulette wheel or seeing how long you can lie motionless beside the pool, contemplating how many free drinks…

ByThe Global ViewMarch 20, 20080Comments

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More British homes to stay warm with heat pumps or solar

UK to review fuel poverty policies

Heat incentive could revolutionise UK

UK launches first incentive for renewable heating

Boiler upgrades, new heat pumps to warm UK homes

Of bad CSR and biofuel-heating handouts

Wal-Mart prototype slashes energy by 45 percent

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