Tag: energy saving

How good for the economy is housing retrofit?

A new report from Energy Saving Trust gives a breakdown of potential job creation by region – and highlights the housetypes that are carbon villains.

 

Insulating lofts in homes across Britain could create nearly 45,000 jobs, while replacing inefficient G-rated boilers would support nearly 40,000 jobs. A full-scale eco-facelift would support 4.7 million jobs, save around £8.7 billion on domestic energy bills and cut CO2 emissions by around 48 million tonnes. The economic and carbon benefits of housing retrofit are outlined in a new report published by the Energy Saving Trust (EST).

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Building4Change : How good for the economy is housing retrofit?.

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How Churches can work to reduce their energy footprint

Lakewood Church in Texas, an evangelical Christian megachurch, has the pleasant task of deciding where to direct exactly that amount of money, which they were able to save from reducing their annual utility costs through better energy management. Lakewood Church is not alone, either. Across the country, churches large and small are working with the Environmental Protection Agency to reduce their energy bills and use the savings to live out their message of financial and environmental stewardship.

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How Churches Can Work With EPA to Reduce Their Energy Footprint – New America Media.

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Energy efficiency and your landlord: to 2016 and beyond

From 2016, all private landlords will not be allowed to deny a ‘reasonable’ request for energy efficiency improvements (that’s only five years till this blogger can have her boiler replaced by one that actually works); and from 2018, they won’t be allowed to rent out an F or G  rated property at all.

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Energy efficiency and your landlord: to 2016 and beyond « The Energy Saving Trust’s blog.

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