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Proposed eco-town in Cambridgeshire will not go ahead
05.Sep.2008
Hanley Grange in Cambridgeshire will not go forward in the eco-town process following meetings between South Cambridgeshire District Council, Cambridgeshire County Council, Cambridgeshire Horizons, and promoters of the project Tesco.

Ashden UK Awards 2009
18.Aug.2008
The Ashden Awards is looking for ground-breaking initiatives that can share their hard-won success and get wider recognition for it.

Government considering fuel aid
18.Aug.2008
Ministers are looking at giving fuel vouchers worth up to £100 to thousands of low income families.

New chair of Fuel Poverty Advisory Group appointed
07.Aug.2008
Derek Lickorish has been appointed as the new Chair of the Fuel Poverty Advisory Group.

Plans to open up Microgeneration Certification Scheme and to appoint new administrator
07.Aug.2008
The Energy Minister, Malcolm Wicks has approved plans to open up the Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS) to a number of certification providers and to find a new administrator for the scheme. BRE's two year contract as the administrators for the scheme will be up in September.

CSE working in partnership to target 60,000 households
17.Jul.2008
CSE will be working in partnership with Scottish and Southern Energy and nine local authorities across Somerset and South Gloucestershire to carry out a door-to-door campaign calling on over 60,000 households in the area as part of their ¿Warm Streets¿ project.

EPCs compulsory for house sales in Northern Ireland
17.Jul.2008
From the 30th June month Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) are compulsory for all house sales in Northern Ireland.

Enact to work with social housing providers on hard to treat properties
17.Jul.2008
Enact, an energy consultancy from Cornwall, has conducted an international search for alternatives to the expensive options that have traditionally been used to treat these properties.

Fuel Poverty and Local Government Leaflet Launched
17.Jul.2008
With energy prices on the rise and more people struggling to pay their bills, a new leaflet has been launched to give advice to local authority elected members about how to help their constituents. The leaflet has been produced by fuel poverty charity Energy Action Scotland with support from COSLA and sponsored by Scottish Hydro Electric.

Minister emphasises importance of sustainable goods
17.Jul.2008
Climate Change Minister Joan Ruddock has said that green goods will need to become the normal products on our shelves in the future, while products with a big environmental impact will need to change.

Report urges government to tackle existing housing stock
17.Jul.2008
Conclusions from a new research report state that building firms, product manufacturers and suppliers could stand to tap into a new market worth between £3.5 and £6.5 billion per year if the UK developed policies, skills programmes, and financial incentives to upgrade its existing housing stock to make it greener and more energy efficient.

Research into tenants' attitudes towards energy efficiency
17.Jul.2008
The Energy Efficiency Partnership for Homes' Private Rented Sector Group commissioned The Oxford Research Agency to carry out research into tenants' attitudes towards energy efficiency and any current ways in which they attempt to minimise their energy consumption.

Two million housing association households to benefit from free lightbulbs
17.Jul.2008
A project funded as part of the energy industry's Carbon Emissions Reduction Target (CERT) will see eight million Osram energy-efficient lightbulbs delivered directly to housing association households.

Welsh Assembly to target emissions from existing and new builds
17.Jul.2008
The Welsh Assembly has revealed plans which would force developers to improve the environmental performance of new buildings and include renewable and low carbon energy technologies such as solar panels and combined heat and power.

Emission Impossible? Report Launched
09.Jul.2008
The Energy Saving Trust has launched a new report Emission Impossible? A vision for a low carbon lifestyle by 2050.

Free online tool to calculate energy use
09.Jul.2008
Oxford University and the UK Energy Research Centre have launched a new free online tool to help householders reduce their energy use.

Launch of the Zero Carbon Delivery Hub
09.Jul.2008
In response to the Callcutt Review recommendation, a new independent 'Zero Carbon Hub' has been established to make Zero Carbon new homes a reality from 2016.

NHIC Innovative Insulation Award
27.Jun.2008
As part of the annual National Home Improvement Council (NHIC) Awards the Cavity Insulation Guarantee Agency (CIGA) is searching for the most innovative project that has demonstrated a novel approach in successfully encouraging the take up of insulation measures.

UK Renewable Energy Strategy Consultation
27.Jun.2008
This BERR consultation launched yesterday seeks views on how to drive up the use of renewable energy in the UK, as part of their overall strategy for tackling climate change, and to meet our share of the EU target to source 20% of the EU's energy from renewable sources by 2020.

NEA and EAS launch the UK Fuel Poverty Monitor publication 'The Wrong Direction'
19.Jun.2008
National Energy Action (NEA) and Energy Action Scotland (EAS) have warned that the Government has lost its way in its battle against fuel poverty.

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