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Transitional Arrangements for New Building Regulations Tightened
24.Feb.2006
The new Building Regulations are due to come into force in April 2006. The Government has now announced that where plans have been submitted prior to April 2006 work must be started before April 2007 if the new standards are not going to apply.

Tyndall Publish Report on Climate Change to 3000AD
24.Feb.2006
A report by the Tyndall Centre has been published giving the results of three climate models considering six carbon dioxide emissions scenarios to the year 3000. It predicts temperature increase of 15°C and sea level rises by up to 11.4 metres with major changes in carbon emissions.

UK and Japan Launch Joint Low Carbon Society Project
24.Feb.2006
A joint Japan-UK Research Project, "Developing visions for a Low Carbon Society through Sustainable Development", has been launched. This is a long term project to look at technological and behavioural changes needed to achieve such a society.

Winners of Sustainable Communities Award Announced
24.Feb.2006
Environment Minister Elliot Morley spoke at the Local Government Associations annual "Delivering Sustainable Communities" conference in Birmingham on 14 February, highlighting the important role of low carbon, energy efficient homes in sustainable communities. The winners and finalists of the annual Sustainable Communities Awards were also announced at the conference.

New Energy Saving Dimmer Bulbs Launched
16.Feb.2006
Energy saving bulbs incorporating a dimmer function were launched by MEGAMAN this month. Traditionally a weakness of energy savings lights, the new bulbs can even be dimmed using a conventional switch and consume less energy when dimmed.

New Grant Programme for Vulnerable Customers
16.Feb.2006
Eaga Partnership Charitable Trust has launched a new grant programme to support work within a new theme of 'vulnerable consumers: multiple needs and preferences'. They are interested in the overlap between fuel poverty and wider deprivation and developing a better understanding of different groups of vulnerable and/or deprived consumers so that fuel poverty alleviation programmes, and other assistance initiatives, can better target these groups.

UK's First A Rated Double Glazed Window
16.Feb.2006
Tradelink have announced their new A rated double glazed window. Whilst A rated triple glazing and non-commercial double glazing already exist, this is the first standard commercially available A rated double glazing in the UK.

Climate Change and Fuel Poverty report
10.Feb.2006
Partnership members may be interested in a report published by the PSI researching the effect of climate change on meeting Government fuel poverty and carbon emissions targets.

Gas price warnings as fuel profits soar
10.Feb.2006
Speculation is growing in the press about a 25% retail gas price rise this year after Centrica, parent company of British Gas, reported continued increases in the price of wholesale gas.

Government calls for digital TV energy efficiency standards
10.Feb.2006
Environment Minister Elliot Morley has been urging companies involved in the provision of digital television services and equipment to sign up to the European Voluntary Code of Conduct on Energy Efficiency of Digital TV Services.

Green Alliance Publish Report on Green Taxes
10.Feb.2006
The Green Alliance has published a report, prepared by the Policy Studies Institute which proposes a package of green tax measures that should be introduced by Government, designed to engage households to reduce their energy and water consumption and waste

Green Party Launch Energy Consultation
10.Feb.2006
Dissatisfied with what it sees as an overly complicated Energy Review process, the Green Party has launched its own consultation which will involve face to face surveys with the general public and public meetings with communities.

Measuring up the Home Energy Ratings
10.Feb.2006
With the imminent arrival of the new Building Regulations, Energy Performance Certificates and the Code for Sustainable Homes, this article looks at the range of domestic energy rating systems that are used in the UK. Each of the rating systems have been designed for a particular purpose such as tackling climate change and assessing levels of fuel poverty.

Ofgem publishes Domestic Retail Market Report
10.Feb.2006
Ofgem have published their September 2005 Domestic Retail Market report, which highlights that customers are losing out by £1 Billion by not switching their energy supplier.

TCPA publish Sustainable Energy Guide for Communities
10.Feb.2006
The Town and Country Planning Association have published a guide 'Sustainable Energy by Design', which is aimed at local authorities, developers, investors and managers in both the public and private sectors. The guide shows how sustainable energy can be integrated into both new and existing communities.

Defra Publish Book on Climate Change
03.Feb.2006
Defra has published a book 'Avoiding dangerous climate change' which builds on the scientific findings presented at the 'Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change' conference in February 2005, at the start of the UK's G8 Presidency.

Energy Review Stakeholder Seminar in Birmingham
03.Feb.2006
Energy Minister Malcolm Wicks MP visited Birmingham on Tuesday to participate in a stakeholder seminar informing the Government's Energy Review. The event, the second in a series of themed seminars being undertaken as part of the Energy Review consultation, focused on fuel poverty and energy efficiency.

Energywatch Publish Follow-up Report on Potential of Smart Meters
03.Feb.2006
Energywatch has published a new report on smart meters for homes entitled 'Getting Smarter: Improved energy information for consumers'. The report is the follow-up to last August's 'Get Smart: Bringing meters into the 21st Century'.

MEPs Call for 20% of Energy for Heating and Cooling to come from Renewables
03.Feb.2006
The European Parliament's Industry Committee has requested the European Commission to draft legislation to double the share of renewable energy used by Europe for heating and cooling to 20% by 2020. The Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) also requested the legislation be drafted by July 2006.

NIHE Launch Progress Report on Home Energy Conservation Strategy
03.Feb.2006
The Northern Ireland Housing Executive have launched their 9th Annual Progress Report on their Home Energy Conservation Strategy, which shows that the number of households in fuel poverty has reduced and there has been a 17.2% improvement in energy efficiency since 1996.

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