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The respected money advice website MoneySavingExpert has produced a useful guide to exactly how you can reduce your energy spending … and which methods are in fact, myths. Their tips include: Keeping the heating on all day, rather than only when you need it, is not going to produce savings in the long run, due […]

Close to four million smart meters already deployed in customers’ homes may need to be ripped out and replaced as they won’t support a supplier switch, a recent media investigation has been able to reveal. The Government has promised to launch a new system to fix the problem so that all customers can switch provider […]

Local councils in Gateshead, Newcastle, North Tyneside, Northumberland and Sunderland have joined forces to launch a new initiative aimed at helping small and medium businesses save money on energy, a recent news report in the local media has been able to suggest. The Business Energy Saving Team (BEST) is a new fully-funded energy efficiency service […]

The Building Regulations are set to change next year and with them, a new CO2 emissions factor for buildings will become the norm, a recent expert report has warned. The biggest change is around CO2 emission factors that set out how many kgCO2 per kWh a fuel uses, most notably for electricity which has reduced […]

Ofgem’s energy price cap for consumers on default tariffs has come into force on the 1’st of January and is expected to save around 11 million people an average of £76 a year, a recent news report has been able to suggest. The cap limits the cost of each energy unit rather than total bills, […]

Energy suppliers added £840 million onto total national gas and electricity bills, costing each household an additional £74, a recent report from auto-switching service Look After My Bills has been able to suggest. Over the course of 2018, energy companies carried out 57 price rises, compared to just 15 in 2017 – historically, there were […]

The city of New York’s Governor Andrew Cuomo has recently announced that the New York State Public Service Commission approved two initiatives to dramatically increase New York’s energy efficiency and energy storage targets to combat climate change. The new energy efficiency target for investor-owned utilities will more than double utility energy efficiency progress by 2025, […]

Around 89% of UK office workers lose productivity if the temperature isn’t quite right, with employees claiming cold office temperatures cause them to be the most unproductive (46%), a recent market research report from flexible office specialist Workthere has been able to suggest. According to the findings published in this paper, just 16% of workers […]

The Big Energy Saving Week campaign backed by Citizens Advice, the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) and numerous other organizations is back to help consumers understand their energy use, cut their bills and get the financial support they are entitled to. Every year, BESW partners empower people across Scotland, England and Wales […]

Digital building management systems can help businesses slash energy up to a quarter, a recent research report has been able to suggest. Digitisation and Internet of Things technologies can be used to significantly boost efficiency, reliability, safety and sustainability, which can slash operational expenditure and allow businesses to increase output while using less energy, fewer […]

The UK government has launched a new consultation on smart metering policy proposals in an effort to improve the benefits of the technology for small and microbusinesses, a recent news report has revealed. The non-domestic smart meter rollout covers around three million meters in two million premises, the majority of which are small and medium […]

The Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting (SECR) regulations for businesses will come into force this April and the UK government is urging companies to prepare for the new energy and emissions rules, a recent news report has been able to suggest. The new rules, which will take effect from 1st April 2019, require all large […]