Newcastle College Group (NCG) has acquired a key development site on the North Bank of the Tyne for the creation of a unique centre dedicated to developing higher level skills training for the renewables sector.
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Twinstore is a patent winner
Twinstore, the new type of stormwater tank from Tubosider UK that can deliver not just greater performance but at lower cost than conventional systems, has now been awarded a UK Patent (no. 2461142).
Radio-Tech’s ecosense wins best product innovation award
Radio-Tech has won the award for best product innovation at the Innovation & Sustainability Awards, held at the Energy Solutions Expo 2010 in London. The company’s ecosense, which monitors temperature, humidity, carbon dioxide levels and energy usage, was victorious in a category for products that noticeably improve the workplace.
Sun Going Down on Solar Farms?
Well known Cornish heating and eco energy installer, Govan Ltd, has voiced its support of the Government’s announcement yesterday to review whether large scale solar developments should be able to use financial incentives originally devised for smaller scale installs and their immediate end users.
CIWEM is delighted to report that the Institution has more than achieved its pledge to make significant carbon emission cuts as part of the 10:10 campaign.
Although 10:10 aimed to persuade Britain to cut its emissions by ten percent by 2010, organisations that had already been working on reducing emissions were asked to commit to a more realistic three percent target. As CIWEM was the first chartered professional body to have its Environmental Management Systems (EMS) accredited to ISO14001 back in 2008, the Institution had to rise to the challenge to ensure that more cuts could be made.