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AXA turns ‘trash to treasure’ for small businesses across the country
High ambitions meet reality
The requirement for all new-build homes to be built to a zero carbon standard by 2016 is beginning to look distinctly unrealistic. Not least because the government itself has not even managed to agree what zero carbon actually means. In this report we consider the wider picture by examining the policy background, implications for developers and the market, and even the future of energy distribution.
Tyco Waterworks Europe becomes TALIS
Tyco International sells Waterworks Europe to the private equity firm Triton. From 1 October 2010, the new group enters the market under the name TALIS. The new TALIS brand is positioning itself as a versatile valve engineering company in the water sector.
The Heat is on for Longhurst Group – Thanks to Pegler Yorkshire
With climate change top of the political agenda and new legislation on build and efficiency, many housing organisations and landlords are looking at ways in which they can incorporate energy saving measures into their properties.
Haiti Prime Minister and ECCO2 Corp Enter Talks for $1.5 Billion Cleantech Project to Reduce Carbon Emissions and Stimulate Economy
PORT AU PRINCE, HAITI--(Marketwire - September 08, 2010) - Haiti Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive and ECCO2 Corp (www.ecco2usa.com) have begun discussions regarding the launch of the "ECCO2 Haiti Project" in efforts to reduce carbon emissions and stimulate the Haitian economy following the catastrophic earthquake earlier this year.
Rainwater harvesting systems add to CO2 emissions
A UK study into rainwater harvesting (RWH) and greywater recycling (GWR) systems reveals that those systems in fact add to the energy use and CO2 emissions of homes, according to the NHBC Foundation.
SAINT-GOBAIN PAM DROPS ANCHOR AT FLEETWOOD WASTE WATER TREATMENT WORKS
As part of a £58 million investment programme to enhance United Utilities’ Fleetwood wastewater treatment plant on the Fylde coast, an adjacent brownfield site was purchased to extend the existing works.
GOING GREEN WHEN YOU’RE PULLING UP THE DAISIES
Robert James Landscapes, the garden design and construction company, has completed their latest build, an eco-friendly memorial garden which will only allow specially-designed degradable caskets to be used for the interment of cremated remains.
RENEWABLE ENERGY NEEDS MORE COMMUNITY POWER
The renewable energy sector needs to use a wider range of business models in order to ensure a fairer distribution of power plants across the UK, according to research funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).