Monthly Archives: May 2011

Merton

Merton Excess Winter Deaths Report September 2011 and here November 2011
Merton Affordable Warmth Strategy
Climate Change the future is in our hands. – Young people’s edition
Stop climate change in Merton Facebook group
Wandle Valley Low Carbon Zone
Merton Climate Change Strategy – The future is in our hands – March 2009
Merton Sustainable Communities Overview and Scrutiny Panel
Merton Housing Stock Energy Efficiency Report (Fordham Research) – 2005

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DECC disband local government team

10 May 2011: A tweet (10 May) from the Local Government Information Unit (LGIU) ‘Local Energy’ initiative stating that DECC’s Local Government has now been disbanded.

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Newham

Newham main Sustainability page
Carbon Management Plan 2010-2015 March 2010

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Carbon Trust Standard launches free guide businesses manage emissions and energy costs

10 May 2011: The Carbon Trust Standard SME online certification is the only tool designed specifically to help small business’ certify their carbon footprint reductions. SMEs using the tool have, on average, cut their energy costs by £2,000 per year, and their carbon footprints by 13 tonnes CO2e.

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Time for Government to deliver on green buildings

10 May 2011: Some of the biggest names in the property sector have today called on the Government to honour its commitments on energy efficiency ratings, as MPs prepare to debate the Energy Bill in the House of Commons. Senior industry figures have sent an open letter to the Prime Minister and other senior ministers, calling for the Energy Bill to be used to legislate on Display Energy Certificates (DECs), which provide an A-G energy efficiency rating for buildings. The certificates are currently mandatory for public sector buildings, but are not compulsory in the private sector. Non-domestic buildings currently account for up to 17% of the UK’s carbon emissions. The letter, initiated by the British Property Federation and the UK Green Building Council, argues that without legislation, private property owners could be disadvantaged by opting to display their energy rating.

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Blackfriars redevelopment highlighted as Government launch Climate Resilient Infrastructure study

9 May 2011: Secretary of the State for the Environment Caroline Spelman, today launched Defra’s policy guidance in relation to improving the resilience of major infrastructure to future changes in climate. The report was launched at Blackfriars where the £550m redevelopment of the station has given significant consideration to the long term implications of climate change. The new station will be fitted with sustainability technology such as sun pipes, rain harvesting systems, thermal insulation, and Photovoltaic (PV) cell solar panels to decrease its reliance on other infrastructure such as water and electricity networks.

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Redbridge

Redbridge Decentralised Energy Studies 2012
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Guidance for Redbridge residents
Redbridge Environment and Community Safety Scrutiny Committee
Redbridge Climate Change Page
Climate change is one of the four overarching priorities in the Redbridge Sustainable Community Strategy (SCS).  A climate change strategy has been developed as part of the Redbridge Environmental Action Plan.

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LGA Briefing on the Energy Bill

6 May 2011: Local Government Association (LGA) briefing sets out the key issues for local government on the Energy Bill ahead of its Second Reading in the House of Commons on Tuesday 10th May 2011.

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Energy and Carbon Reduction for Wimbledon

5 May 2011: In 2009, CSE was engaged by The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, more commonly known simply as ‘Wimbledon’, to look at opportunities for energy and carbon reduction and measuring the organisation’s carbon footprint.

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Richmond

Richmond Energy Planning Guidance
Ham and Petersham Low Carbon Zone
Evidence Base for Carbon Emissions Reduction Policies November 2008

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Southwark

Peckham and Nunhead energy study 2012
Southwark Environment, Transport, Communities and Citizenship Scrutiny Sub-Committee
Southwark Energy and Carbon Reduction Strategy 2011
Canada Water AAP energy study
Southwark climate change strategy 2006

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Green Deal and Vulnerable and Low Income Households

4 May 2011: The Energy Efficiency Partnership for Homes and DECC held a workshop to discuss the potential implications of the Green Deal for people considered to be vulnerable and/or on low incomes. The workshop was staged to inform how this detail of the Green Deal mechanism might work. The Green Deal workshop report is available to download from the Energy Efficiency Partnership for Homes website.

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