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Survey of carbon reduction targets of councils in England

Posted on June 17, 2011 by Admin

June 2011: Research by Friends of the Earth (FOE) has shown that most councils in England have not set themselves targets for cutting the CO2 emissions from their local areas. The survey found that just 28% of councils in England have a medium-term target to reduce CO2 emissions in their area.

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Home Insulation Levels in Great Britain

Posted on June 17, 2011 by Admin

17 June 2011: Statistical release by DECC on the estimates of home insulation levels in Great Britain (April 2011). No regional information is provided unfortunately, however, this release does include an estimate of the number of homes with Solid Wall Insulation (SWI) for the first time – a significant issue for London due to the high proportion of solid wall homes.

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Updated RE:NEW Manual

Posted on June 16, 2011 by Admin

June 2011: The GLA have produced an updated manual on the implementation of the Mayor’s major home energy efficiency programme for London, RE:NEW (Note: the Annexes to the manual available at the above link are over 50MB in size).

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Sutton Launch Climate Change Adaptation Strategy

Posted on June 16, 2011 by Admin

16 June 2011: As part of the Council’s 2020 Vision of ‘One Planet Living’and promoting the Borough as London’s most sustainable suburb, Sutton’s Climate Change Adaptation Strategy seeks to ensure that the location, layout and design of all new developments minimise vulnerability of people and propertyand are fully adapted and resilient to future climate impacts.

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Review of Renewable and Decentralised Energy Potential in South East England

Posted on June 15, 2011 by Admin

15 June 2010: A review of the potential for renewable energy development in the South East developed using DECC’s methodology. The work was intended to inform the SE Regional Strategy. Due to the revocation of RSS and ending of regional planning, the reports have been tailored as far as possible to be useful to planning authorities in developing their own assessments and evidence base for local policy

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Belvedere Incinerator Briefing Note

Posted on June 14, 2011 by Admin

14 June 2011: Note of Bexley Council’s Environment Committee’s visit to the Belvedere Incinerator. The note provides the following information: “Testing of the [66MW]  turbine is still under way and it is anticipated it will be fully functioning by the end of May 2011. ..Members discussed the potential for the facility to become acombined heat and power plant. It was reported that the site was built to have the capability to provide heat to a local facility such as hospital if there such demand and Cory Environmental would be keen to explore such an opportunity should it arise.”

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Bexley gives go ahead to large solar project

Posted on June 13, 2011 by Admin

10 June 2011: News report from solarportal.co.uk that “the Business Academy Bexley has been given the green light for the installation of a 558.6kW system that will generate around 45% of the electricity used by the Academy, cutting an estimated £46,790 off its annual £104,700 electricity bill and reducing its carbon footprint by 457 tonnes a year. The unanimous decision by Bexley Council’s Planning Committee on 9 June followed its planning officer’s recommendation. Work on installing the solar farm, which will cover an area nearly three times the size of the football pitch at Wembley Stadium, is expected to start within days and to be completed by the end of July, meaning it will beat the upcoming feed-in tariff cuts.” Full details on the scheme are set out in  developers application to the Council and Bexley’s report to the Planning Committee (report item 7a) .

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Housing ‘eco-retrofit’ completes

Posted on June 13, 2011 by Admin

13 June 2011: Gifford engineers have completed a comprehensive retrofit project in Harrow that will now be monitored to see how effectively the country’s existing housing stock can be converted into energy efficient homes to achieve deep cuts in carbon emissions.
“A whole house solution for everyday living” has been delivered by Gifford’s Sustainability Team at a 1960s semi-detached house in Harrow, North West London. The team designed a number of energy efficiency measures for the property, including super insulating the building envelope and sealing it to reduce heat loss, a ventilation system coupled with heat recovery, low energy lighting with specialist LED fittings, solar thermal panels, a room-by-room control system and a ‘last man out’ switch to stop appliances being left on stand-by. Read more here.

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Housing: A Growing City

Posted on June 13, 2011 by Admin

June 2011: GLA report looking at housing trends in London, from the demand/supply imbalance to the consequences for affordability and housing need.

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Indices of Deprivation 2010 – A London Perspective

Posted on June 13, 2011 by Admin

June 2011: Greater London Authority briefing on the key findings for London from the CLG Indices of Deprivation 2010 (ID2010), the Government’s primary measure of deprivation for small areas in England. The most deprived areas within London are concentrated to the north and east of the City, from Newham to Islington and from Tower Hamlets north to Enfield and Waltham Forest. Over 26 per cent of London falls within the most deprived 20 per cent of England.

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C40 Research on Importance of Cities to Climate Change

Posted on June 8, 2011 by Admin

1 June 2011: The C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group (C40) released two reports today that emphasize the critical role of measurement and transparency in tackling climate change in megacities.

  • A measurement baseline – The first‐ever public disclosure and analysis of self‐reported community‐wide greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) data from C40 cities, showing the urban concentration of GHG emissions and climate‐related risks, highlighting the importance of City government action to reduce emissions (report by the Carbon Disclosure Project)
  • A benchmark of actions C40 Cities have taken to date and an inventory of powers Cities hold over sectors, demonstrating what actions have been taken across the C40 Cities and also identifying what powers City governments across the C40 have to take further actions on mitigation and adaptation.  (report by Arup)
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DECC regional energy statistics

Posted on June 8, 2011 by Admin

8  June 2011: Latest release of DECC regional energy (gas/electricity) domestic and non-domestic consumption statistics including detailed data for London.

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