Tag Archives: Energy Efficiency

Review of the Green Doctor Programme

Posted on August 25, 2011 by Admin

25 August 2011: The Green Doctor programme “aims to tackle fuel poverty amongst vulnerable residents by providing home visit services in deprived neighbourhoods ” and is being delivered in Islington by Groundwork London. The project was funded by Ebico Trust, the charitable arm of Ebico, the “UK’s only not-for-profit energy supplier‘, and a progress report of work undertaken to date under the programme has just been published.

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Visit a London Superhome!

Posted on August 23, 2011 by Admin

August 2011: The Sustainable Energy Academy’s Superhome initiative seeks to establish “a network of exemplar, old dwellings which have undergone an energy-efficiency retrofit and are local and publicly accessible, within 15 minutes, to nearly everyone in the country”. A number of these highly energy efficient  Superhomes can be visited during London’s Open House Weekend on 17 and 18 September 2011 including:

Many of the homes have managed to achieve CO2 reductions of 60%+ using a variety of measures ranging from draught proofing, triple glazing and high levels of insulation (external and internal wall insulation, flooring insulation and flat roof insulation) to LED lighting, sun pipes,  PV, solar thermal, micro wind turbines and also wood burning stoves. Find out more by visiting these Superhomes.  The links above provide details of how to book a tour.

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Camden to build UK’s largest PassivHaus scheme

Posted on August 18, 2011 by Admin

18 August 2011: The  53 home development based in Highgate will be the UK’s largest residential scheme so far to meet the PassivHaus standard, and will utilise  a combination of super insulation to reduce heat loss in walls, roof and floor, and high levels of air tightness. Read the full story at build.co.uk.

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Mayor Announces next phase of RE:NEW

Posted on August 4, 2011 by Admin

4 August 2011: The Mayor has today announced the next phase of the RE:NEW home energy efficiency programme.  The scheme is to be provided to 55,000 homes in specific areas across the capital between now and May 2012 with homes in parts of Barking and Dagenham, Hackney, Lewisham and Waltham Forest being the first to receive this benefit.

To find out if your home might be within an area, check the files attached below to search for your street name. If your street is on the list you can make a booking online or by calling 0800 978 8332.

Further information on the roll-out of RE:NEW across London is here.
Key points from the press release are as follows:

  • RE:NEW is funded by the Mayor and all 32 London boroughs have signed as partners in the scheme, which is being delivered in partnership with London Councils and the Energy Saving Trust. Barking & Dagenham, Hackney and Waltham Forest, with appointed contractor, London Warm Zone, and Lewisham with appointed contractor, Osborne Energy, are the first to roll out RE:NEW. The focus in these areas will be on providing energy monitors and stand by switches.
  • The RE:NEW offer involves a full home energy survey carried out by a qualified home energy advisor, which takes roughly 90 minutes to do. Residents will then get a tailor-made energy saving report once the visit is complete and have a range of free energy saving measures installed.
  • At the same time as improving energy efficiency, RE:NEW aims to reduce fuel poverty in London and each household will be offered a benefits check to ensure residents are claiming all of the benefits and grants they are entitled to.
  • RE:NEW is not an ‘on-demand’ service and is being delivered on an area by area basis because trials showed this approach resulted in more cost-effective and higher take up, helping to ensure that the city’s ambitious targets can be met. It has been designed to be as easy as possible for residents.
  • The aim is to attain the funding to expand the programme to 200,000 homes by the end of 2012 and 1.2 million homes by 2015. This will be subject to additional funding being secured principally through the Government’s ‘Green Deal’.
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Better Metering Toolkit

Posted on August 2, 2011 by Admin

August 2011: The Better Building Partnership (BBP), a collaborative project led by London’s leading commercial property owners and supported by the Mayor of London, has produced a guide designed to support both owners and occupiers in understanding the benefits of installing advanced metering systems in buildings, including the current options available. This and other studies undertaken by the Better Buildings Partnership available to download here.

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Simple energy efficiency measures can save around £322 a year

Posted on August 1, 2011 by Admin

July 2011:   Centrica has just published some work they commissioned earlier this year from the Centre for Economics and Business Research (Cebr), which conducted the largest ever independent analysis of natural gas use in British homes based on 40 million meter readings .  The report found that customers who adopted a range of simple measures saved on average £322 each year, and saw a 44 per cent fall in their gas use between 2006 and 2010. The research is presented regionally (hence specific London conclusions presented) and some of the outputs include:

  • British Gas has a lower proportion of customers in London than other parts of the country
  • Appendix E provides British Gas customers average domestic natural gas consumption by postcode in London
  • An indication  of potential cost savings that can be achieved in London and elsewhere by the adoption of energy efficiency solutions.
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London Warm Zone News

Posted on August 1, 2011 by Admin

July 2011: London Warm Zone is working with councils across East London to show people where their home is losing energy and what you can do to stop it. The Home Energy Check is currently available in limited areas covering:
Barking and Dagenham – Dagenham Low Carbon Zone
Hackney – Leabridge ward
Waltham Forest – Lea Bridge ward
Further information here.

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Energy Consumption in London’s Homes

Posted on July 29, 2011 by Admin

29 July 2011: DECC’s latest Energy Consumption in the UK release includes data and factsheets on the use of energy in the  industrial, transport, domestic and service sectors. Some of the findings from the domestic sector factsheet include:

  • In 2010 domestic consumption was 32 per cent of total UK final energy consumption
  • The majority of energy consumed in the domestic sector is for spacing heating which in 2009 represented 61 per cent of total domestic consumption.
  • Water heating and lighting appliances accounted for a further 18 per cent each with cooking accounting for a further 3 per cent
  • Electricity consumption for lighting purposes represented 33 per cent of electricity consumption by household domestic appliances, followed by cooking (32 per cent) and cold appliances (14 per cent)

No other official data providing a breakdown to this level of energy consumption in homes exists. No regional breakdown is provided or breakdown by dwelling type, hence this is the best available dataset to use in relation to energy consumption in Londoners’ homes. See the following Ofgem factsheet for information on typical total domestic energy consumption.

 

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First Accredited Passivhaus In London

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Admin

July 2011: A timber framed, two bedroom house in Camden has become the first certified Passivhaus in London, setting a benchmark for energy efficient design for the city. Read the full Green Building Press article here.

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‘Smart’ London street lights to save power

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Admin

27 July 2011: Street lights that can be dimmed to conserve power are to be used across central London to cut energy bills and lower carbon emissions. More than 14,000 lights will be converted as part of Westminster City Council’s Smart Lights project.

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Indirect emissions from UK households

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Admin

July 2011: New Economics Foundation research paper-  The distribution of total greenhouse gas emissions by households in the UK, and some implications for social policy which looks at – for the first time – indirect household greenhouse emissions embodied in the consumption of food, consumer goods and services, including imports. No regional breakdown emissions outputs for London, but still useful analysis on an area which will be increasingly studied.

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Londoners second worst at leaving things on…

Posted on July 19, 2011 by Admin

18 July 2011: According to a survey conducted by E.ON, almost one in four (23%) of us are forgetting to unplug appliances before setting off on holiday. The biggest energy wasters are 18-to-24 year-olds and East Anglian holidaymakers admitted to leaving the highest number of electrical items plugged-in while on holiday, closely followed by London.

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