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Posted on 12th December 2016
The Royal Academy of Engineering (RAE) is the national academy of engineering in the UK, they unite the most skilled and successful engineers from across the engineering sectors for one sole purpose, to strengthen and promote the quality of engineering.
Posted on 4th November 2016
Following the update of the energy efficiency requirements underpinning the Combined Heat and Power Quality Assurance (CHPQA) scheme, new CHPQA documents have been published and are available at: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/combined-heat-power-quality-assurance-programme
Posted on 15th September 2016
Costa Rica is said to be the world’s happiest country, perhaps this is due to the ever so high life expectancy, beautiful scenery, variety of wildlife or because of its biodiversity. We’d like to think it’s because the small nation have not burned any fossil fuels to generate electricity for over 400 days in the last couple of years. Instead their electricity is entirely generated from renewable energy sources and has been for over 76 consecutive days so far this year, with more still to come.
Posted on 22nd August 2016
Cork County Council have recently been named Ireland’s first Local Authority to be accredited to ISO 50001, the global standard for energy management. In achieving this accreditation Cork have now reached their legislative requirements under the 2014 EU Energy Regulations prior to the schedule. These regulations follow all Public Sector bodies falling within particular specified criteria in order to become ISO 50001 compliant or to carry out comprehensive organisation wide energy by June 2016.
Posted on 8th August 2016
John Field is Director of Native-Hue Ltd, an energy management consultancy, and the new president of CIBSE. John studied physics at Cambridge University completing a BA Honours and MA. In 1981 John was involved, through design to commission, in a cutting edge project called the Ideal Home Solar House. He has been at the heart of UK energy management for 30 years and first started out in the nuclear power industry.
