Monthly Archives: February 2011

English Housing Survey: Headline Report 2009-10

24 February 2011:Key indicators on energy performance in housing are detailed in this latest update published by CLG. Accompanying the report is a spreadsheet (English Housing Survey Headline Report 2009-10: Housing Stock Tables) providing a series of tables and figures on a number of very useful energy efficiency indicators. However – unfortunately no regional breakdown of these results are provided. Report and table downloadable from  CLG’s website here.

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English Housing Survey: Headline Report 2009-10

24 February 2011Key indicators on energy performance in housing detailed in this latest update published by CLG. Posted alongside the report is a spreadsheet (English Housing Survey Headline Report 2009-10: Housing Stock Tables) providing a series of tables and figures on a number of very useful energy efficiency indicators. However – no regional breakdown of these results are provided.

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Mayor’s responses to London Assembly energy and climate change questions

23 February 2011: Questions included Renewable Energy use by London Underground; police stations retrofitted under the Mayor’s RE:FIT programme; comment on the Mayor’s RE:NEW programme; why some lights can’t be switched off easily at tube stations; and funding of the Mayor’s electric vehicle programme.

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Code for Sustainable Homes and SAP ratings

22 February 2011: CLG statistical release on the number of CSH post construction stage certificates and design stage certificates issued up to and including December 2010. Includes a regional breakdown which highlights that most certificates awarded were in London, and also that London scored the highest SAP rating of dwellings built.  The CLG report and spreadsheets of data sets are available here.

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Brent Climate Change and Social Media Project

16 February 2011: Brent Council asked its residents to volunteer to monitor their energy consumption in their homes, thereby making it simple to save at least 10 per cent off their energy bills between mid May and mid November 2010. Participants were given small energy monitoring devices and were encouraged to create and maintain a lively citizen-driven dialogue on energy saving by using Social Media applications such as Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and Blogger. 180 Brent residents registered their interest and after 6 months, savings of over 15 per cent were automatically reported by many. Further information on Brent’s website.

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How local economies can benefit from renewable energy

16 February 2011:New Local Government Network (NLGN) report on opportunities for councils to make greater use of renewable energy systems and benefit financially through the use of the ‘Feed-in Tariff’ and forthcoming ‘Renewable Heat Incentive’. Download the report How local economies can benefit from renewable energy.

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London Heat Map Reports

15 February 2011Heat mapping reports for 19 London borough, produced in conjunction with boroughs under the LDA’s Decentralised Energy Master Planning (DEMaP) project.

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Update on London Green Fund

15 February 2011: The latest (February) ERDF newsletter by the LDA provides an update on the London Green Fund stating that: “The procurement process to select an organisation to set up and manage the Energy Efficiency Urban Development Fund (UDF) was launched in September 2010. Three bids were received by the EIB by the deadline in December. The bids are now being assessed by the European Investment Bank (EIB) and it is anticipated that a preferred bidder will be selected in February. The timescale for concluding negotiations, once a preferred bidder is selected, is the end of June 2011.” The newsletter also sets out that with the government abolition of RDA’s, EU funding will now be handled by government departments, however, in London, it has confirmed that responsibility for management of European programmes will be transferred to the GLA in the summer of 2011. The February newsletter can be downloaded here.
Further information on the UDF fund manager is available on the LDA’s website here and in the European Investment Bank expression of interest documentation here.
A presentation made by the LDA in September 2010 on the London Green Fund is available here.

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Heat Maps for 19 London boroughs completed

15 February 2011:The Decentralised Energy and Energy Masterplanning (DEMaP) Programme is delivered by the LDA and London Councils as part of the Mayor’s programme to shift London to a greater decentralised energy future.  Eleven borough heat mapping studies have been carried out in the Pilot Tranche (November 2009 – June 2010) with a further eight completed in Tranche 1 (September 2010 – February 2011) of the programme. The heat maps developed support the development of London Heat Map.
The individual Heat Map reports for the 19 boroughs have been posted online and can be downloaded www.londonheatmap.org.uk.

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Identifying sustainable energy options for your area

15 February 2011: Local authorities are exploring opportunities and starting energy generation projects across the UK. With the right to sell electricity and set up energy companies, local authorities can earn money through financial incentives such as the feed-in tariffs and the renewable heat incentive. Renewable energy is an investment opportunity for local government. This Local Government Group publication highlights examples of councils and communities that are leading on energy generation. It explains what they did to start and fund energy projects and the benefits these projects have brought to their area and includes examples from Tower Hamlets, Islington and the City of London.

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Local Carbon Frameworks Update

15 February 2011:The government is currently running a pilot programme with 9 local authority areas to co-design a series of Local Carbon Frameworks (LCF) to identify what works at what spatial level, and develop templates for action on carbon for all local authorities. Detail the LCF programme and the list of the projects currently underway – which includes a project in the London Borough of Haringey – are available on  DECC’s website here.

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Bromley acts to cut costs and carbon

15 February 2011:Bromley Councillors heard at their Executive meeting on 14 February, how investing in energy efficiency will help reduce costs by  more than £220,000 a year. Cllr Neil Reddin, executive member for Resources, told the Council’s Executive that as part of an invest-to-save approach, an investment of £500,000 in energy saving measures will help to control the increasing energy costs of council buildings and street lighting. Read more on Bromley’s website here.

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