Monthly Archives: February 2011

London Heat Map Reports

February 2011Heat mapping reports for 19 London boroughs produced under the LDA’s DEMaP programme.

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AEA Microgeneration Index

February 2011: Consultancy AEA have taken Ofgem’s Feed in Tariff (FIT) quarterly data reports of installations of qualifying renewable energy technologies, tidied up the excel spreadsheet data, to help provide a clearer regional breakdown of capacity and types of renewable energy systems installed. For London this goes down to individual borough reports.

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Degree Days Historical Data

February 2011Carbon Trust degree day data – helps take into account the effect of weather on energy consumption when comparing energy usage from one year to the next.

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Code for Sustainable Homes (CSH) and SAP ratings

February 2011CLG statistical release on the number of CSH post construction stage certificates and design stage certificates issued up to and including December 2010. Includes regional breakdowns highlighting that most certificates awarded were in London, and also that London scored the highest SAP rating of dwellings built.

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London Climate Change Partnership news

10 February 2011: The GLA has acted as the accountable body for the London Climate Change Partnership (LCCP) since 2001. The LCCP Steering Group voted for the Environment Agency to provide the accountable body role for the LCCP from 01 April 2010. The formal approval document has now been signed by the Mayor to support this move. Read more here

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Funding approved for new gasification project

9 February 2011:The London Waste and Recycling Board (LWARB) has today agreed a £8.9 million loan to Biossence East London Ltd to support the development of what will be one of the UK’s first large scale advanced waste to energy gasification plants. Anticipated to operational in 2013 the 19MW generator will turn 100,000 tonnes of waste  each year into energy. The site has been bought from Ford, who will part-benefit from electricity generated by the plant.  Further information on the LWARB press release.  More on Bioessence here.

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Negotiations stall on Elephant and Castle’s MUSCo plans

8 February 2011: Southwark councillors have approved a proposal to call off negotiations with Dalkia to establish a mutli-utility services company (MUSCo) to provide provide locally generated heat, cooling, electricity and communications for the thousands of additional homes and businesses planned for the Elephant & Castle area. Read full news story here. (see 18 January news story here for further details).

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London Plan- Monitoring Energy and Carbon

7 February 2011: The London Plan Annual Monitoring Report has been published which provides information on two key per performance indicators of interest:
KPI 22: Reduction in CO2 emissions – which sets out a useful table showing a time series of sectoral emissions in London from 1990 to 2008, however, in relation to newer data the AMR states “No new data are available since the last AMR was published, with the most recent measurement of London’s CO2 emissions being the 2008 London Energy and Greenhouse Gas Inventory (LEGGI). It is anticipated that data on carbon dioxide emissions will in the future be published annually, but two years in arrears given the analysis required. Information for assessing the 2010 benchmark will therefore only be available in 2012.”
KPI 23: Increase in energy generated from renewable sources – the AMR states that “No new data have been collected in the last two years” but “The GLA has commissioned a new study that will investigate the potential for renewable energy and
also provide updated figures on the amount of current generation in London (the ‘London Renewable and Decentralised Energy Potential Study’).”

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Building a Low Carbon Britain

7 Feb 2011: Forum for the Future and ADEPT report on the key role local authorities play in moving to a low carbon economy.

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Building a Low Carbon Britain

7 Feb 2011: Forum for the Future and ADEPT report launched today which makes five recommendations for how local authorities can prepare their areas and communities for a low carbon future. It presents four scenarios which explore plausible, alternative visions of a low carbon UK. The report states that  “Local authorities will have a key role to play in the low carbon economy of the future. This project aimed to help local authorities understand what a low-carbon economy means for them and to find opportunities for low-carbon innovation in a time of public sector cuts.” Press release and report available here.

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Decentralised Energy Masterplanning project gets RTPI praise

4 Feb 2011:The London Development Agency’s planning for decentralised energy master planning programme  (DEMaP) and London Heat Map have been commended at this year’s Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) awards. More here.

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Southern Housing’s Green Doctors

2 February 2011: Southern Housing Group residents will be trained to provide energy saving hints, tips advice and services to residents in up to 500 of the Group’s homes as part of a scheme aimed at reducing fuel poverty in Hackney. More here.

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