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Monthly Archives: June 2011
Mayoral submission to the Energy Bill
June 2011: Memorandum submitted by the Mayor of London and London Councils to the Committee stage of the Energy Bill.
Energy and Climate Questions to the Mayor
June 2011: This month the Mayor answered London Assembly questions in relation to FIT revenue of GLA based renewable schemes; the impact of the FIT review on London renewable schemes; and also City Hall’s response to its 10:10 carbon target.
London housing makes reducing fuel poverty a challenge
22 June 2011: The London Assembly’s Health and Public Services Committee conducted an oral evidence session today into their inquiry on the causes and effect of fuel poverty in London. The Committee heard that insulating homes is particularly challenging in London because properties tend to be older, with solid walls and are often divided into flats. The Mayor’s current energy efficiency RE:NEW programme is helping boroughs address fuel poverty, but its funding ends next year. Further information on the committee’s fuel poverty inquiry, and also a webast of the evidence session available here.
Posted in Energy Efficiency, News
Tagged Energy Efficiency, Fuel Poverty, London Assembly, Mayor, RE:NEW
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HECA saved
21 June 2011: The government had announced that as part of their ‘one in – one out’ policy on regulations, the introduction of the Energy Bill, currently going through Parliament, would result in the abolition in the Home Energy Conservation Act (HECA) 2005. Baroness Maddock – HECA’s original’s proposer – announced today (at the Microgeneration UK conference) that she had received notification from DECC that the Government had changed its mind and would now withdraw their plans to remove HECA off the statute books. Further information on the future of HECA and the Government’s proposals to link it to the Green Deal offering is provided in today’s Energy Bill Committee debate (see column 365 onwards).
London Low Carbon Prize competition
22 June 2011: The Mayor also announced at BASE London (see story below) that he will establish of a low carbon prize aimed at London’s higher education institutions. Set to launch in the coming academic year, the Mayor’s office is seeking high profile sponsors to support a cash prize of at least £20,000 to be made available for a winning student to contribute towards develop the most promising idea for reducing energy use in buildings. The Mayor also pledged to champion the winning idea. Further details of the prize will be announced this summer.
Mayoral Update on RE:NEW programme
22 June 2011: Speaking today at the BASE London Conference the Mayor provided an update on the RE:NEW programme stating a further £6 million will be invested in RE:NEW (announced earlier this year) to retrofit 55,000 more homes across London by May 2012 and “subject to leverage of additional funding a further 200,000 homes are to retrofitted by the end of 2012, which is the Mayor’s target under RE:NEW.
First CSH Level 5 Homes in London
21 June 2011: According to the Homes and Communities Agency, Croydon is the first local authority in London to have built and completed Code for Sustainable Homes (CSH) level five homes, based in a new brownfield development in New Addington. Croydon’s press release comments that “All of the homes … are fitted with a range of devices like solar panels and low-energy heating systems that mean tenants do not use many resources and the buildings have a low carbon footprint. The green technology and insulation included in the homes is so advanced that tenants could potentially have no energy bills if used correctly.”
Survey of carbon reduction targets of councils in England
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.
Home Insulation Levels in Great Britain
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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Tagged Data, DECC, Energy Efficiency, Solid Wall Insulation
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Updated RE:NEW Manual
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).
Sutton Launch Climate Change Adaptation Strategy
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.
Review of Renewable and Decentralised Energy Potential in South East England
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
Posted in Decentralised Energy, Library, Renewable Energy
Tagged Decentralised Energy
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