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Olympic Park to provide green power to Stratford homes and businesses
30 Mar 2011: LDA report on their funding of £480,000 to install hot water pipework connecting the energy centres on the Olympic Park and Stratford City through to Stratford High Street and beyond. Read the full LDA news release here.
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Tagged Community Heating, Decentralised Energy, Funding, Olympics, Tower Hamlets
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Mayor’s responses to London Assembly energy and climate change questions
23 March 2011: The Mayor’s responses to London Assembly energy and climate change questions
Questions included the Mayor’s target on decentralised energy; the Mayor’s bid to the EU ELENA programme for funding; the Mayor’s funding of environmental projects; and electric vehicle charging points.
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Tagged Decentralised Energy, Electric Vehicles, Funding, Mayor
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Successful retrofit must include more choice and support for tenants
22 March 2011:A survey has found that 38 per cent of social renters are given no choice about energy efficiency improvements made to their home, over 14 per cent are worried they won’t know how to use energy-saving equipment and 17 per cent are concerned retrofit technology won’t actually work. More information on the Procurement for Housing website.
Funding Revolution
21 March 2011: Useful guide produced by Forum for the Future and solicitors Bates Wells and Braithwaite on establishing and running low-carbon community revolving funds.
Funding revolution – A guide for local authorities
21 March 2011: A guide for local authorities, housing associations and community groups providing advice on establishing and running low-carbon community revolving funds. Written by Forum for the Future in collaboration with Bates Wells and Braithwaite the report outlines how to use smart finance to kick-start carbon saving projects and make investments go further. Download the funding guidance report here.
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Tagged Decentralised Energy, Funding, Local Authorities
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English Indices of Deprivation 2010
21 March 2011: The English Indices of Deprivation 2010 measure relative levels of deprivation at Lower layer Super Output Areas (LLSOA).
Greener fire stations to save Brigade £1m over next ten years
21 March 2011: Fire authority chiefs have given the go-ahead to a scheme that will save the London Fire Brigade almost £1million on its energy bills over the next 10 years. Under the scheme, ten stations will receive a green makeover which will help cut energy bills by £80,000 a year, saving a total of 440 tonnes of carbon dioxide each year. Further information on the following London Fire Brigade press release.
Estimating the Potential of Energy Efficiency Jobs in London
16 March 2011: The Energy Saving Trust (EST) have just published Home Truths (press release and report) highlighting the significant economic benefits that can be delivered by supporting aggressive energy efficiency programmes. These include initiatives such as insulating all remaining fillable lofts and cavities and replacing all G rated gas boilers with modern condensing boilers and heating controls. The report calculates the projected economic benefit of tackling the problem at three levels of ambition (L1: Lofts and cavity walls, L2: Insulation plus boiler replacement and L3: Advanced refurbishment), and breaks these figures down by region. The London estimates range from L1: 12,500 jobs and a GVA of £563m to L2: 17,800 jobs and £836m GVA. EST state that L3 regional figures are not estimated as yet.
Haringey backing Climate Week
16 March 2011: Update on climate change initiatives being taken forward in Haringey detailed here.
A study of photovoltaics in an urban setting
15 March 2011: Abstract of a paper from research being conducted at London South Bank University’s Centre for Efficient and Renewable Energy in Buildings (CEREB) highlighting what happens when PV’s suffer from over-shading.
HCA provides FIT advice
15 March 2011: The Homes and Communities Agency has today issued a statement to its Investment Partners to explain how the Feed In Tariff (FIT) relates to schemes that have received HCA funding, clarifying issues about State Aid rules on ‘double public subsidy’ . Where an Investment Partner has been awarded funding through the National Affordable Housing Programme, or any other from of public subsidy, they will need to demonstrate that this funding has not been used to pay for installations for which Feed In Tariff is then sought.
Low Carbon Buildings Programme Funding statistics
March 2011:LCBP Stream 1- Householder Committed Grants
Statistics on the Householder stream of the Low Carbon Buildings Programme including the number of grants committed and paid by country and region.