Latest environmental company news
A recent roof renewal of their own Head Office presented Scottish roofing specialists; Forster with the perfect opportunity to install Redland’s ‘On Top’ and ‘Integrated’ solar PV roof systems. By doing so on their own offices in Brechin, Scotland, Forster has gained MCS accreditation, which ensures that their customers are able to claim payments from the Feed in Tariff scheme. The installation has also helped Forster to reduce their carbon footprint and benefit from electricity savings.
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Greenpeace and Facebook will collaborate on the promotion of renewable energy, encourage major utilities to develop renewable energy generation, and develop programmes that will enable Facebook users to save energy and engage their communities in clean energy decisions (1).
The news comes two years after Greenpeace launched its global Unfriend Coal Campaign (2, 3), enlisting 700,000 online activists (4) to call on Facebook to power its datacentres with clean energy instead of coal (5). As a ... [more]
A new solar power station in Dorset, the largest of its kind in the county, is capable of generating enough electricity for around 200 average homes.
Nearly 2,000 Dimplex solar photovoltaic panels have been installed on farmland at Slepe Farm, close to Poole harbour and the adjacent marine and heathland nature reserves. The scheme was commissioned by renewable power station operator Farm Power and was designed and built by Reading-based Dimplex installer partner Anesco.
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SeaRoc has announced it will project-manage the supply, installation and commissioning of two lattice meteorological towers in accordance with a specification provided by Forewind – the consortium responsible for developing UK Round 3 offshore wind farm site Dogger Bank.
The announcement is part of a wider offering by Fred Olsen United AS to supply Forewind with the innovative suction bucket foundation designed by Universal Foundation A/S, and fabricated by Belfast shipyard Harland and Wolff... [more]
According to new research from Future Friendly, 69 per cent of Brits would like to be more environmentally friendly - but still don’t do the little, everyday things that can help make a difference.
A quarter of UK homes still leave their appliances on standby (26 per cent) – in fact, almost half of children do not switch off at the mains (45 per cent). Just one fifth of the population rides a bike instead of uses a car (19 per cent), while only four in ten makes a conscious effort to eat loc... [more]
Despite encouraging progress in many areas, a new report published by ENDS (Environment Data Services) in collaboration with Forum for the Future reveals that UK plc is “nowhere near the path” to achieving government targets for an 80% cut in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
The "Sustainable Business 2011: Reflecting on Progress" report is the first independent indicator-based assessment of UK business sustainability. It finds that in the last year UK business has slipped back on industrial... [more]
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