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Loch Fyne Oysters has been working to dramatically reduce its carbon footprint and has managed to cut down CO2 emissions by 160 tonnes in 2011 compared to 2008.
At their base in Argyll, Loch Fyne has achieved this by changing its light bulbs and fittings to low energy appliances, installing motion sensors in the chills, putting timers on the under floor heating and removing the use of shrink wrappers and replacing with strapping machines.
There has also been support from workers, who have ... [more]
On 2nd of december, Legrand joined President Obama and Department of Energy officials in Washington, D.C. to announce that the company has joined the Better Building , Better Plants Presidential Leadership initiative to create American jobs through energy efficiency.
Legrand is one of the world's largest manufacturers of electrical and data networking products for residential, commercial or industrial buildings. The company is one of just nine U.S. industrial organizations that have joined t... [more]
Earlier this year, it was announced that the London Borough of Bexley had received funding from the London Waste and Recycling Board’s (LWARB) Flats Recycling Programme and the Recycle for London programme, which is also funded by LWARB, to support the scheme in partnership with Gallions Housing Association.
The first phase is focused on 2,000 flats in East Thamesmead with a potential expansion to 15,000 flats across Bexley planned for 2012, and following that, a potential roll-out to all ho... [more]
The presence of lots of flats and estates is a specific challenge to improving recycling performance, typically because of a lack of space for storage and difficulty transporting materials to collection points.
'Waste not, want not', a new report by the London Assembly’s Environment Committee, says that, while high-density housing does affect recycling performance, it does not necessarily prevent a borough from being able to recycle more waste. The report notes for example that in Tower Hamle... [more]
Eddie Whitfield, a Spalding farmer, is generating much of the energy needed for its own operations but also generates income from the government’s Feed in Tariff scheme. Eddie was so pleased with the installation that he then asked Lark Energy to install a further 57 panels taking the total installation size to 63kWp.
The PV installation was designed and installed by Bourne-based Lark Energy, part of the Larkfleet Group. The company initially installed 216 individual panels on a roof that the... [more]
Lark Energy has installed a total of 126 photovoltaic panels on the roof of South Holland District Council’s headquarters in Spalding, Lincolnshire. The panels will produce approximately 24.87MWh of electricity over the course of a year. This will enable the council to save a substantial amount from its electricity bills and significantly reduce its carbon emissions.
The PV panels were manufactured by Hyundai and were supplied by Larkfleet Group company Eco Building Products.
The council ... [more]
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