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Helping organisations improve their energy efficiency and reduce costs(12/11/2008)
Many of the nation's most iconic buildings, from the Palace of Westminster to the Bank of England, have extremely poor energy efficiency. From 1 October 2008, the European Commission (EC) required all public buildings over 100sq meters to measure carbon dioxide emissions and show Display Energy Certificates (DEC). Prior to 1 October 2008, only public buildings over 1,000 sq.m needed to comply with these requirements. But with legislatio... [more]
Air quality improves in the UK(25/01/2008)
The air quality indicator is one of the 68 indicators of the UK Government’s Sustainable Development Strategy. It measures annual levels of pollution from particulates (PM10) and ozone (O3), the two pollutants thought to have the greatest health impacts, as well as the number of days on which levels of any one of a basket of five pollutants were ‘moderate or higher’. The main results are: * Urban background particulate levels averaged 21 ... [more]
The UK supports European Commission proposals for tackling climate change(24/01/2008)
The UK has welcomed the European Commission’s ambitious proposals for tackling climate change and delivering a low carbon economy in Europe. The package contains proposals to implement the decisions agreed by EU Heads of State and Government at the 2007 Spring European Council, including a 20 per cent reduction in EU greenhouse gas emissions by 2020, increasing to 30 per cent when there is an international climate agreement; 20 per cent of tot... [more]
European Council commits to fight climate change and promote renewable energy(23/01/2008)
The European Commission has today agreed on a far-reaching package of proposals that will deliver the European Council's commitments to fight climate change and promote renewable energy. The proposals demonstrate that the targets agreed last year are technologically and economically possible and provide a unique business opportunity for thousands of European companies. These measures will dramatically increase the use of renewable energy in each ... [more]
UK prime minister says that all developed countries needed to commit to emission reductions(30/09/2007)
Global temperature increases can be limited to 2C, Gordon Brown has told green campaigners. In a letter to Stop Climate Chaos, a coalition of environmental groups, the prime minister said that all developed countries needed to commit to emission reductions. The challenge of global warming, he said, posed the most urgent challenge to humankind and threatened not only the environment, but "international peace, security, prosperity and developmen... [more]
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