Red Flags or Green Credentials: get the right recognition for your organisation’s climate change action
Connor Enright is a Consultant at EP Group (formerly EnergyPro Limited) – one of the three project partners working on Energy Solutions Oxfordshire. In this article he explores the good and bad of corporate action against climate change – including useful advice for organisation’s who are looking to reduce the environmental impact of their energy…
23 Simple Steps You Can Take to Make Your Business Energy Efficient
The team at Blue & Green Tomorrow have put together 23 ways that you can improve energy efficiency in a business environment – reducing energy use to reduce carbon emissions. It gives a useful place to get started. Don’t forget that at Energy Solutions Oxfordshire we can help you with expert recommendations on the best…
The most common energy saving opportunities for schools and education providers
Replacing all traditional light bulbs with LED light bulbs Ensuring the walls and roofspace are well insulated to reduce heat loss and improve temperature all year round Checking all windows are double or triple glazed – again to reduce heat loss – or draught proof to prevent gaps Upgrading your heating system to a low…
Energy improvements and funding for UK schools [webinar recording]
Oxfordshire’s buildings are old, inefficient, and constantly wasting energy. In fact, in the UK buildings are responsible for 29% of total carbon emissions – and that includes our school buildings. Not only is this a disaster for the environment, it’s also leaving schools like yours with high energy bills that leave you cutting costs elsewhere,…
O2 to cut emissions from data centres through energy efficiency improvements
O2 has announced that they have invested in innovative energy-efficient cooling equipment to regulate the temperature of data centres and core network sites. These will replace traditional electric-powered air conditioning and transitional gas-based refrigeration. In 2016, it was reported that the world’s data centres used more than Britain’s total annual electricity consumption – 416.2TWh, significantly higher than the…