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CONTENTS
Duke of Edinburgh Energy Envoys
Vacancy – Senior Energy Specialist (Non-domestic Buildings)
New Year’s MBE honour
CoRE training course. Understanding sustainable refurbishment. Stoke-on-Trent. 14-16 January
CoRE training course. Co-ordination and risk management. Stoke-on-Trent. Tuesday, 20 January
CoRE training course. Understanding sustainable refurbishment. London. Wednesday-Friday, 21-23 January
The Green Deal explained
Community energy support and advice resource
Labour hits out at Green Deal promotional spend
Energy Company Obligation 2015-2017 (ECO2)
'Energy on Prescription' survey
Boilers on prescription success
Do more to eradicate fuel poverty
Debt holiday needed
Deep plan approach in Wales
Cold Christmas for elderly
Guide to Procurement for Energy Efficiency Retrofit in London
Guide to Funding and Financing Opportunities for Energy Efficiency Retrofit in London
Wind energy from artificial trees
Spray-on solar
Business energy savings
Ultra-efficient houses from across the world
Power to the people
EPC data release
New appliance regulations take effect
Biomass for business
Housing trust PV deal
Dunkin Donuts goes green
Doing the laundry
The future of energy storage
Clarification on Passivhaus
Jobs across the UK
Retrofit: How low can you go? Passivhaus Trust/AECB Joint Event. London. Thursday, 29 January
Zero Carbon Hub Low Energy Know How Events
Cost-saving energy efficiencies. London. Thursday, 4 June
Duke of Edinburgh Energy Envoys
As part of our 25-year anniversary activities - and in response to the issues revealed in our national energy survey - we launched our 10 'Big Ideas' projects at our President's Reception in September last year. We're now moving forward with our exciting idea for setting up a network of Duke of Edinburgh Energy Envoys, and we're now looking for potential sponsors/funders to get this project off the ground. Ideally, we'd like 9-10 co-sponsors to provide £10,000 each for each of the first three years alongside funding already allocated by our Trustees. If we can secure financial support soon, we plan to launch the Energy Envoy programme in time for the 2015/16 school year.
http://www.nef.org.uk/our-10-big-ideas/
Vacancy – Senior Energy Specialist (Non-domestic Buildings)
We are looking to strengthen our non-domestic buildings capabilities by recruiting a Senior Energy Specialist with at least five years' relevant experience. The role will build on our capacity to provide robust and innovative solutions that help improve the use of energy in buildings. If you’re an enthusiastic, self-motivated person who has excellent written and verbal communication skills and want to make a difference in the energy use and comfort of existing and new buildings, this could be the job for you. Closing date: Monday 19 January.
http://www.nef.org.uk/about-us/join-us/
New Year’s MBE honour
Congratulations to our Trustee, Liz Male, who was awarded an MBE in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours List for her work at TrustMark UK and services to the construction industry.
CoRE training course. Understanding sustainable refurbishment. Stoke-on-Trent. 14-16 January
This unit is presented by Russell Smith, Founder and Director of Parity Projects. It provides students with a thorough understanding of the policy, principles and practices of retrofit, including the need for energy-efficient buildings.
http://www.core-skills.com/events/event-15081535278/#.VKLCJV4gQ
CoRE training course. Co-ordination and risk management. Stoke-on-Trent. Tuesday, 20 January
This unit is presented by Bob Prewett (Director, Prewett Bizley Architects) and Peter Rickaby (Managing Director, Rickaby Thompson Associates). It covers the mission-critical role of the retrofit coordinator in providing end-to-end retrofit project management and customer care embracing assessment, procurement, design (including improvement option evaluation and statutory approvals), construction, handover and evaluation. A key aspect of the role is risk management, so this unit also reviews 'retrofit forensic' work which has identified how and why retrofit projects go wrong, what the consequences are and how risks may be mitigated by good project management.
http://www.core-skills.com/events/event-15081651626/#.VKLChl4gQ
CoRE training course. Understanding sustainable refurbishment. London. Wednesday-Friday, 21-23 January
This unit is presented by Russell Smith, Founder and Director of Parity Projects. It provides students with a thorough understanding of the policy, principles and practices of retrofit, including the need for energy-efficient buildings.
http://www.core-skills.com/events/event-15038413299/#.VKLCvV4gQ
'Energy on Prescription' survey
The charity NEA is running a survey on behalf of DECC to learn more about how energy efficiency and other fuel poverty schemes are targeting households with health problems. The survey will be used to develop a catalogue of ‘energy on prescription’ schemes. Closing date: Tuesday, 3 February.
http://cubikmail.co.uk/1OCJ-33DCP-32/sv.aspx
Boilers on prescription success
A ‘boilers on prescription’ pilot project in Sunderland proves a success, reducing visits to GPs and lowering fuel bills.
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/dec/09/boiler-on-prescription-scheme-transforms
-lives-saves-nhs-money?CMP=share_btn_tw
Do more to eradicate fuel poverty
Their profits per customer having gone up from £8 to £48 since 2009, it’s claimed that the energy companies could do more to reduce fuel poverty.
http://www.theguardian.com/big-energy-debate/2014/dec/23/fuel-poverty-energy-companies?CMP=twt_gu
Debt holiday needed
The 10 million households that use pre-payment energy meters should be given a debt "holiday", says Citizens Advice.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-30589032
Deep plan approach in Wales
How Warm Wales is tackling the country’s “endemic” fuel poverty by taking a deep plan retrofit approach.
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/business/business-news/how-warm-wales-helping-fuel-8336412#ICID=sharebar_twitter
Cold Christmas for elderly
An Age UK survey estimates that half a million pensioners spend Christmas in bed and up to 1.7 million are missing out on Cold Weather Payments.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/8210475/Half-a-million-pensioners-spend-Christmas-in-bed.html
Retrofit: How low can you go? Passivhaus Trust/AECB Joint Event. London. Thursday, 29 January
This event will be a light-hearted but factual debate about how far to go with energy efficiency on retrofit projects. It will aim to present a range of viewpoints, from passionate EnerPHit advocates through tonon-Passivhaus supporters.
http://www.aecb.net/passivhaus-trust-aecb-joint-event-29th-january-2015-retrofit-low-can-go/
Zero Carbon Hub Low Energy Know How Events
Newcastle. Tuesday-Wednesday, 3-4 February
East Riding. Hull. Friday, 13 February
The Zero Carbon Hub, in collaboration with Saint-Gobain, provide these FREE events, which are an excellent opportunity to gain a comprehensive understanding of the latest zero carbon homes policy, the zero carbon journey and definition, the performance gap project and the cost of meeting the Zero Carbon Standard. They will also provide a look at the proposed Allowable Solutions schemes, the importance of retrofitting existing homes and the timeline to 2016.
Delegates will be provided with the practical knowledge to meet regulations as Saint-Gobain will be presenting information on a number of product solutions designed to meet the zero carbon target.
Spaces are limited. To learn more and book a place, please visit:
Newcastle: http://www.zerocarbonhub.org/event/15
Hull: http://www.zerocarbonhub.org/event/14
Cost-saving energy efficiencies. London. Thursday, 4 June
A one-day, industry-led conference and networking event at which 27 practitioners from leading companies share their winning business cases and experiences on how to save energy and reduce costs across their estates, procedures and assets. Discover how they are driving behavioural change, pinpointing and reducing energy wastage, capitalising on technological innovations and making renewables viable – all whilst complying with current and upcoming legislation – to demonstrate real impact.
http://www.theenergyconference.com/
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