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zero carbon consultation II: summary3 comments

Casey Cole wrote 11 months ago: In case you don’t fancy wading through it, this is a brief summary of the zero carbon consulta … more →

Tags: Energy, Engineering, renewable energy, sustainability, Code for Sustainable Homes, SAP, private wire, Zero carbon, CLG

zero carbon consultation I: call to arms1 comment

Casey Cole wrote 12 months ago: So the consultation on zero carbon is out. If you haven’t read it yet, you can download it her … more →

Tags: Code for Sustainable Homes, Zero carbon

Zero Carbon consultation delayed (again)3 comments

Casey Cole wrote 1 year ago: At a meeting last week, the message from BERR’s side of the table was that the consultation on … more →

Tags: Energy, Code for Sustainable Homes, code level 6, BERR, zero carbon definition, Zero carbon

liquid biofuel CHP: officially renewable or not?

Casey Cole wrote 1 year ago: Love them or hate them, liquid biofuels are increasingly being put forward as a renewable fuel for C … more →

Tags: Agriculture, biofuel, biomass, CHP, climate change, Energy, Engineering, London, renewable energy

Communal Wind Turbines and SAP3 comments

nickdevlin wrote 1 year ago: Following on from here, I have been chasing BRE & CLG to clarify the situation. The sorry respon … more →

Tags: climate change, Energy, renewable energy, wind turbines, SAP, DER Calculation

Communal Wind Turbines No Use for Zero Carbon Homes6 comments

nickdevlin wrote 1 year ago: Communal wind turbines are currently of no use when trying to achieve Zero Carbon status for Stamp D … more →

Tags: CHP, Energy, renewable energy, sustainability, Code for Sustainable Homes

Mandatory Code for Sustainable Homes, Part 2

nickdevlin wrote 1 year ago: The housing minister, Caroline Flint has ‘confirmed’ the proposals for mandatory Code fo … more →

Tags: Code for Sustainable Homes, renewable energy, sustainability

Off-site Renewables Update1 comment

nickdevlin wrote 1 year ago: I posted extensively last year about the no off-site renewables issues enforced by the Treasury. The … more →

Tags: Energy, renewable energy, sustainability, Code for Sustainable Homes

without action, the plan for zero carbon homes by 2016 will fail5 comments

Casey Cole wrote 1 year ago: The requirement for all homes to be zero carbon by 2016 is going to fail unless we take action now. … more →

Tags: Architecture, CHP, climate change, Energy, Engineering, micro chp, renewable energy, sustainability, Utilities

Carbon Trust micro CHP interim report finally out2 comments

Casey Cole wrote 2 years ago: Much later than planned, but here it is. In summary, micro-CHP saves 5% to 10% of carbon in large in … more →

Tags: CHP, climate change, Energy, Engineering, micro chp, sustainability, Utilities, Code for Sustainable Homes, BRE

confused about policy changes? Phil's crib sheet is the answer2 comments

Casey Cole wrote 2 years ago: Phil Clark and Fulcrum have put together a fantastic list of upcoming proposed policy changes releva … more →

Tags: Architecture, biofuel, biomass, CHP, climate change, Energy, Engineering, London, micro chp

Stamp Duty Exemption scuppers zero carbon homes4 comments

nickdevlin wrote 2 years ago: The Draft Statutory Instrument (DSI) for Stamp Duty Exemption for Zero Carbon Homes, announced at th … more →

Tags: Architecture, biofuel, biomass, CHP, climate change, Energy, London, sustainability, Code for Sustainable Homes

two steps forward, three backwards...4 comments

nickdevlin wrote 2 years ago: The Green Building Council published a response in July to the Draft Statutory Instrument (which com … more →

Tags: Architecture, biofuel, biomass, CHP, climate change, Energy, renewable energy, sustainability, Code for Sustainable Homes


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