News & Views.
2022 Autumn Statement
The 2022 Autumn statement, delivered today, finally recognises energy efficiency as being a key requirement to address the current challenger…
Feast and Famine
Schools, and the rest of the public sector, in England are currently left with no available funding to pay for energy efficiency and carbon reduction works
A Green Budget?
The March 2021 budget, titled “Protecting the Jobs and Livelihoods of the British People” was a major opportunity for the Chancellor to kick start the green recovery following COVID
Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme Round 2 (or is it?)
Phase 2 of the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme has been announced on 17th March 2020 with applications open for submission on 7th April
The Public Sector Wants to be Net Zero
When the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme was launched at the end of September, £1bn of funding needing to be spent on projects in well under a year and with only a few months to prepare applications sounded like a challenge…
Let’s Go Zero 2030
Inspired Efficiency is a strong supporter of the LET’S GO ZERO 2030 national campaign…
Funding for Energy Audits / Decarbonisation Advice
The recent announcement of the use of the £1bn funding to improve the energy efficiency of the public sector buildings has set a funding landscape for energy saving projects that has not been seen in the last 10 years…
How to shutdown energy systems safely in buildings left unoccupied for a temporary period
With many organisations now looking at having their premises being left unoccupied for the foreseeable future, we have provided a check list of things to consider…
CCL Exemptions increasing in importance
Since the end of the Carbon Reduction Commitment in 2019, the rates for Climate Change Levy (CCL) have increased considerably…
Inspired Efficiency can now offer full M&V services
IE is now able to offer full Measurement and Verification (M&V) services for energy saving measures in accordance with the internationally respected IPMVP procedure…
What does BREXIT mean for
OK, so you are probably fed up with yet another article written about what Brexit means for this, that or the other…
Two years with an Electric Vehicle
November 2014 brought in a new era in Inspired Efficiency’s drive to demonstrate how it is at the cutting edge of efficiency…
Energy, Heating and Free Flow Space in Early Years Environments
Following the publication of the EYFS Framework in 2012 and the extensive research base there is an ever-increasing drive…
Keeping a Cool Head – CIBSE Journal
Designers can save substantial amounts of energy when specifying air conditioning by doing everything they can to manage the heat gain at the source…
Movement for change – CIBSE Journal
Variable speed drives are the default energy-saving solution for ventilation systems – but that should not blind designers…
Sustainability should be simple
If we want to save carbon we should save people the hassle of fiddling with the air conditioning…
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Alan Neale