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Supreme Court throws out Government FITs Appeal plea!
March 26, 2012
The government’s ill feted attempt to appeal against an High Court decision in favour of the Solar industry and Friends of the Earth, has finally come crashing down around it’s “Greenest Government ever” self...
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Selling the benefits of sustainable buildings.
March 23, 2012 , by J Blackburn
There are many who are familiar with the argument that buildings which have been retrofitted with high tech, low energy using equipment such as Photovoltaic cells, passive solar design and clever ventilation cost large capital sums, but...
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The Revised Building Regulations, 2013, the Green Deal.....Oh and CO2 Emissions!
February 2, 2012 , by J Blackburn
The Revision of the Building Regulations in 2013, intended not only to drive the building of more energy efficient buildings, but also help develop The Green Deal as the governments main energy efficiency programme, is now under...
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High Court Upholds FITs Appeal!
December 21, 2011 , by J Blackburn
Justice Mitting today deemed that the decision made by the Department of Energy and Climate Change to reduce the Feed-in Tariff rates from 43p to 21p per kWh was unlawful . The government ignored its own three month...
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Possible Government U-turn on FIT?
November 14, 2011 , by J Blackburn
After the government’s decision to cut the rate of...
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Carbon Green Consulting Ltd to develop Nation Caravan Energy Scheme
November 1, 2011 , by J Balckburn
Carbon Green Consulting has won a prestigious contract to develop a national sustainability rating scheme for the National Caravan Council. As lead consultants, Carbon gc will be developing an energy...
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Solar PV Feed In Tariff cut to 21p/kWh
October 31, 2011 , by S. Pascoe
As expected, the Government has announced, subject to consultation, a new tariff for photovoltaic schemes up to 4kW of 21p/kWh – down from the current 43.3p/kWh. Reduced rates are also proposed for schemes between 4kW and...
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Solar PV Industry relief as FIT cuts shallower than expected
October 28, 2011 , by J Blackburn
Solar PV Industry relief as FIT cuts are shallower than expected The government are poised to dramatically cut the Feed in Tariff subsidy (FIT) in an attempt to cool down the rapid growth in...
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Display Energy Certificates (DECs) for all commercial buildings
September 6, 2011 , by S. Pascoe
September should see the second reading in Parliment of an amendment to the Energy Bill, which could add a clause requiring commercial premises to have Display Energy Certificates (DECs). This legislation could take effect by 2013 or even...
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Carbon.gc Ltd win Tender in SWRDA property transfer.
August 24, 2011 , by J Blackburn
Carbon.gc Ltd is pleased to announce that a recent tender to complete 53 Commercial EPC for South West Regional Devlopment Agency was successful. Carbon.gc Ltd will lead a team of assessors to complete the certification process with...
November 11, 2010 , by J Blackburn
Part L Loop Hole to Save Housebuilders nearly ?Ǭ£1billion!
By pre-registering planned homes with Local Authority Building Control before the introduction of the new Part L regulations in October 2010, housebuilders are estimated to have saved themselves nearly £1billion, simply by not being required to comply with the new higher energy efficiency levels.
A survey carried out by LABC members showed that before the October 2010 deadline, more than 178,000 homes were preregistered. By pre-registering new projects, builders able to build to the lower efficiency targets within the 2006 Part L regulations, on the provision that building starts on site with one year.
The LABC figures are a conservative estimate, as only half the Local authorities in England and Wales were surveyed. The final figure is likely to be a great deal higher.
LABC Chief Executive, Paul Everall, sees the Loop holes likely to advantage some builders and that the importance of having a level playing field when introducing new legislation was critical to the health of the building industry.
