Blogposts tagged 'Energy Efficiency'

It's time to make all homes and businesses more energy efficient

Posted by petespeller - 25 January 2012 at 11:21am
Thermographic image of heat loss
All rights reserved. Credit: Greenpeace
Thermographic image of heat loss

The Environmental Change Institute at Oxford University have just put out a new report calling for new laws to increase energy efficiency standards in all of the UK’s 26 million homes and 2 million business properties. Implementing these recommendations would mean that energy use in all buildings in the UK result in zero carbon emissions by 2050.

Article tagged as: 2050, achieving zero, businesses, energy, energy efficiency, homes, insulation, property, zero carbon

National Pensioners Convention and Greenpeace highlight excess winter deaths

Posted by Dot Gibson - 22 November 2011 at 11:45am - 2 Comments
Pensioners action on winter fuel payment
by. Credit: David Sandison/ Greenpeace
Greenpeace and National Pensioners Convention activists set up a living room outside of Parliament

Contrary to what you might hear in the media, younger and older people have a lot of shared concerns – not least of which is how society should best manage its affairs so that future generations can have a better life than their parents and grandparents.

Article tagged as: energy, energy efficiency, excess winter deaths, fuel poverty, george osborne, treasury, winter fuel payments

Freezing to death: action highlights excess winter fuel deaths

Posted by John Sauven - 22 November 2011 at 11:45am - 5 Comments
fighting the freeze action outside parliament 2011
by. Credit: David Sandison / Greepeace
Activists create a living room outside of Parliament

This morning, outside of the Houses of Parliament, activists from both Greenpeace and the National Pensioners Convention undertook the first of what I hope will be many joint initiatives. With sofas and tables they created a life size living room, covered with frost to highlight the 25,700 excess winter deaths that were announced today.

Article tagged as: energy, energy efficiency, excess winter deaths, fuel poverty, george osborne, houses of parliament

Top 10 things we need to see in the budget to solve our energy problems

Posted by tracy.frauzel - 21 March 2011 at 7:10pm - 8 Comments

The government will present the budget on Wednesday and motorists are hoping George Osborne will make fuel cheaper for them as energy prices soar. While this may ease the wallet squeeze in the short term, the last year has shown us that we are at the mercy of world events for fuel prices – first with BP’s oil spill in the Gulf and now because of unrest in the Middle East. And the consequences of these events are more far reaching than pump prices.

Article tagged as: aviation, budget, clean energy, energy, energy efficiency, fuel duty, green investment, transport

Measuring our own carbon footprint

Posted by jamie - 1 December 2010 at 11:15am - 0 Comments

Home sweet home: our London HQ

As organisational director at Greenpeace UK, Matthew Pollitt has the job of making us put our money where our mouth is by improving our environmental performance, and reporting on progress to our supporters.

As a campaigning organisation we measure success in terms of shifts in policy or public perception. Internal efficiency and effectiveness - my responsibilities as organisational director - are quite rightly seen as a means to an end rather than an end in themselves.

Similarly, people don't generally visit the Greenpeace website to learn about what I do. One exception is the interest we get in what we are doing to minimise our own impact on the environment.

Article tagged as: climate change, energy, energy efficiency

The climate solution? It's an energy [r]evolution we need, Mr Osborne

Posted by jossc - 16 July 2010 at 9:14am - 0 Comments

This week Greenpeace launches our vision for a European energy revolution – a practical blueprint for a renewable energy future. Using only proven technologies we can phase out fossil-fuels, cut CO2 emissions by over 90% by 2050 and ensure energy security – without a huge reduction in living standards.

Article tagged as: climate change, energy efficiency, energy security, EU, renewable energy, reports

Helping Greenpeace get greener

Posted by lizziecowan - 30 July 2009 at 3:33pm - 2 Comments

As organisations go you can imagine that Greenpeace would be keen to practice what they preach and ensure that their own operations are as environmentally friendly as possible. So to help along the 'greening' of the UK office I'm the 'Energy Intern' for Greenpeace UK.

Article tagged as: carbon neutral, energy, energy efficiency, internships

Trying to solve the climate crisis with a fistful of pennies?

Posted by jossc - 22 April 2009 at 1:20pm - 0 Comments

All eyes were glued to the TV in the office this lunchtime to see whether Alistair Darling's budget would deliver the kind of changes we need to see if we want to give ourselves the chance to keep the lid on climate change.

Article tagged as: budget, CHP, energy efficiency, energy security, low-carbon

The case for including energy efficiency investment in the fiscal stimulus package

Publication date:  30 March, 2009
Bold investment in energy efficiency measures now could provide tangible short-term and long-term benefits to our economy - boosting employment, reducing the problems of fuel poverty, and delivering substantial carbon savings. This investment must be made as an integral part of the government's planned fiscal stimulus package.
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Article tagged as: buildings, energy efficiency, financial crisis, green new deal

The top 5 reasons that energy efficiency is incredibly exciting

Posted by christian - 12 March 2009 at 8:00am - 2 Comments

Drax
Mega-inefficiency: Only 38 per cent of the coal burned at Drax actually generates power

Energy efficiency. What does that phrase make you think of? Here are a few free-association words I pulled out of my head: insulation, draught proofing, grey, tax return, boring, Germany. Yes, sometimes I do find it hard to get excited about using energy more smartly. But that's only because I'm an idiot.

Article tagged as: CHP, decentralised energy, energy efficiency, insulation
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