Will Energy Taxes be in the next Budget?

Will Energy Taxes be in the next Budget? By Rupert Redesdale It has been a running complaint amongst energy managers that there is a great deal of duplication of work linked to meeting the reporting obligations of the Carbon Reduction Commitment (C RC) and Green House Gas emissions (GHG). The Chancellor announced last summer that […]


Energy Efficiency Trends report – Behaviour change consitently delivers ‘metered’ energy savings

Behaviour change frequently delivers ‘metered’ energy savings In the latest issue of the UK Energy Efficiency Trends report (Volume 13, published 21 January 2016), energy analysts EEVS and Bloomberg New Energy Finance has partnered with independent behaviour change and environmental charity Global Action Plan to develop a dataset covering behaviour change opportunities, costs, savings performance, influencing factors and […]


The Gap in Generation Capacity.

The Gap in Generation Capacity. By Rupert Redesdale, CEO of the Energy Managers Association The energy gap, the difference between generating capacity and demand should not be a surprise; it has been predicted for years. The surprise is that nothing has been done to fill the gap. Britain’s energy  rating has been downgraded from AAA […]


Winners of the 2015 EMA Private Sector Energy Management Awards

Winners of the 2015 EMA Private Sector Energy Management Awards The Energy Managers Association (EMA) Team and Directors would like to thank to all those who submitted their entries for the 2015 EMA Private Sector Energy Management Awards and congratulate to the winners. We are very pleased to announce that the winners are: Energy Manager […]


Organisations train their employees in energy awareness courses. Why don’t you?

A number of organisations have achieved LEC accredited status by training their employees in basic energy awareness to increase their energy literacy and also organisation’s profitability by reducing energy costs. What is a Low Energy Company (LEC)? A Low Energy Company is an organisations which has at least 30% of its employees training in energy […]

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