Are London Health & Wellbeing Boards taking fuel poverty seriously?
July 2013: The Health and Social care Act 2012 established new Health and Wellbeing Boards for each top tier and unitary authority. These operated in ‘shadow form’ over the period 2012-13 taking on...
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Using Local Powers to Maximise Energy Efficiency Retrofit Toolkit
August 2013: CAG Consultants on behalf of the GLA have developed a new toolkit – Using Local Powers to Maximise Energy Efficiency Retrofit Toolkit - “to help London’s councils identify and implement...
View ArticleLatest review of implementation of London Plan energy policies
September 2013: The GLA have recently produced their latest update on how the energy and climate policies in London’s spatial planning strategy – the London Plan – have helped drive forward the...
View ArticleGreen Deal & ECO in London – six months in
September 2013: Following the publication of the first quarterly set of detailed Green Deal and ECO (Energy Company Obligation) data back in July (details of which are outlined in the following post...
View ArticleGreen Deal by London Parliamentary Constituencies
September 2013: New Green Deal data released by DECC last week (see earlier post for full details) provides for the first time Green Deal assessments undertaken in each parliamentary constituency. It...
View ArticleWhen Boris met Ed…
October 2013: In the most recent of his weekly columns in the Daily Telegraph, the Mayor relates a story of a meeting he had with Labour leader Ed Miliband a few years ago, when Ed was the Secretary...
View ArticleReducing building CO2 emissions through better design
November 2013: The GLA have commissioned research to determine the “most effective way for buildings to reduce their carbon dioxide emissions through the design and fabric, based on the Building...
View ArticleFunding Energy Efficiency Retrofit in London
November 2013: The GLA’s RE:NEW team have recently produced a guide identifying “potential sources of funding and finance available to London Boroughs, Registered Providers of Social Housing, private...
View ArticleDECC HECA Research
November 2013: All English local authorities were required to submit an updated Home Energy Conservation study report to DECC by 31 March 2013. An earlier post goes into these requirements in more...
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Barking & Dagenham most energy efficient local authority in UK
November 2013: A news release from Imperial College highlights a recent study examining the energy consumption of all 198 urban local authorities in the UK, including 33 boroughs in London. Dr James...
View ArticleGovernment announcement on Energy Efficiency…
1 December 2013: …is not anywhere on Number 10 or DECC’s websites but behind a ‘paywall’ in today’s edition of the Sun on Sunday. But is now also reproduced below: Cameron: We can help the poorest and...
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Getting the most from ECO and RE:NEW in London
December 2013: Presentations and an audio record of the the recent Future of London workshop on the ECO and RE:NEW have recently been posted online. This was a really helpful event include...
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RE:NEW targets set out
December 2013: The Mayor’s recently released draft housing strategy states that “The capital also has some of the worst housing conditions in the country, thus prioritising estate based regeneration...
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Huge budget cuts planned to Mayor’s environment programme?
20 December 2013: The Mayor today published for consultation his budget for the GLA group for 2014-15 (press release). The budget document states that a “new look GLA business plan has been published...
View ArticleFurther support for RE:NEW programme
January 2014: The GLA has decided to seek additional support in its bid to DECC’s Green Deal Communities Fund. The approval form states that: “The GLA is seeking approval to commission Create and...
View ArticleLondon housing energy efficiency evidence session
February 2014: On 6 February, the London Assembly Environment Committee held an oral evidence session on the Mayor’s housing energy efficiency retrofit programme, RE:NEW, and its progress to achieving...
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London office energy use
February 2014: A new report produced by the UK Green Building Council’s (UKGBC) Zero Carbon Non Domestic Task Group examines the case for action supporting zero carbon non domestic buildings by 2019....
View ArticleLondon Energy Efficiency Programme Scrutinised
March 2014: The London Assembly Environment Committee held the first of two oral evidence sessions on progress made by the GLA’s energy and climate programmes. The first of these sessions was held on 6...
View ArticleAssembly calls for action to cut fuel bills for 1.2 million London homes
5 March 2014: London Assembly press release calling “on Mayor Boris Johnson to press Whitehall to reverse cuts to programmes designed to reduce energy consumption in the capital. A motion agreed at a...
View ArticleEnergy & Green Sky Thinking
March 2014: This year’s Green Sky Thinking programme has been announced and, as with previous years, has a selection of really excellent events focussed on sustainability and the built environment....
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