Archive for the 'Reducing carbon emissions' Category

How conserving electricity is bad for the environment (sometimes)

Monday, April 28th, 2008

Are we going the right way?

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Could your business benefit from solar power in the UK?

Tuesday, December 18th, 2007

In an effort to improve our energy efficiency and reduce our businesses carbon footprint we have installed solar panels on our office roof.

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Green Energy

Tuesday, November 20th, 2007

The Consortium has been lucky enough to secure its electricity from 100% renewable sources (Green Energy). Unfortunately, there is a shortage of renewable capacity in the UK at the moment. Does anyone have any suggestions as to how we might encourage producers to bring more capacity on line?

Reduce the number of cars on the road by 2/3 and save money at the same time

Monday, October 29th, 2007

Do you drive to work on your own? If so you might like to consider car sharing. I see a lot of people driving to and back from work on their own, yet they still complain about the traffic volume and congestion. If reducing C02 emissions isn’t a strong enough reason to try car sharing then maybe reducing the time it takes you to get to and back from work will convince you. Or maybe the money savings?

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