Building a sustainable future: why energy efficiency is everybody’s business

Few dispute the need to make building stock more energy efficient. But is a lack of coherent central government thinking and bold grassroots...

Energy costs put the heat on businesses, says report

High costs and uncertainty are the two main barriers to changing the way the UK heats its buildings and infrastructure.

Pubs will need 12% sales hike to cope with rising energy costs

Pub companies have been warned they will have to grow sales by 12% over the next five years just to absorb rising energy costs.

Apathetic buildings management is still too common, say Brussels mandarins

Apathetic buildings management is still too common, say Brussels mandarins.   So a new rule devised by the European Commission (EC) ai...

ThinkFM 2014: Saving your energy

Energy shortages and price hikes over the next few years will present FMs with challenges and opportunities, say an energy management exp...

This island is the first in the world to be powered fully by wind and water

The smallest and southernmost of Spain's Canary Islands is about to make an outsized mark on the path toward a more renewable energy-p...

Save Money Cut Carbon: Saving energy is the only solution as new report confirms faster rising bills

Saving energy is the only solution to faster rising bills after a report published recently shows that these are likely to increase twice ...

How much energy did The Young Ones use? Home energy through the decades.

Britain's average home energy use has nearly halved in the last 40 years. Here's how things have changed over the decades.

Improved EPCs could boost house prices by 14 per cent

News just in from the Department of Energy and Climate Change with a new report which shows that making energy saving improvements to your...

Some tips for cutting pub energy costs

Many pubs business could cut their energy bills by as much as 20 per cent just by implementing simple energy efficiency measures, accordin...

Savings energy costs in the pub sector

Pubs are struggling to convert sales growth into profit growth due to rising costs, according to the latest Pub Market Report survey from ...

Britons keen on Smart Meters, but what will it mean for business?

Almost half of Britons are keen to use future technology to share and compare their energy usage with friends and neighbours, a new survey...

Pubs under pressure from rising energy costs

According to the Morning Advertiser more than 28 pubs are closing each week in the UK as they struggle with rising costs.

The business case for green building

A recent report released by the World Green Building Council offers building developers, owners, investors and tenants a comprehensive r...