Energy efficiency: an underrated resource of our age
Recent sustainable energy news has been, at best, downcast, focusing on the United States’ Government’s decision to back out of the Paris climate deal. But running in contrast to this, here’s the good news. It appears that energy efficiency has been hugely underestimated by major international...
Engineers back energy saving as UK priority
In 2015, Energy Saving Trust supported a Frontier Economics report that made a compelling case for home energy efficiency to be considered an infrastructure priority in the UK. The case, when broken down, was a simple one: the multiple benefits of giving energy efficiency the same status as other...
5 eye-catching green innovations
Cooking food and cleaning water, pollution solutions and quirky sources of electricity are just some of the technological breakthroughs that have stood out recently. Let’s take a closer look. Air pollution to energy? Belgian researchers have come up with a small but clever device that cleans air...
Clean Growth Plan: Every householder needs help to make their home warmer
• We subsidise nuclear so why not cuts in energy usage? • Scotland testing new innovative equity release schemes While Brexit dominates the political headlines, we shouldn’t forget other pressing issues on the Government’s to-do list. On the energy front, we are still waiting for publication of the...
Home electrical appliances using more energy than stated
• Tests need to keep up-to-date with product advancements • In-home monitoring recommended to give real life electricity consumption • Call for consumer awareness campaign A new European study has indicated that some home appliances may be using considerably more energy than stated on their label...
Why we're backing Clean Air Day
• It’s National Clean Air Day this week • Change on the roads needed • Low-emissions choices bring benefits National Clean Air Day is this Thursday (15/06) – and Energy Saving Trust is supporting it. We spoke to Group Director of Transport, Andrew Benfield, about why the awareness-raising campaign...
High times for wind power technology
Wind energy has been a great renewable energy success story. But is the sector’s technology going to look the same as it does now in the future? Some industry players think not – and suggest change might come soon. Looking up, to generate more For one, there’s a possibility that it’s going to move...
Sending out the right signals on energy use
In the digital age, the signals of mass communication are travelling around us all the time. With the ubiquity of transmission infrastructure, there is plenty of room to consider the potential of energy efficiency and renewables here. Luckily, UK researchers are very much on the case. Fine-tuning...
Our guide to the 2017 General Election manifestos: a focus on home energy
• We explain the Conservative, Labour, Liberal Democrat and Green Party's pledges • Who has got it right and who has more work to do With people across the UK heading to the polling stations in just a few days, we’ve looked at the parties’ policies on energy; and in particular, energy in the home...
Clean Growth Plan: Next government should re-introduce a 2050-ready new-build homes policy
• One in five new homes only achieve a 'C' rating • Claims zero carbon homes are too expensive to build are myths Authors: Julian Roberts, Head of Communications, Energy Saving Trust, and Joseph Cosier, Policy Officer, Energy Saving Trust More than 150,000 new homes are built every year in the UK,...