Gaia Blog

The Government is faced with a hefty dilemma – Create a low carbon society whilst meeting the UKs ever increasing energy demands. This has lead to recent calls for a huge expansion of Britain‘s nuclear capability, estimated at £20bn, creating 100,000 new jobs and benefit the economy as much as North Sea oil. John Hutton, [...]

A common myth amongst employees is that turning up the thermostat will warm a space more quickly. The room will heat up at the same speed whether the thermostat is set to 20 or 25 degrees, but will waste energy when the ideal temperature (19 degrees) is achieved. Gaia Active works with businesses to drive down [...]

With everyone refreshed from the spring break now is the best time for a clean-up. Why not include a green slant to this and tidy up your energy usage and reduce the energy your workplace is wasting. Nominate any member of staff, perhaps your energy champion or it could form part of a Health and [...]

Last month I met a telecoms business who had this great message to all visitors in their reception – ‘all our energy is from green sources’. How proud this message was felt by the employees, their employer was driving the green agenda and pushing renewable resources. But as I sat there in reception looking at [...]

Our summer holidays in far away lands encourage us to enjoy the warmth and we like to maintain this luxury in our workplaces back in Britain. Be realistic, the ideal temperature for shops, restaurants and offices is 19 degrees celsius. That’s the temperature proven to have us working at our optimum level. For every 1 degree of over [...]