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Posts from October, 2010

CRC Green Tax – has energy saving lost its mojo?

Posted by: haydn On: 22nd Oct 2010

So the Chancellor has now changed the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme from a cap and trade programme rewarding businesses and organisations who save energy into a stealth tax costing £1bn per year.  It seems the temptation to hold on the all this so called ‘recycled cash’ and not give it back was just to appealing [...]

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Don't confuse Behaviour Change with Energy Awareness!

Posted by: haydn On: 8th Oct 2010

Energy Awareness campaigns are commonplace focusing on the communication of messages to educate staff about the implications of their actions. They can be effective if staff are ill informed about what items use but poor in terms of sustainability and staff empowerment. With so many forms of education available from websites and Government messages education [...]

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