Energy management Law

Climate change: the Government should butt out, says Professor
James Woudhuysen, Professor of Forecasting and Innovation at De Montfort University, talks to Workplace Law Network about why the Government are doing everything wrong when it comes to sustainabili... | audio | 7 Apr 2008 5:20PM

Green travel plans: frequently asked questions
This briefing answers some of the questions about green travel that a manager would have, such as:What is a green travel plan?What are the benefits for the business and for staff?What are the tax b... | briefing | 10 Apr 2008 5:09PM

Energy Performance Certificates: new regulations
On 6 April 2008 new regulations took effect, requiring Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) to be obtained for certain buildings that are sold or let. Other regulations will take effect later in ... | briefing | 7 Apr 2008 11:11AM

How green is the new ‘green’ budget?
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling, delivered his first Budget speech on Wednesday 12 March. It was promised to be the ‘greenest’ budget yet, imposing new pollution restr... | briefing | 17 Mar 2008 11:10AM

Environment law round-up - February 2005
Energy Act 2004 Sustainable and Secure Buildings Act 2004 Town and Country Planning (Regional Planning) (England) Regulations 2004 Town and Country Planning (Local Development) (England) Regul... | briefing | 31 Jan 2005 8:05AM

Budget 2004: Other Property Taxation Announcements
Double-Benefit Leasing New legislation will apply from 17 March 2004 to restrict for lessees the rents allowed for tax purposes under existing and new sale and leaseback and lease and leaseback... | briefing | 18 Mar 2004 11:30AM

Energy Performance Certificates: key dates
The Energy Performance of Buildings (Certificates and Inspections) (England and Wales) Regulations 2007 have recently been published. These Regulations implement the requirement under the Energy Pe... | case | 21 Aug 2007 12:00AM

Lessons for Councils and Contractors
On 26 June 1997, a gas explosion at the Kerrin Point tower block owned by Lambeth Council in south London, caused extensive damage to the block and surrounding property. The explosion occurred du... | case | 30 Oct 1999 12:00AM

Ford fined £14,000 for operating a boiler house without a permit
Ford Motor Co UK has been fined £14,000, and ordered to pay £2,219 costs to Environment Agency Wales, after pleading guilty to a charge of operating a prescribed process - a 53 megawatt boiler ho... | case | 7 Feb 2005 9:52AM

Corporate Responsibility: Transco Indictment makes Scottish Legal History
On 5 February 2003, an indictment was served upon Transco plc, the company responsible for the gas distribution network, following a charge of culpable homicide [as previously reported on the Netwo... | case | 13 Feb 2003 3:13PM

£150,000 Fine For Explosion
Hygena Limited was found guilty of breaching health and safety legislation after a hot water boiler exploded at its premises in Goole in 1997. Two people, an employee and a contractor, died in t... | case | 31 Mar 2001 9:54PM

How green is your building?
Workplace Law Group email Workplace Law Members' ebulletin no. 246 30 August 2006 © Workplace Law Network 2006 http://www.workplacel... | ebulletin | 30 Aug 2006 1:06PM

Businesses fined £3.5m for breaking environmental laws
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Workplace Law Network Members' ebulletin no. 198
Untitled Document Workplace Law Members' e-bulletin No. 198 14 September 2005 © Workplace Law Network 2005 http://www.workplacelaw.net... | ebulletin | 14 Sep 2005 3:21PM

Sustainability Test: how green is your business?
As part of Workplace Law's Sustainable Workplaces Week, we wanted to find out our members’ views on sustainability, and so we’ve come up with the Sustainability Test. This is not a piec... | network news | 7 Apr 2008 4:48PM

Special report on how employers can meet the energy efficiency challenge
Energy costs are rocketing, which means that the UK's biggest energy users are faced with an urgent need to address the financial and environmental impact of energy usage. The February issue of Wor... | network news | 11 Jan 2007 12:00AM

Are Training Courses Costing You Too Much Money?
Workplace Law Training can work with you to cut the cost of training and save the time your people spend away from the workplace. How? Simply by putting courses together specifically tailored to... | network news | 2 Apr 2004 10:11AM

Your Invitation to the Cambridge Legal Update Conference
Get to grips with ALL your legal responsibilities in two days in Cambridge: - tackle important health and safety issues such as asbestos and legionella - find out which policies and contracts w... | network news | 27 Feb 2003 6:19PM

Facilities Managers Expect to Pay Price for Compliance
Facilities Managers Expecting to Pay the Price for Compliance, says Legal Update Convention survey.Facilities managers are expecting to incur heavy financial costs to comply with the current raft ... | network news | 23 Mar 2001 5:59PM

Government inquiry on greening existing buildings
Today (12 May), the first parliamentary enquiry into the greening of existing offices, shops and warehouses will take place in the House of Commons. This is going to provide industry leaders a... | news | 12 May 2008 2:06PM

Climate change: the breakdown of society as we know it?
Climate change could have a significant economic impact and cause the breakdown of society as we know it, warns a sustainable business expert. “We’re already seeing some of the eff... | news | 11 Apr 2008 2:24PM

Employees "want to reduce carbon emissions at work"
Employees want to reduce their carbon emissions at work but need more guidance on how to do it, new research has found.  According to the findings of a Carbon Trust report into employees&... | news | 11 Apr 2008 11:28AM

Businesses can apply for money to install biomass projects
A £4m fund to support the installation of biomass-fuelled heating and combined heat and power projects has been opened to applications by Climate Change Minister. Biomass is produced from org... | news | 10 Apr 2008 11:26AM

Professor:"Conservation should not be business’ priority"
Current green strategies and ethics are leading us down the wrong path, stifling creativity and meaning trouble for our future, James Woudhuysen, Professor of Forecasting and Innovation at De Montf... | news | 7 Apr 2008 3:58PM

Sustainable Workplaces 2008: special report
Over the past few years sustainability has become a buzzword, seemingly dropped into articles whenever the subject of global warming, climate change, pollution or recycling comes up.But the questio... | Special report | 5 Dec 2007 4:36PM

Upcoming Environmental Challenges for Businesses: do you have the energy?
Energy and carbon emissions have become environmental hot topics, and shall be so for some time to come. The regulatory pressure is now significant and it is certainly not expected to decrease over... | White paper | 7 Apr 2008 4:36PM

Air Conditioning: a hot topic in your office?
Air conditioning, and specifically its impact on the environment and sustainability policies has, in recent years, become an increasingly important topic of discussion at all levels of business dev... | White paper | 14 Sep 2007 1:55PM

Workplace Law Handbook 2008
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Facilities Management Legal Update 2007: Special Report
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Sustainable Workplaces 2008: Special Report
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NEBOSH General Study Guide: Health and safety at work
Guide to the NEBOSH National General Certificate. May 2002 (latest) edition. ncludes the syllabus and example question papers. Please note: this item is not stocked and may take up to 28 days to de... | product

Workplace Law Handbook 2007
Over 700 pages of updated practical information for workplace managers in an easy to read A-Z format A-Z guidance on everything you need to know about HR and employment law, health and safet... | product

Building Regulations One-day Legal Update Conference 0907
Changes to parts of the Building Regulations in 2006 have health and safety implications for building managers throughout England and Wales. This conference gives an overview of recent changes ... | product

Energy Performance of Buildings 2008: special report
PLEASE NOTE: The Energy Performance of Buildings 2008: Special Report is available only as a downloadable zip file. There is a growing demand on employers to manage buildings more effi c... | product

Energy Performance of Buildings 2006: Special Report
Essential guidance on new requirements for energy-efficient buildings, in force from April 2006 Managing buildings more efficiently is one of the central planks in the Government’s drive to ... | product

Facilities Management Legal Update One-day Conference
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IOSH Managing Safely Certificate 0607 LON
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8th Annual Facilities Management Legal Update Conference and Dinner
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NEBOSH: National General Certificate 0107 London - Tues
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IOSH Managing Safely Certificate 1006 LON
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Premises Management Discount Pack
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NEBOSH: National General Certificate 0906 London
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NEBOSH: National General Certificate (FM) 1205 London
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NEBOSH: National General Certificate (FM) 0905 Cambridge
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Workplace Law Handbook 2005
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Facilities Management Legal Update Special Report
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Workplacelaw Network Handbook 2004
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