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Simply better results: The business case for a design and build approach to projects
In his book Outliers, the author Malcolm Gladwell repeatedly demonstrates that to achieve a significant measure of success in any field requires about 10,000 hours of practice. Well, at Claremont ...
6 Mar 2012 11:50AM

CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme: formerly known as The Carbon Reduction Commitment
The CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme (formerly known as the Carbon Reduction Commitment) is the UK's mandatory climate change and energy saving scheme, which aims to improve energy efficiency and red...
1 Nov 2010 12:24PM

News analysis

The CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme Order 2013 – Simplification changes in force
The CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme Order 2013 (the 2013 Order) was made on 15 May 2013 and entered into force on 20 May 2013. The 2013 Order brings into effect the simplification changes announced...
22 May 2013 3:35PM

‘Simplified’ CRC becoming law
The draft CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme Order 2013 is presently making its way through the legislative procedure for the UK Parliament and the devolved administrations. It is anticipated that the pa...
21 Mar 2013 9:55AM

Regulations

The Energy Performance of Buildings (England and Wales)
On 9 January 2013 the Energy Performance of Buildings (England and Wales) Regulations 2012 entered into force introducing further changes to Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) and Display ...
9 Jan 2013 4:44PM

CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme Order 2010
The CRC is a mandatory scheme aimed at improving energy efficiency and cutting emissions in large public and private sector organisations. These organisations are responsible for around 10% of th...
17 Mar 2010 2:40PM

Official guidance

ISO 50001: Energy management systems
BS ISO 50001 is an International Standard which specifies requirements for an energy management system. It’s anticipated that it will replace BS EN 16001 which will most likely be withdrawn ...
15 Jun 2011 12:00AM

Specification for the assessment of the life cycle greenhouse gas emissions of goods and services
PAS 2050 is a publicly available specification that provides a method for assessing the life cycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of goods and services (jointly referred to as “products&rdquo...
1 Jan 2011 12:29PM

Features

Are your people up to the challenge?
Environmental sustainability provides many challenges for organisations – in ensuring they have individuals with the right technical skills to reduce environmental risks and drive improvement...
29 Apr 2013 9:48AM

Through green tinted glasses – a look ahead to what 2013 holds
January has been an extremely busy time and now we have a chance to catch our breath and share our thoughts and outlook for the coming year. In this Feature, Peter Watts looks at developments in en...
5 Feb 2013 2:01PM

WPL TV films

Facilities Management Legal Update - a review
On Wednesday 24 April, Workplace Law played host to its biannual Facilities management Legal Update conference, which highlighted, over the course of one day, all the issues FMs need to know about ...
29 Apr 2013 4:24PM

Workplace Futures Conference 2013: Building the future of FM
In this series of films from Workplace Futures 2013, we speak to some delegates and speakers from the conference about the state of facilities management.In this short film, we look at energy and s...
8 Apr 2013 11:59AM

Blog Posts

Resource efficiency – a golden opportunity for FMs
I was privileged to be invited to address delegates at the recent European FM Summit in Prague on the subject of waste management. The theme of the presentation, titled ‘Less is more’, ...
21 May 2013 9:02AM

Can one person make a difference?
If someone had asked me six months ago, "What do you do for the environment?" or "How do you help keep our planet green?" my response would have been, "Well, I don’t throw my litter on the fl...
11 Mar 2013 2:05PM

Do we care what we wear?
Fashion Week has just finished. Most of us do not take much notice of what is paraded on the catwalk but we generally do care about the clothes we wear, be it for work, fashion, function or status....
25 Feb 2013 2:50PM

News

University wins gold award for its green efforts
Sheffield Hallam University has been awarded ‘Gold’ status in the Business in the Community Environment Index 2013. The University received a score of 95% for environmental management ...
22 May 2013 4:28PM

Government criticised for confusion over Green Deal
The Energy and Climate Change Select Committee has published a report, “The Green Deal: watching brief”, which criticises the Government for being unable to define what they hope to ...
22 May 2013 12:02PM

Compensation scheme for energy intensive businesses
The Government yesterday (20 May) published guidance informing energy intensive businesses how to claim compensation to offset the cost of energy policy in their electricity bills. The guida...
21 May 2013 4:10PM

Local Authorities breaching energy regulations
According to a recent Freedom of Information (FoI) request, over a third of all Local Authorities across England and Wales have been found in breach of European energy efficiency directive. ...
21 May 2013 2:44PM

Businesses asked how EU environment policies impact the UK
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) have launched a consultation into EU action on the environment and climate ...
21 May 2013 10:28AM

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