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Re- use your waste – report
Council leaders have launched a campaign to prevent reusable items ending up in landfill. According to LG News: As much as 615,000 tonnes of…
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Energy efficiency updates
Seven in 10 social housing tenants believe their property could be more energy-efficient, according to a research by a building and repairs contractor. According…
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Local communities offered up to £150k for their own renewable energy
Local communities will be offered up to £150,000 each to create their own renewable energy through solar panels or wind turbines and take on…
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Report demonstrates priority required for green infrastructure
Household energy efficiency must become the UK’s top infrastructure priority with a reinvention of the ‘disappointing’ Green Deal, a report claims. LG news reports:…
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23% of tenants ill due to cold homes
More than a fifth of social housing tenants have suffered ill health as a result of cold homes as they struggle to cope with…
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LHT tenants get £250 off their energy bills
More than 200 households are set to save up to £250 each on their annual gas and electricity bills – after £2.5m was spent…
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ECO – who pays and who benefits?
ECO is a new programme that aims to improve the energy efficiency of homes in Great Britain. Only a limited number of people will…
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Southway tenant energy champions receive award
The greenest social housing organisations in the UK were celebrated this month at the Sustainable Housing Awards 2013 and Southway Housing, who manages homesacross…
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Collective energy switching
A second collective energy switch will take place in Greater Manchester, aiming to allow more residents to cut their household bills it was reported…