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By Julia Hawkins, Ashden PR and Digital Media Manager
The Climate Change Act created legally binding commitments to reduce the UK’s CO2 emissions by 80% by 2050. With housing responsible for more than 25% of total emissions, any coherent strategy for tackling climate change must address the buildings we live in – and that includes social housing.
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Top tips on creating a sustainable school from Keith Webber, Okehampton College Community Energy Manager
Share this storyBy Simon Brammer, Ashden UK Programme Manager
In case you missed it, last week the Department of Energy and Climate Change published the results of a detailed study of household power demand, revealing worrying upward trends. For example, it found that standby consumption in a household currently amounts to 9-16% of UK domestic power demand, contrasting to a previously estimated 5-10%.
Share this storyBy Julia Hawkins, Ashden PR and Digital Media Manager
So we know all about smart phones, smart meters and smart grids - what about smart cities? Last Thursday's Base London conference brought techies together with businesses, local authorities and charities to discuss how cities can harness data towards tackling climate change.
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By Simon Brammer, Ashden UK Programme Manager
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By Carla Jones, Ashden Communications Assistant
How do you get to become the UK’s greenest hospital? A good start is to have a passionate communicator like Susan Osborne, who has succeeded in galvanising staff throughout the University Hospital of South Manchester (UHSM) to play their part in helping the hospital cut carbon and save money.
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In his Going Green column for Intelligent Life, Robert Butler (who also writes for this blog) argues that going green is first and foremost about recognising that we share this planet with other people and we can learn a lot from the lessons we teach our children at home.
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