energy costs

energy costs

Cost savings, carbon cuts drive efficiency, study finds

UK businesses are working to become more energy efficient not because of regulations, but out of a desire to cut costs  and reduce carbon footprints, according to a new industry survey from RS Components, a European distributor of electronic, electrical and industrial components. The July 2009 survey polled energy managers,

energy costs

Energy efficiency could save UK schools £70 million

Britain’s head teachers could wipe £70 million off school energy bills by making their buildings more energy efficient, the Carbon Trust said today. Those savings could pay for some 230,000 extra computers for schools each year, or fund the purchase of more than 4.5 million textbooks, according