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The Green Apple Awards – Pictures
A “Grand Day Out” at the “House of “Commons” where we were wined and dined and awarded a “Green Apple Award” for our contributions to “Energy Awareness and Conservation” among “Small Business Owners”.
The lady giving the award is “Ms Alexandra Bastedo” who famously set the hearts of every red blooded male racing in the television series “The Champions” and what a beautiful lady she remains to this day.
powerPerfector wins new contract with the Environment Agency
The Environment Agency has become the latest government agency to install voltage power optimisation (VPO) and has today signed a contract to install powerPerfector units across 33 of its sites. The estimated effect to these buildings will be a 12 % reduction in carbon emissions per year and energy savings totaling up to £200,000 – meaning the initiative will have paid for itself within three to four years.
powerPerfector’s guaranteed delivery of carbon savings and return on investment has seen a number of leading Blue Chip organisations install VPO units throughout the UK, and in the public sector DECC, DEFRA, Ofgem and DFID, are already receiving the benefit of huge savings in both carbon and costs.
“We are delighted to have been chosen by the Environment Agency as a partner in their energy efficiency programme,” says Angus Robertson CEO of powerPerfector.
“Energy management has to be a core element of any organisational strategy addressing the need to meet the CRC. This decision demonstrates the EA’s commitment to take a lead in reducing costs, and more importantly carbon, on a positive investment basis.”
Commenting on the contribution powerPerfector will make to the Environment Agency’s energy management strategy, Graham Ledward, Director of Resources at the Environment Agency said:
“The UK has a target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 80 per cent by 2050. This is a difficult but vital task if we are to prevent severe climate change. However, improved environmental performance does not have to mean increased costs. In fact, good environmental performance makes business sense because it can cut costs.
From April 2010 many large businesses and public sector organisations including the Environment Agency will need to register under the Government’s CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme, which is designed to reduce carbon emissions. I would encourage businesses to see this as an opportunity, to build environmental credibility and save money.”
Environmentalist Jonathon Porritt says: “I had an interesting example the other day where I went to visit a small company marketing something called powerPerfector which is essentially a voltage optimisation technology. [It] can be made to work for any organisation with large electricity bills and this is a relatively simple system, it’s not particularly complicated to install, the savings are substantial on both total energy consumption and the carbon footprint. You look at that and you say – why would anyone not want to make an investment with such a quick payback period to ratchet down their consumption and CO2 emissions?”
Fiona Harvey of the Financial Times has described powerPerfector as a ‘company to watch’ and that the ‘ethical choice’ complements cost reduction principles – ‘businesses are likely to be just as drawn by the savings they can make’ (October 2009)
CITIES LINK UP IN GREENHOUSE GAS BATTLE
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> Britain’s biggest cities, including Leeds and Sheffield, have joined
> forces to cut their greenhouse gas emissions.
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> The Core Cities Group of Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, Liverpool,
> Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham and Sheffield have signed up to the
> programme run by a charity set up by former US President Bill Clinton.
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> The Clinton Climate Initiative (CCI) will see the councils work together
> and with the Greater London Authority to cut greenhouse gas emissions
> over the next two years, starting with improving energy efficiency of
> their buildings.
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> The scheme was announced at the Core Cities Summit in Liverpool by
> Councillor John Shipley, leader of Newcastle City Council.
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> He said: “This gives us the chance to demonstrate our commitment to
> addressing climate change, show leadership, and show that we are acting
> together to reduce carbon emissions across all our cities on a big
> scale.”
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> Ira Magaziner, chairman of the Clinton Climate Initiative, said: “We
> will provide the cities with technical support and assistance, building
> on our experience working with other cities around the world that are
> committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions.”
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> London has already set up the Building Energy Efficiency Programme
> (BEEP), in partnership with the Clinton Climate Initiative.
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> The capital has 42 buildings currently being retrofitted under the first
> stage of the programme and has committed another 58 buildings to follow.
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> London Mayor Boris Johnson said: “London is leading the world in having
> developed a simple way for public buildings to go green, helping to
> shave money off energy bills which is especially pertinent in lean
> financial times. We are set to save GBP1million off annual public fuel
> bills as a result.”
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> The Core Cities group said urban areas alone are responsible for about
> one third of all carbon emissions in England.