ALL-ENERGY’S ENERGY EFFICIENCY, ENERGY MANAGEMENT ROLE
The countdown has begun in earnest – All-Energy, the UK’s largest exhibition and conference dedicated to renewable energy being held in Aberdeen on Wednesday 23- Thursday 24 May, is just a matter of days away; and a warm welcome awaits all those using, considering using, or specifying microgeneration, onsite renewables, and making sensible use of energy efficiency and energy management measures for businesses/organisations.
Short list of nominees announced for Considerate Hoteliers Association (CHA) Annual ‘Considerate Hotel of the Year Awards 2011/12’
The short list of nominees has been announced for the seven award categories of the prestigious annual Considerate Hoteliers Association (CHA) ‘Considerate Hotel of the Year Awards 2011/12’ – celebrating the best in environmental, sustainable and socially responsible performance and open to all UK hotels and small accommodation operations. Now the nominees will be battling out to see who will be the winners – to be publicly announced and presented at the CHA Awards Gala Lunch on 31 May at the 5-star Four Seasons Hotel London at Park Lane.
EDINBURGH ORGANISATIONS FIRST TO ACHIEVE TOUGH CARBON CUTS
Edinburgh Airport and Edinburgh Napier University have become the first organisations to pass the Carbon Masters Standard, an emissions reduction scheme which sets the UK’s most challenging targets for cutting greenhouse gas output. The scheme, developed by Carbon Masters, an Edinburgh-based consultancy and administered in Scotland, goes further than any of the seven carbon emissions reduction and certification schemes run by organisations south of the border, all of which are based on levels set by the Carbon Trust.
STA WELCOMES DELAY TO SOLAR TARIFF CUTS
Householders should invest in solar, say Good Energy and Greenpeace
The Solar Trade Association welcomed Secretary of State Ed Davey’s confirmation that DECC will be delaying the next round of cuts to the Feed-in Tariff for solar PV. Energy Minister Greg Barker said that this decision was the result of “listening carefully to industry”.
EUROPEAN LIFE SCIENCE AWARDS NOMINEES ANNOUNCED
Celebrating the industry’s greatest achievements
Select Biosciences is pleased to announce the nominees for the second annual European Life Science Awards. The awards ceremony will celebrate the very best of the industry’s achievements and precedes the Second European Lab Automation (ELA) conference and exhibition taking place from 30th- 31st May at the adjoining Congress Centre Hamburg (CCH).
WASTE KING RAISES TONS FOR CHARITY
In the last two months, Waste King, the specialist collections, clearance and recycling company, has donated over five tons of recycled books, DVDs and music CDs to the British Heart Foundation (BHF). In addition, Waste King has donated and recycled over a ton of clothes in aid of the Salvation Army.
