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Your Guide to Solar School Zone Systems and Signs

As the summer draws to a close and kids across the country prepare to go back to school, more eyes and ears are on the safety zones surrounding the schools than ever. Obviously, it’s critical that we ensure children are safe as they travel to and from these facilities. Regulations are in place to guide […]

Learn About Renewable Energy Services

Renewable Energy Renewable power is a hot topic in the world today. This is important for our planet because the energy we are using is harming us. Renewable power can be solar, wind, hydropower, geothermal, and biofuel as a beginning. These are clean fuels that comes from natural sources. They are becoming more and more […]

Vast uninsurable cost of nuclear energy – 8.71 Euros per kWh

Climate Change Motion for BANES – Bath and North East Somerset Council

Bath and North East Somerset Council Full Council meeting 15 September 2022 Green Party Motion on the impact of increasing taxation on the inhabitants of B&NES as a result of the Government’s continued support and funding of nuclear power in preference to renewable energy generation. To be proposed by Cllr Joanna Wright Council Notes: […]

How do govts and academics financially analyze infrastructure projects

What is the correct method for govts and academics to financially analyze infrastructure projects, and why is this analysis method different from the way an investor or merchant banker would analyze it but without this creating a conflict or incongruity? What we are talking about here is long-term infrastructure projects such as railways, district heat, […]

Trams remove cars from Amsterdam’s streets

Trams remove cars from Amsterdam’s streets See also for similar pictures: https://www.google.com/search?q=amsterdam+street+traffic+before+after&client=firefox-b-d&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj7wYDW9cj5AhXOhc4BHXoYDiYQ_AUoAXoECAEQAw&biw=1389&bih=650&dpr=1#imgrc=r5XQmYqzgB10oM

IP&EE conference, NEC Birmingham, 8th – 10th June 2010, diesel generators, on independent power and energy – biomass, chp, gas engine, solar, ORC turbines, policy, feed in tarrifs,

INVITATION TO DELIVER A TECHNICAL ENERGY TALK OR RESEARCH PAPER TO A KEY AUDIENCE AT THE POWEREX LIVE 2022 EVENT IN LONDON

INVITATION TO DELIVER A TECHNICAL TALK OR RESEARCH PAPER TO A KEY AUDIENCE OF ENERGY EXPERTS AT THE CLAVERTON / POWEREX EVENT IN LONDON. When & where: 8th December 2022 at the prestigious Park Plaza Hotel – Westminster – London – Free lunch included – no attendance fee. Virtual Lectures online can be delivered […]

High thermal mass, lower summer overheating and low energy demand housing

The architect Stephen Reyburn built a high-mass house in London SW13 ~35 years ago. Mid-terrace, infill. Cavity external walls, concrete floors & stairs. Not dissimilar to Blandford Avenue, possibly a slightly higher thermal capacity. It had MVHR but was designed mostly for lower space heating bills. Summer comfort as good as an air-conditioned building was […]

Cold weather COP of air source heat pumps is about 3.1

The COP of air source heat pumps during cold weather is still about 3.1 even allowing for defrosting energy? Jez BRE, BrendanUys – Heacol Dear Clavertons – what is the cold day COP of a heat pump including all defrosting energy? Dave Andrews Dave In my experience it is not the defrosting energy that […]

Electric cars won’t necessarilly solve pollution

Dear Katy, I liked your today’s Guardian supplement MY GREEN POD but disappointed by the uncritical praise for electric cars and the assumption that somehow they are going to help us solve the problem of pollution and carbon emissions. Apart from environmental issues, electric cars just mean carrying on ruining our cities with electric powered […]