Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is expecting to make annual savings of around £750,000 following the completion of an LED retrofit programme currently underway at its manufacturing facility in Solihull.
Porsche has pledged to reduce the environmental impact and energy consumption of its production facilities after reporting increases in emissions and usage over 2015.
Glass manufacturing giant NSG found a number of ways to help alleviate the “not insignificant” costs it was faced with in order for its UK manufacturing plants to comply with the Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (ESOS).
Industrial manufacturers and other high energy users could see their annual energy bills increase by millions as a result of a government-ordered review which could block companies from avoiding national transmission charges through onsite generation.
The UK Green Building Council (UK-GBC) has recommended that the energy metric kWh per m2 be adopted across the building industry to provide a common unit of aspiration in the move to close the gap between design and building performance.
A new research project is underway to develop a platform for saving energy and increasing product reliability in commercial buildings, following the procurement of funds from the European Commission.
Businesses must move faster than government policy on energy efficiency if they are to meet specific targets, but they are more than readily equipped to do so, the Aldersgate Group’s David Symons has said.
