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		<title>Environment Agency To Integrate Carbon Emission Reducing VPO Technology</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:39:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Howe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Further to a trial in 8 of their buildings, the Environment Agency will install Voltage Power Optimisation technology in a further 33 of its buildings in a bid to reduce their energy consumption and carbon emissions. The trial resulted in a saving of between 10%-18% of the buildings&#8217; electricity consumption, which is the equivalent of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Incandescent Light Bulb Ban Begins 1st September</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 22:17:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Howe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The EU ban agreed to in December last year which will put an end to the sale of 100 watt and frosted incandescent light bulbs comes into place on 1st September 2009. The ban will help reduce carbon emissions, as energy efficient CFL (Compact Florescent Lamp) bulbs use less energy than the familiar incandescent bulbs, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>British Gas Green Skills Training Centre To Be Built In South Wales Valleys</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 20:13:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Howe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The UK&#8217;s first Green Skills Training Centre will be built in Tredegar in the South Wales Valleys later this year according to an announcement from British Gas and the Welsh Assembly Government. The centre will provide training for up to 1300 people a year, including up-skilling existing British Gas employees in renewable energy technologies. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Defra Launches Eco-Design Consulation To Safeguard Energy Standards</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 08:48:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Howe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new consultation announced today by Government agency, Defra, aims to canvass 213 companies including supermarkets such as Waitrose, Tesco and Asda, energy companies E-on, Npower and British Gas and a range of environmental charities and organisation such as Forum for the Future and WWF. The consultation process is open until 4th September and invites [...]]]></description>
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