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On Friday 28 November, over 120 students and staff at the University of Reading explored the campus by night.

They were taking part in an NUS Blackout event, as part of the University's Carbon Countdown programme, to investigate just how many computers, printers, lights and other electrical items had been left on unecessarily for the weekend - and to switch them off.

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This year’s Heat Conference will take place on Wednesday 5 November, and once again SE2 has been working alongside conference hosts the CHPA and the Energy Institute to deliver an exciting and informative event.

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As most people who are likely to read this blog know, all homes are expected to have smart meters by 2020.  There’s lots of debate raging about the pros and cons of ‘smart’ (as it’s called for short amongst those in the know) – as well as whether the roll out will actually hit its target – and I suspect that more than a few of my geeky friends are excited about the prospect of new tech.  But how can we make sure that everyone benefits

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Last year, we created the London Fuel Poverty Hub. It's a website dedicated to providing information about the fuel poverty services that are available across all 33 London Boroughs, and it's widely used by residents, voluntary sector organisations and health professionals as a shortcut to finding local advice and funding.

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We're all busy people. There's emails to respond to, calls to make, people to meet, blogs to write - and then of course work to actually deliver. Time is precious. Which is why I was slightly bemused by a seminar I went to a couple of months ago that seemed to have no real purpose.

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