Consulting on Microgen

Just last week, SE² were appointed facilitators for the first part of the Microgeneration Strategy Consultation by the Energy Efficiency Partnership for Homes on behalf of DECC.  This is going to involve an intensive couple of months working with industry representatives to feed into the Strategy Consultation document that DECC will publish in October.  Four working groups are being established across the themes of Quality and Certification, Technology Development, Skills, and Information and Advice.  The process kicks off with a Roundtable meeting with the Minister, with the first working group meetings expected to take place during the first two weeks of August.  Further details about the consultation are available here. (Published: 21/7/10)

On the road to energy recovery from waste

We are currently in the ‘summer recess’ of a roadshow of nine workshops across the English Regions on behalf of Defra and DECC to discuss the benefits of energy recovery from waste when linked to CHP and district networks.  Aimed at local authority officers in waste and planning, as well as Elected Members, the three events so far – in Exeter, Newcastle and Birmingham – have been very well attended: Liverpool is next on 8^th September.  SE² is taking all the bookings for these workshops through our online system, and is responsible for all the administration and logistics in all the regions.  Further details can be found at our Events Page. (Published: 21/7/10)

Low carbon refurbishment in the spotlight

The Construction Products Association recently launched An Introduction to Low Carbon Domestic Refurbishment, a publication that provides hands-on, practical help for homeowners, architects, buliders and building control when looking to improve energy efficiency in existing housing. Co-written by SE2 Ltd, working with Rickaby Thompson Associates and John Willoughby, the guide places the need to refurbish existing homes at the heart of work to reduce the UK's carbon emissions. 

You can download the guide from the CPA website here. (Published: 28/6/10)

Date announced for CHPA Annual Conference 2010

The Combined Heat and Power Association's annual conference and awards dinner will be held on Thursday 25th November 2010, at One Great George Street and Gibson Hall, London.

The meeting place for the CHP, cogeneration and district heating industries, this year's conference is planned to be more wide-ranging than ever before. Find out more at our Events page, or at www.chpa.co.uk.

Gold!

One of SE²'s biggest achievements this year has been becoming of only six SMEs in London to achieve Gold Level in the Mayor of London's Green Procurement Code. The Code is a support programme for organisations wishing to reduce their environmental impact through purchasing and reflects our ongoing commitment to making our business as sustainable as possible. A thorough audit by a Code Assessor scored our procurement practices above the average for all categories, including involving and engaging staff in green procurement, working with suppliers and embedding green procurement in our policy and communications.

We will continue to work on `greening' our supply chain, including evaluating all our purchasing decisions against sustainability criteria and seeking out ways to reduce and improve on what we buy. Green procurement has become central to our everyday activities, but it's not something we consider an extra effort: it is how we run our business. SE² aims to be environmentally aware in everything that we do so that when we are working throughout the energy and environment section, we can be confident that we are practising what we preach, and that we can talk from experience. (Published: 9/12/09)