Divesting from oil
More and more companies and financial institutions understand the risk of high-carbon assets. . Exeter University is taking its money out of oil: Half UK… Read More »Divesting from oil
Our on-line carbon footprint
‘The cloud’ is actually a vast network of energy-guzzling data centres. . A correspondent has been doing some research on a large part of our… Read More »Our on-line carbon footprint
District Heating in East Devon
Rolling out further Combined Heat and Power systems. But should the council be promoting the model at Cranbrook? . Earlier this month, the Science Festival… Read More »District Heating in East Devon
Onshore wind power ‘makes a comeback’
People had been “fed up…with these unsightly structures”. But why not build small-scale wind farms? . It’s been a pretty windy month – as well… Read More »Onshore wind power ‘makes a comeback’
Knowle Relocation Project: and greenwashing
Retrofitting the old HQ would have been ‘more sustainable’ and ‘better for the environment’. . The District Council has just produced a glowing report: read… Read More »Knowle Relocation Project: and greenwashing
The low-tech wind turbine
“Having more control over your own hands-on environment.” . Wind turbines do not have to be massive – in size or in scale: Wind power… Read More »The low-tech wind turbine
Electricity from ‘thin air’
If everything is to be electrically powered in future we need to be able to create clean electricity. Fortunately many scientists are working on this… Read More »Electricity from ‘thin air’
‘British weather-proof’ solar panels
Liquid technology could be used to coat existing structures to provide unobtrusive electricity. . The UK press has been very much taken by a new… Read More »‘British weather-proof’ solar panels
What is a ‘net-zero carbon’ building?
A new Exeter Science Park building is to be “net zero carbon for operational energy”. But where are the projects which are cutting the use… Read More »What is a ‘net-zero carbon’ building?
Free energy
Of perpetual motion machines and quantum physics . As Wikipedia would remind us: A perpetual motion machine is a hypothetical machine that can do work indefinitely without… Read More »Free energy
Urban design and climate change
Powerful projects to reshape our built environment . Planners, builders and architects have a huge impact on how we live: Architecture and climate change .… Read More »Urban design and climate change
Powering housing with clean energy
It’s about being more energy-efficient, cheaper to run and producing fewer CO2 emissions The news from Wales: . Climate Change: Clean energy to power… Read More »Powering housing with clean energy
Funding for electric vehicle charger
What sort of facilities do we need to encourage electric cars? Solar-powered charging stations for electric cars . The Herald reports on another, local. initiative:… Read More »Funding for electric vehicle charger
Solar-powered charging stations for electric cars
The District Council has very few charging stations: District Council votes for charging points in its car parks The trouble being that we have to… Read More »Solar-powered charging stations for electric cars
The Energy Transition
One of the main issues of the Transition Town movement some ten years ago was ‘peak oil’ – that we’d be running out of the… Read More »The Energy Transition