If you want to 'Make a Change' in your life next year make it a green and ethical change with the help of UK Energy Saving. Each month we will be publishing a green and an ethical suggestion for changes you could make in your life that month. Find out more in our press release below and watch this space...
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Read some of the news and opinion following the Cancun climate summit:
Cancún deal leaves hard climate tasks to Durban summit in 2011 - Guardian
Transparency and Accountability are Vital to the Cancun Agreement - Reuters
Cautious optimism for Cancun REDD forest deal - Business Green
Outcomes of Cancun Climate Conference (Oral Statement to Parliament) - DECC website
The online version of Book of Green is accessed from their website at www.bookofgreen.co.uk and it is very easy to do so. On opening the publication you are given the choice of three ways to view the directory, either magazine view whereby you can turn pages and see a double page spread, presentation view which shows single pages or paper view where you are basically scrolling down. I personally liked paper view best but unfortunately the links from the contents page to the various sections weren’t working. They worked fine in the other two views.
Read the full review here.
We have a new page on our main website on the topic of voltage optimisation. This technology allows the voltage coming into a building to be reduced, saving energy and offering benefits to electrical equipment which can suffer due to overvoltage.
Find out more at our new voltage optimisation page.
Products such as boilers, fridges, lighting and televisions will have to meet new energy efficiency requirements in order to be sold in the UK following new regulations - Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products Regulations 2010 SI 2617. Find out more at the NetRegs website.
Some more news on the climate summit in Cancun:
Cancun climate conference: What to expect in week two
Cancun: Greenpeace activists stage underwater protests
Cancun climate conference: Britain should lead the way
The product works by the use of a fan which automatically switches on when the built-in thermostat reaches a set temperature. It is possible to hear the fan running quietly and you can feel the warm air being blown out from the Radiator Booster if you put your hand nearby. Whilst it isn’t possible to accurately measure how much energy the product saves, it is logical that the action of the fan will help to heat the room more effectively which should in turn save energy.
I would suggest that the Radiator Booster is a great product to use in your most-frequented rooms which are usually those with radiators set to the highest temperatures. At around £19 each, the initial outlay for these products could add up if you were to buy them for a number of radiators, but, according to the packaging, they could pay for themselves within two winter months.
Read the full review here.
Below are some links to the latest news from the UN climate change summit in Cancun, Mexico.
World Bank and UN debut new climate finance portal
Rich and poor nations outline plan for carbon reporting deal
Climate change aid will cost British taxpayers £2.9bn over four years
Fears US will walk out of 'last chance' climate talks
