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Lighting management specialist Ex-Or has helped Birmingham City Council undertake their own second-city based green revolution, with their services rendering the new £38 million office complex the UK's most environmentally friendly council property ever, ever. According to the Electrical Portal, the 10 Woodcock Street development Read more...

  So LED lighting in the UK looks set to get a big boost: British-based manufacturer Marl International is set to pump further investment into developing its LED output across the UK and further afield. According to Electronics Weekly, the firm looks set to invest £150,000 into its site in Ulverston, Cumbria, as part of a £270,000 Read more...

A unique voltage optimisation system has helped a UK-based manufacturer to win the plaudits at the annual PwC Private Business Awards held this week. EMSc (UK) Ltd, manufacturers of energy saving solutions and voltage optimisation units, took home the Technology Innovation of the Year award at the annual gala for its Powerstar voltage solution. Read more...

"It's not easy being green," said Kermit the Frog, in his classic song 'It's Not Easy Being Green'. And for landlords, it's even more difficult: when they're not chasing under an immovable fridge trying to find a mouse or painting over damp patches in bathrooms across their assets, it's hard to find time to Read more...

Despite recycling, Green Deals and some of the leaps and bounds made in recent years in styles of poncho, some homeowners are still lacking a little in their green, earth-loving credentials: and it means they might well turn to tradepersons and contractors when it comes to advice over how to provide energy efficiency around the home. And as vice Read more...

It's not just around the home that LED lighting can provide illumination, as recent developments in grow lighting can attest. Since their launch in the early '00s, LED grow lights - those used to encourage sensitive plants to flower, in laboratories and sheds alike - have shared the same misconceptions as commercial LED lighting, thought to Read more...

So you want to change the feel of a room, but painting all four walls is such a drag. Think about it: doing the calculations for how much paint you'll need in your head, wrestling the ladder from one end of the room to the other as you go about the job, plus actually getting on and doing it. And in the end, if the lighting in your room isn' Read more...

A recent IMS Research forecast has predicted continuing large-scale adoption of LED lighting across the globe is set to save $100 billion (£64 billion) in worldwide energy costs over the next five years. The report, based on industry interviews with leading figures and suppliers, predicts rapid growth in demand and conversion to LED Read more...

  Families are spending up to £86 a year on leaving electrical gadgets plugged in to charge or leaving televisions on standby, a study published today suggests. According to Energy Saving Trust (EST) researchers, families are squandering money on electrical wastage and the impact is being felt on their fuel bills. Even homeowners who Read more...

There are a number of factors that have a major effect on your electrical energy consumption around the home: which tariff you subscribe to, whether you've installed energy efficiency measures such as LED light bulbs and energy meters, and if you and your family are energy smart enough to turn off lights when not in use being chief among Read more...