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Energy Efficiency: 18 Easy To Implement Tips For Your Business

Green Business Bureau

Energy Efficiency: 18 Easy to Implement Tips for Your Business. Most electricity is generated by burning fossil fuels which emit greenhouse gasses and other harmful pollutants into the atmosphere. Fossil fuels, water, and land are all scarce resources that are at risk without proper energy efficiency initiatives. Energy Source.

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Unlocking smart meter data for research

Smart Energy International

James O’Toole explains how the UK’s Smart Energy Research Lab is enabling researcher access to smart meter data. With over 21 million smart gas and electric meters now in Great Britain’s homes, there is a growing wealth of half-hourly and daily domestic energy use data available to those who can access it.

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How to Build and Retrofit a Sustainable Home

Green Business Bureau

Building and Retrofitting a Sustainable Home. Whether you’re building from scratch or adding onto an existing home, there are a variety of green building materials and products on the market today to create your sustainable home vision. Eco-Friendly, Ethically-Sourced Building Materials. RECLAIMED LUMBER.

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Green Realtor® Guide: Marketing Eco-Friendly Homes and Sustainability

Green Business Bureau

As a green realtor® passionate about the planet’s future and our own, you can play an important role in delivering the message of sustainability to homeowners and support a greener, healthier real estate industry. Energy efficiency. Green, non-toxic building materials. Home renewable energy systems. Resource conservation.

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Geopolitical uncertainty, trade restrictions and divergence on AI ‘biggest risks’ to growth for global companies

Envirotec Magazine

The Energy and Natural Resources sector also recorded the lowest Financial Performance Index (FPI) score amongst all sectors, an indicator of under-performance and potential instability. Ethical and responsible AI deployment is crucial to maintain trust among stakeholders.

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Startups to watch: Innovate UK announces sustainability accelerator programme

Envirotec Magazine

Companies selected fall across the broad themes of Net Zero, Circular World, Society, Health and Food. All building innovation led companies to deliver profitable and equitable outcomes for our world. The 13 companies are: Achelous Energy – Generating 100% carbon-free energy, 24-hours a day, from fast flowing rivers.

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The Return on Investment (ROI) of Sustainable Business

Green Business Bureau

In some regions, lack of access to natural resources and basic necessities such as water or reliable electricity is a major impediment to profitability and growth. For these reasons and others, a business strategy that includes sustainability is key to building resilience, improving profits, and reducing risk.