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TSB offers funding for building evaluations
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The government is to make cash available to help
develop projects for evaluating the performance of buildings. The initiative is among a number
of ‘competitions’ for funding being run by the Technology Strategy Board (TSB). Firms developing ideas for
‘smart’ energy meters and grids are also able to compete for cash. These two are among five
technology areas being targeted by the TSB, which is offering a total funding pot of £30m. The competitions, due to open
this month and next, also aim to increase the speed at which new innovations along the energy supply chain can enter the market. Iain Gray, chief executive, said:
‘Our programme of investment is already paying dividends for the UK, with many of the companies that we have supported moving through
the innovation process and getting ready to take their new products to market. ‘This spring’s investments will
build on our ongoing programme of support for UK business.’ The other three competition
areas are: building performance evaluation; design for future climate; nuclear power technology; economic and business modelling; social and behavioural studies; and smart meters and smart grids.
www.innovateuk.org
The competitions open this month.
Schools’ zero carbon target doubted
It will not be possible to deliver zero carbon schools across the board from 2016, the Zero Carbon Task Force (ZCTF) has concluded. The ZCTF’s final report, Road to
zero carbon, found that the three- to four-year construction cycles for new schools are too long to overcome the technical, financial and social challenges that need to be addressed to deliver zero carbon schools across the board from 2016. In order to meet the challenge,
ZCTF recommends that at least four pilot zero carbon schools should be operational in each government region before 2016; a series of step-changes towards zero carbon new schools should be introduced; and processes should be set up to ensure that energy and carbon are a priority from inception to operation.
www.teachernet.gov.uk
“As an NICEIC Partner we get great technical advice and support which saved Southwark Council and its council tax payers thousands in 2009. By the end of 2010 the total saving for Southwark will be more than £700,000!”
Chris Baxter
Head of Engineering Services, Southwark Council
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