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The Centre for Efficient and Renewable Energy in Buildings (CEREB) was officially launched at London South Bank University, supported by the Electrical Contractors’ Association. The industry teaching centre has ground-source heat pumps, solar shading and uses thermal mass. The ECA is also launching a new management development training programme across the UK to help contractors develop their careers.
New identity for CHPA The Combined Heat and Power Association (CHPA) celebrated the launch of its new brand and website at its annual President’s Reception. The CHPA also introduced its document on Integrated Energy: The role of CHP and district heating in our energy future. The publication explains how CHP and district heating can contribute to the UK’s energy challenges.
www.chpa.co.uk
New awards launched The heat pump industry has launched its own dedicated awards. The National Heat Pump Awards 2011 will be held on 23 June 2011 in Birmingham, supported by industry and its patron organisation, the Heat Pump Association (HPA). The closing date for entries is 4 March 2011.
www.national-
heat-pump-awards.co.uk
HVCA joins group The HVCA has become a member of the UK Contractors’ Group, which represents construction companies. It is hoped the move will help the industry to speak with one unified voice.
RAE elects new Fellows Fifty-three UK engineers have been elected to the Royal Academy of Engineering following its annual general meeting in London. The complete list of new Fellows for 2010 is available at
www.raeng.org.uk in the news releases section.
New policies are needed to drive carbon cuts in sectors such as power generation, the CCC report argues
Carbon targets may not be achieved, says CCC
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A major acceleration in the pace of carbon cuts
is still required for Britain to achieve its own legally binding emissions targets. In its second report to parliament, the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) warned government that a step-change was still needed in residential and non-residential energy efficiency improvement, and renewable heat and electricity, despite greenhouse gas emissions falling by 1.9% in 2008 and 8.6% in 2009. The CCC attributed this fall to the recession and other factors such as fuel prices. The report said: ‘There is no evidence of broad outperformance
on implementation of measures in 2009. ‘In the absence of such a step
change (ie based on the rate of implementation of measures in 2009) there would be a gap of around 35 Mt CO2 relative to the (currently legislated)third interim carbon budget, and 150 Mt CO2 relative to the intended third budget.’ It added that while progress
has been made developing approaches to drive the step change, new policies are still required in order to reduce emissions in the power, buildings, transport and agriculture sectors. The UK Green Building Council welcomed the report. Paul King,
chief executive, said: ‘There’s no escaping the implications of this report – we need to up our game if we’re to meet our legally binding carbon targets. ‘A lot rests on the upcoming
Energy Bill and government’s plans for a “Green Deal” scheme for households.’ But the Renewable Energy
Association warned that, once the recession is over, the emissions floodgates could open unless more is invested in energy efficiency, and it called on the government to introduce the Renewable Heat Incentive as planned. The CCC’s next progress report
to parliament will be in June 2011.
www.theccc.org.uk
WSP mulls further job losses
Multi-disciplinary international group WSP has admitted it is talking to staff about the possibility of job cuts, as reductions in government spending continue to take effect. Just a year ago the company laid
off 1,000 staff worldwide, with 120 jobs going in the UK. While it is not being specific about the potential number of redundancies, the
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company confirmed that it is talking to its highways team. The company said: ‘WSP is
experiencing the same challenging market conditions as our competitors. ‘The recent measures by the government to reduce the UK budget deficit have resulted in changes in our workload, and it is
therefore necessary to align our resources and cost base to our future workload.’ Meanwhile US engineering firm
URS Corp has won a bidding war to buy Scott Wilson, one of the firms heavily involved in the design of the Crossrail project. The 290p-per- share offer values the company at £223m.
www.cibsejournal.com
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