News stories of the month EI Awards 2010: And the winners are….. T


he Energy Institute (EI) has presented its annual EI Awards, supported by the Environment


Agency. These awards celebrate innovation and excellence within all sectors of the international energy industry. The welcome reception was sponsored by ABB, and the ceremony was hosted by former Rugby Union international Austin Healey. • Communication Award, sponsored by the Global CCS Institute Marks & Spencer for its ‘Energy Communications Campaign’


• Community Initiative Award, sponsored by Nexen AID Foundation for ‘Running water uphill’


• Environment Award, sponsored by Air Products


Ringmer Community College for ‘Encouraging environmental sustainability in secondary education’


• Individual Achievement Award, sponsored by Expert Alumni Prof Martin Green, Executive Research Director, Australian Research Council Photovoltaics Centre of Excellence at The University of New South Wales, for his work in revolutionising solar cell technology


• Innovation Award, sponsored by Amec


Diverse Energy for ‘Low-cost,


green, ammonia-based power for off-grid telecoms in Africa & Asia’


• Safety Award, sponsored by Shell Reliance Industries (Hazira Manufacturing Division) for ‘Road Safety TRUST Programme’


• Technology Award, sponsored by Premier Oil


University of New South Wales/Suntech Power Holdings for ‘Pluto Technology – the world’s most commercially successful solar cell’


• Energy Excellence Award, sponsored by Luther Pendragon Marks & Spencer for its ‘Energy Efficiency Programme’ www.energyinst.org


Unveiling of University of Salford’s Energy House O


n 26th and 27th January 2011 the University of Salford will be holding the


UK’s first conference on the challenge of how to sustainably retrofit existing housing stock which will also feature the unveiling of the world’s first Energy House. The conference, which is being sponsored by ISG, will see delegates drawn from across industry, the public sector and academia. They will be sharing insights on sustainability challenges and the government’s policies to meet them.


Its timeliness is highlighted by the government’s announcement of legislation to be put before parliament in December to help bring private rented housing up to energy-efficiency levels of the


owner-occupier sector. Under its “green deal,” the government wants to enable homeowners to make their house or flat energy-efficient, by installing insulation and draught- proof doors and windows with no immediate payments.


The world’s first Energy House was announced earlier this to year to great industry and media interest and it will be unveiled at the conference. It is a full-size traditional Coronation Street-style terraced house built in a laboratory to study domestic energy consumption. To cost-effectively retrofit old properties and make them as carbon-efficient as possible requires detailed and robust research. The house is fitted as a typical working home, built in the same style as 4.5m pre-1920 UK homes, with fully functioning water, gas and electricity supplies. The university’s academics are conducting tests inside the house to gauge how its energy consumption varies depending on variable factors and conditions. The conference itself will be a business-focused event discussing issues with and associated with Retrofit, and what can be done to improve products and the take-up of


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new technologies. Delegates will include technology providers, construction companies, installation companies, housing organisations and social landlords, local councils and local government and policy makers.


The Energy House and conference is a response to the sustainability challenge presented by the UK’s ageing housing stock. Statistics from the Communities and Local Government English House Condition Survey 2007 Annual Report show that 70% of the country’s residential property will still be inhabited in 2050 and 91% of all UK homes would benefit substantially from improvements in energy efficiency. Improved insulation and boiler upgrades alone could see heating emissions reduced by 22%. The country’s least efficient properties were predominantly constructed prior to 1920. These currently make up 15% of UK homes but actually account for 23% of total notional CO2


emissions. Of


these dwellings, more than 2m are the two-up, two-down terraced-style that the University has replicated. www.energy.salford.ac.uk


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