CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme
All change
The government’s CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme is no longer clear cut but saving energy remains a key concern. Harry Forbes of Nexans examines what the changes to the CRC mean for network and data centre managers.
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he government’s CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme appears to be in turmoil, with some critics even suggesting it may be scrapped all together, as
reported by the Daily Telegraph in January.
Major changes made to the CRC following George Osborne’s spending review in October last year have led to uproar, and the business community is hitting back at what it now sees as simply a carbon tax and a stealthy one at that.
Controversy
Whilst the full effects of the CRC on the IT industry remain unclear, and the business world adjusts its stance, many analysts point out that the changes in fact make a stronger case for low carbon IT
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Energy costs account for up to a fifth of business expenditure.
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