NEWS In Brief


NEW SCHOOLS AGENCY TO LEAD ON CONSTRUCTION Partnerships for Schools is to be replaced by a new body, the Education Funding Agency, which take over the schools construction programme. The agency will oversee the building of 100 new Private Finance Initiative schools, which will replace some of the Building Schools for the Future projects that the government has cancelled. www.education.gov.uk


HOUSING STOCK IN ENGLAND STILL GROWING SLOWLY The number of houses built in England each year needs to be 234,000 to keep up with demand, says a new study, but fewer than half this number were built in 2010. The study by the Town and Country Planning Association, found that demand is being driven by a growth in single-parent families. www.tcpa.org.uk


DEVELOPER RECORDS BOOST FOR LONDON SCHEMES Developer British Land is to spend £1.6bn on new developments across London on six separate sites. Projects will include a 700,000 sq ft +building for UPS and a 500,000 sq ft building for NEQ.


New feed-in tariffs ‘will hit solar renewables’


l Larger photovoltaic schemes will no longer come under the tariff system


The solar-energy industry could be severely hit by the announcement of new feed-in tariffs (FiTs), according to a trade association. The government has confirmed that installations of


more than 50kW will not be eligible for FiTs, in a move aimed at protecting funds for small-scale projects. But the Solar Trade Association says that the


move will severely limit cost-effective and accessible public schemes such as those in leisure centres, supermarkets and schools. The association says innovative schemes using


solar power will now become much less likely, with investors moving away to countries where the tariffs are higher. A spokesman for the Department for Energy


and Climate Change (DECC) said that the recent ‘fast-track’ review of the industry conducted by the department had shown the number of planned larger


TARIFFS NEW RATES FOR RENEWABLE TECHNOLOGIES


Solar PV:


l Above 50 kW and up to and including 150 kW total installed capacity (TIC): 19p/kWh


l Above 150kW and up to and including 250 kWh TIC: 15p/kWh


l Above 250 kW and up to and including 5 MW, and standalone installations: 8.5p/kWh


Anaerobic digestion: l At or below 250kW: 14p/kWh


l Above 250kW and up to and including 500kW: 13p/kWh


Source: DECC. www.decc.gov.uk Larger solar projects will be hit, says association


‘ Crushing solar makes zero economic sense for UK plc because it will lose us major manufacturing opportunities, jobs and global competitiveness’


solar photovoltaic (PV) projects was much higher than originally expected. Without urgent action, the scheme would have been overwhelmed within a very short period of time,’ he said. ‘Every 5MW large-scale solar scheme would incur


a cost of approximately £1.3m per year, which means that 20 such schemes would incur an annual cost of around £26m – money that could support PV installations for more than 25,000 households.’ But Howard Johns, chairman of the Solar Trade


Association, said: ‘Ironically, crushing solar makes zero economic sense for UK plc because it will lose us major manufacturing opportunities, jobs and global competitiveness. It also risks locking us in to more expensive energy options in future.’ The government has also announced FiT rates for anaerobic-digestion technologies.


Movers & Shakers | The latest appointments in the sector


Jack Pringle, a partner at Pringle Brandon, is the new deputy chairman of the Construction Industry Council. Ann Heywood, and Ann Skippers have been appointed as vice chairs of the council.


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The Parkside Group has appointed Aaron Dehara as architectural adviser, for the central London area. He has worked for more than seven years with door systems companies as an area manager for south-east England.


CIBSE Journal July 2011


Dr Uwe Krueger has been appointed as the new chief executive of WS Atkins plc. He will succeed Keith Clarke, who has held the position for almost eight years. Dr Krueger will take over as chief executive on 1 August.


The Electrical Contractors Association has appointed Alun Pearson as president. Pearson is managing director of A Pearson Electrical Contractors. He has been in the industry for 35 years.


Jane Boyle of Buro Happold has been named as BREEAM non-domestic ‘Assessor of the Year’ at BREEAM’s 21st birthday awards in London. The full list of winners is available at www.bre.co.uk


Bob Eastburn has been appointed as M&E principal at National Design Consultancy, Warrington. NDC offers the complete M&E, energy and sustainability solution in-house from its national office network.


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