NEWS
MODERN LOOK FOR TATE EXTENSION
The fi rst phase of a £200m extension to London’s Tate Modern gallery – designed by the Swiss architects Herzog & De Meuron – is due to be open by next summer. Construction has
already started on the extension, which includes the opening of the former power station’s massive oil tanks as visitor space. The architects’ recent
work includes the National Stadium for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing and The Philharmonic Hall in Hamburg.
Energy suppliers told to double insulation rates
● Huhne calls for more action on homes
Energy Secretary Chris Huhne has warned the so-called Big Six energy suppliers that they will need to double their insulation rates if they are to meet government effi ciency targets. The warning follows a similar statement, reported in the Journal in August, from the Committee on Climate Change – which said more than a million homes a year will need to have cavity wall insulation installed. Huhne, responding to government fi gures
‘ The companies have made good progress to date and we want them to succeed’
showing that 300,000 insulation measures had been fi tted in British homes in the past three months, said: ‘More and more people realise that insulation can save money and make homes cosier.
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‘But these stats also show that energy companies need to pull their fi nger out and get on with offering even more energy saving help to British households. ‘The companies have made good progress to date and we want them to succeed, but they are going to have to accelerate their lagging rates if they’re each going to hit their targets by the end of next year.’ Energy companies were told
by the coalition government in July to increase the help
they make available to people to insulate their homes. About 3.5m homes are likely to benefi t by December 2012 as a result of the tougher carbon emissions reduction target, it is claimed.
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MOST COUNCILS HAVE CUT EMISSIONS
Greenhouse gas emissions have fallen in nearly all local authorities across the UK between 2008 and 2009, according to fi gures from National Statistics. Emissions have been reduced in 402 out
of 406 local authorities in England, Scotland and Wales. The four councils where emissions did increase are Argyll and Bute, Pembrokeshire, Slough, and St Edmundsbury. On average, the industrial and commercial sector was responsible for 43% of local authority emissions, the domestic sector for 30% and road transport for 27%. Between 2005 and 2009, emissions fell
by an average of 12.2%, with the industrial and commercial sector down 15.8%, the domestic sector down 11.7% and road transport down 7.5%. The fi ndings are based on data from the Department of Energy and Climate Change, National Atmospheric Emissions and Inventory, and other sources.
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