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‘SAVE OUR SURFACES’ – BUILDING A BIG AUDIENCE AFTER ECOBUILD LAUNCH
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undreds of the UK’s leading names from across the FM, Estates Management, construction, refurbishment, housing and Local Authority sectors have signed up to the Save Our Surfaces Campaign after it was officially launched at Ecobuild in London. The campaign –
www.saveoursurfaces.co.uk - aims to raise awareness of the benefits – both environmental and financial of taking a Repair Not Replace approach to damage on sites – from new build to Facilities Maintenance to refurbishment projects. Launched by the UK’s nationwide surface repair specialist – Plastic Surgeon – hundreds of firms signed up to the launch of the campaign which will provide a range of support including information and advice on how to prevent damage happening, regular e-newsletters, case studies on best practice, a free downloadable i-app called Snag Reporter to help compile Repair Snagging Lists and a specially created Repair Reporter enabling businesses to record information on their own repairs and see how these are contributing to a nationwide landfill saving. Members of Plastic Surgeon’s UK wide team of
Finishers were on the stand at Ecobuild providing live demonstrations showing how damaged surfaces are repaired, providing a very visual understanding of the benefits that taking a repair approach first can have. Plastic Surgeon MD Rob Mouser said that for many visiting the stand they could instantly see the benefits that
could be achieved in terms of repairing surfaces such as brick and stone, wood, veneers, laminates, uPVC, plastics, enamel baths and glass rather than ripping them out and replacing them. “For many visitors to our stand it was the first time they had seen just what could be
achieved in terms of the range of surface repairs that could be carried out and we had everyone from leading UK construction firms, to social housing groups with responsibility for the upkeep of thousands of properties really turning on to the benefits that Repair not Replace can offer them,” said Rob. “The objective of the Save Our Surfaces campaign is to help reduce the amount of unnecessary waste that is created – by highlighting just what can be repaired – when the first instinct has traditionally been to replace damaged surfaces, and one of the key elements is raising awareness, as many people are simply unaware what can be achieved.” To find out more about the Save Our Surfaces Campaign and quickly and easily sign up to start receiving the range of support materials available visit
www.saveoursurfaces.co.uk or call 0845 141 0000.
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FUTURE LOW CARBON VEHICLES ‘OFFER PROSPECT OF CASH SAVINGS FOR DRIVERS’ • Report published by Cambridge Econometrics and Ricardo-AEA based on a research project convened by the European Climate Foundation
• Technical and macro- economic study focuses on light duty vehicles – cars and vans
• Results show that overall, the cost of technologies required to meet proposed European 2020 CO2
vehicles. As part of the study, the impacts of the European Commission’s proposed 2020 CO2
regulation for cars and vans have been assessed. The analysis showed that a shift to low-carbon vehicles would increase spending on vehicle technology, therefore generating positive direct employment impacts, but potentially adding
regulation will
be more than off-set by fuel savings The study, carried out jointly by Ricardo-AEA and Cambridge Econometrics, aimed to analyse the economic impacts of decarbonizing light duty
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€1,000-€1,100 to the capital cost of the average new car in 2020. However, these additional technology costs would be offset by fuel savings of around €400 per year, indicating an effective break-even point for drivers of approximately three years. At the EU level, the cost of running and maintaining the European car fleet would become €33-35 billion lower each year than in a “do nothing scenario” by 2030, leading to positive economic impacts including indirect
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employment gains. Data on the cost of low carbon vehicle technologies has largely been sourced from the auto industry itself, with the study supported by a core working group including Nissan, GE, the European Association of Automotive Suppliers (CLEPA), and the European Storage Battery Manufacturers Association (Eurobat). Fuel price projections for the study were based on the IEA’s World Energy Outlook, while technical modelling was carried out using the transport policy scoping tool SULTAN (developed by Ricardo-AEA for the European
Commission) and the Road Vehicle Cost and Efficiency Calculation Framework, also developed by Ricardo-AEA. Macro-economic modelling was done using the E3ME model, which has previously been used for several
European Commission and EU government impact assessments.
This report focuses on efficient use of fossil fuels in internal combustion- and hybrid electric vehicles. It will be followed by a second report, which will focus on further reducing the use of fossil fuels by also substituting them with domestically produced energy carriers, such as electricity and hydrogen.
The report of this study ‘An Economic Assessment of Low Carbon Vehicles’ is available for download from the news and media section of the Ricardo web site:
http://www.ricardo.com/en- GB/News--Media/Press- releases/News-
releases1/2013/Future-low- carbon-vehicles-offer- prospect-of-cash-savings- for-drivers/
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