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Utilities: Interesting Times – Blessing or Curse?

CGI

Utilities: Interesting Times – Blessing or Curse? There’s no doubt about it, the Utilities sector is living in ‘Interesting Times’ and those times are becoming ever more ‘interesting’. There’s no doubt about it, the Utilities sector is living in ‘Interesting Times’ and those times are becoming ever more ‘interesting’.

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The importance of demand response for electricity providers

CGI

Demand response is one of many resources that have been used to satisfy the increasing demand for electricity, but with net energy consumption remaining relatively static in recent years, what is the future role, if any, for demand response? To begin with, the growing use of low-carbon technologies could increase net energy use again.

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A greener library: The Bodleian?s push for sustainability

CILIP

We launched a new ambitious carbon target in June last year, we are committed to reducing emissions by 50 per cent by 2030 ( [link] ), however, we haven?t This change also results in a significant reduction in energy use from the moment of installation, making the project payback periods very attractive. She said: ?For