The Green Element staff pride ourselves on being forward-thinking environmental consultants that do everything we can to lower our carbon footprint – but if we are being honest, we still have some bad habits we are trying to break. Having a positive effect on the environment can be as easy as making the decision to […]
Hot off the press are the new 2018 UK Defra carbon conversion factors the full set of which you can download fast here. These are ‘Defra’ conversion factors, although are now created and published by BEIS. Need help applying the carbon conversion factors? Need help or advice about when and how to use these, which […]
The annual UN World Environment Day took place on June 5th 2018, hosted in India – it was inaugurated in 1974 and falls on the same date each year. The aim is to generate global awareness of key environmental issues and help encourage action, at individual, national, and global levels. This year, the focus has […]
Do you know if coffee cups are recyclable? Should you use a hand dryer over a paper towel? The aim of this article is to clear up the issues that confuse people regularly about sustainability in order to help you make informed decisions. We all unknowingly make the wrong decisions but for the right reasons. […]
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The United Kingdom has committed to reducing emissions by 2050 to 100% based on a 1990 baseline. Currently, the carbon budget targets have been met, but for the UK to continue to improve and meet the 2050 target, more strict regulation has been implemented by the Government. As around 40% of the UK’s energy consumption […]
As David Attenborough turned 92 this week, he has been in the news being celebrated for his incredible life. We wanted to discuss one element of that legacy which has been having a colossal effect on society’s views of sustainability and environmentalism within the UK recently. Since the airing of the recent series of ‘Blue […]
Two Green Element staff went along to the CLEMG (Central London Energy Management Group) event Futureproofing Energy in central London on April 17th 2018. We were treated to a series of short presentations from a dynamic group of energy professionals from different specialisms across the energy management spectrum. ISO 50001:2018 Revision We heard from Martin […]
April 2018 Legal Updates The Energy Performance of Buildings (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 revise the fees to be paid when entering data onto the register. Additions have been made to the list of data items from the register that may be published on a website. The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendments No. […]
In the years following the ‘Industrial Revolution’, the impact of anthropogenic influences began to manifest. The increasing demand for coal, the large amounts of land clearance for rail and industrial lands all began to take their toll on the environment. In 1896, scientist Svante Arrhenius published the first calculations of human-induced climate change, this was […]
