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The chief executive of Nottingham based procurement specialist Scape has given advice to central government’s Communities and Local Government Committee (CLG) on the value of collaborative procurement to local authorities. Mark Robinson, who has worked for Scape since 2009, was invited to the latest meeting of the CLG on 4 November, where he spoke about his organisation’s aims to serve the needs of the public sector by providing it with cost effective and safe procurement…

The Carbon Trust is urging local authorities to take advantage of government financial support available for developing heat networks. These can help to decrease the impact of energy cost increases, create new revenue streams, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, address social issues such as fuel poverty, and encourage local development. Grants are being offered to English and Welsh local authorities by the Department of Energy and Climate Change, through its Heat Networks Delivery Unit (HNDU). The…

NPL and Astrium unveil new service to complement current ‘inventory approach’ models and validate national and international energy saving measures The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) is partnering with Astrium Services to deliver a new emissions measurement service to enable countries and cities to better quantify their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. This unique new service will provide actual measurements of carbon dioxide, methane and carbon monoxide that will be fed into a sophisticated atmospheric model to…