Alistair Brown

Learn more about how LED lighting upgrades work and discover how to achieve energy efficiency with LEDs in your business.   If you’re thinking about upgrading your lights to LED, now is the time to do it. With everyone experiencing rising energy costs, we need solutions to lower our energy consumption. LEDs can help lower […]

Award-winning Northern Irish CleanTech company LUMENSTREAM has signed a framework agreement for financing £5m of a pipeline of future projects with investment and asset development company Aquila Capital, accelerating its broader expansion across the UK energy efficiency market.  LUMENSTREAM and Aquila Capital share a common goal to contribute to the global energy transition.   LUMENSTREAM offers

Some of Northern Ireland’s leading technology firms were winners at NI Chamber’s recent Chamber Awards. FinTrU and LUMENSTREAM were presented with their awards at NI Chamber’s President’s Banquet in ICC Belfast. FinTrU won the Global Player category. The RegTech firm was acknowledged for its significant and sustained growth internationally. LED lighting specialist LUMENSTREAM picked up

Chamber Business Awards 2021   Chamber Business Awards 2021 Regional Winners Announced The Chamber Business Awards is one of the showpiece events in the business calendar, recognising and promoting the best of British business through a series of regional heats, culminating in a virtual Awards ceremony, taking place online on the 9 December 2021. This year there were

New $24m pilot to decarbonise affordable housing in NYC Work will include transitioning from fossil fuel-based heating and cooling to highly efficient heat pump technology, boosting energy efficiency and lowering greenhouse gas emissions. A new $24 million (£17.4m) pilot programme to support the decarbonisation of affordable housing in New York City has been launched. It

New Energy Regulations put London Offices at Risk About 10% of London offices could soon become unusable when new rules on energy efficiency are implemented, according to an analysis from a leading real estate company. Under the new standards, set to be introduced in 2023, buildings in England and Wales with an energy efficiency rating

UK Government Eyes Sustainable Aviation Mandate Published on 14 July after months of Covid-19 related delays, the Transport Decarbonisation Plan outlined the Government’s approach to delivering a net-zero domestic aviation sector by 2040 and net-zero international aviation by 2050. In terms of emissions from planes, Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAFs) were positioned as a key solution.

Sustainability Rapidly Becoming First Purchase Consideration Sustainable grocery shopping soars as 12.5m UK shoppers now actively consider how sustainable food and drink is before purchasing. Despite fears of a global recession, there has been significant growth in the number of people making food and drink purchasing decisions based on sustainability, increasing 25% in the last

Tetra Pak Boosts Packaging Recyclability As part of its Circular Economy Action Plan, the EU is cracking down on single-use plastics – particularly those which are not recyclable. The Plastics Strategy which forms part of the Action Plan requires all plastic packaging placed on the market in member states the be recyclable by 2030. It

Energy-efficient homes could save us £9.5bn New research estimates nearly 52 million tonnes of carbon dioxide could be slashed if the energy efficiency of all homes in the UK improved to EPC band C. Upgrading all homes in the UK to Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) band C could bring a saving of £9.5 billion every