In 2011 the UK Government introduced the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI), the world’s first long-term financial support programme for renewable heat. Scheme participants are paid a tariff per kilowatt hour of heat generated, with the aim of incentivising the installation of renewable heating technologies and moving the UK towards its [...]
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has a remit to improve public health through evidence-based guidance. When NICE wanted to develop draft guidance aimed at helping local authorities to improve air quality across England, it turned to us to provide the evidence. NICE knew that there were [...]
Increasing organic capture rates in multi occupancy buildings... [...]
To safeguard Scotland’s resources, Scottish Government policy makes increasing the supply and demand for circular products and services a key priority. In addition, the Scottish Government’s, Circular Economy Strategy – ‘Making Things Last’ – recognises the important role of public procurement, in supporting a transition to a more circular economy. [...]
DG Environment asked us to consider how waste management policy and practice would need to change in six Western Balkan countries, each at various stages in the process of acceding to the European Union, in order to align with the waste related part of the EU acquis. The work was [...]
In July 2015, Torfaen County Borough Council (Torfaen) made changes to their refuse service, replacing 240L wheeled bins with smaller 140L bins, in order to increase its recycling performance. The additional recycling collected meant more recycling vehicles were anticipated to be required on both passes (weekly food and fortnightly card [...]
We were commissioned by Natural Resources Wales (NRW) to deliver a training programme on the newly published Fire Prevention and Mitigation Plan Guidance to internal and external stakeholders throughout Wales. NRW’s new guidance aims to regulate, fire prevention and mitigation procedures on waste sites in Wales and was created with [...]
The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, now Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS)) commissioned us to research the non-capital or ‘hidden’ costs associated with investment in energy efficiency and low carbon technology. As there is a limited understanding of the scale of these costs, it was unclear [...]
We provided technical support to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) on the UK Government’s Electricity Demand Reduction (EDR) Pilot. This auction process incentivises private and public-sector organisations to replace inefficient electrical equipment with more efficient alternatives. Commissioned to ease electricity network constraints and reduce the need [...]
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) uses the Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) to track success in the renewable energy market and we manage the data in this information source. We closely monitor planning portals for details of new projects that are 1MW or more across a [...]