VAT increase for residential solar wind and water power due soon

VAT increase for residential solar wind and water power due soon

If you have been thinking of installing solar panels or other residential scale renewable energy equipment at your home then it would be worth getting on with it this summer.   The Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) is alerting home owners that the cost of VAT on most solar panel installations,

Lego-style solar panels may smash energy prices

Lego-style solar panels may smash energy prices

Ready-made snap-together solar panels that turn waste heat into hot water are being developed at Brunel University London in a £10 million sustainable energy scheme.   With energy use in buildings predicted to double or even triple by 2050, and most home energy used to heat water, project PVadapt promises to crack

EU ends tariffs on imported Chinese solar panels

EU ends tariffs on imported Chinese solar panels

Following the European Commission’s decision (August 2018) to lift trade tariffs on the import of solar panels from China, Europe’s energy experts have described the block’s decision to end the trade war with Beijing as a ‘watershed moment for European solar energy.’   In 2013 the EC imposed tariffs of up

Citrus Building gains prestige with LABC Award

The Citrus Building in Bournemouth, which Terence O'Rourke provided the design, architecture and planning consultancy for in association with Morgan Sindall Construction has won a Local Authority Building Control (LABC) South West Building Excellence Award.   Bournemouth Council Building Control nominated the curved, mixed-use development which was led by the Bournemouth Development

A Greener Great Britain?

Renewable energy will be the future in terms of sustaining the planet once fossil fuels run out.

In the past month we have had a dramatic exit from Europe followed by a change of Prime Minister. This has had an impact on Britain’s environmental future. In a previous article 'Green Building' examined the impact of Brexit on British environmental policy. This article, however, this article discusses how