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Practising what we preach: Verco CSR update, how did we do in 2017?

Verco is a mission based organisation and carbon reduction is at the heart of our business. In 2012 we set ourselves the ambitious challenge of significantly enabling 1MtCO2 of annual emissions reductions by the end of 2015 for delivery by 2025. This is the equivalent of 1% of the UK’s required reductions to meet the fourth carbon budget! Read more

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A summary of the Committee on Climate Change's response to the Government’s Clean Growth Strategy

Yesterday, the Committee on Climate Change published their response to the government’s Clean Growth Strategy. The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) is the independent watchdog on the government’s climate change policy. The CCC is responsible for ensuring that the government sets measures which will deliver on our legally binding commitment to an 80% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Read more

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First ICP Europe Technical Forum for Industry

The ICP Europe Technical Team launched its expansion into three new sectors – industry, district energy and street lighting - with the first Technical Forum for Industry, on 14 September 2017. Verco is UK advocate for the Investor Confidence Project (ICP) Europe, and is leading the technical development of the ICP tools across Europe. Read more

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Crystal ball gazing with the National Grid

Earlier this month, the Verco team discussed the National Grid’s latest Future Energy Scenarios (FES) report[1]. Published annually, the report presents a range of potential energy futures for the UK, predicting how energy will be supplied and used out to 2050. This short piece presents some of our thoughts. Read more

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Welcome Tom Randall

We are very pleased to welcome Tom Randall to Verco. Tom will be joining our Energy & Resource Management team, to lead our Building Optimisation Service, which is proven to unlock substantial savings and improve comfort in corporate buildings. Read more

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Verco's Manifesto Policy Map

With the majority of the main political parties publishing their 2017 manifestos in recent days, Verco have reviewed the potential implications for the UK’s energy, carbon and waste policy under each party, as well as the level of compliance of each commitment with the recommendations of the UK’s Committee on Climate Change (CCC). Read more

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Further insights from Verco-led Building Energy Efficiency Survey

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) published the Building Energy Efficiency Survey (BEES) 2014-15 in November 2016 which sets out to improve and update the evidence of how energy is used, and to provide an assessment of the abatement opportunities for all non-domestic premises across England and Wales. Read more

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Verco Insight: ESOS - reflections one year on

One year ago, energy consultants, ESOS lead assessors and in-house sustainability professionals all around the country breathed a collective sigh of relief as ESOS reports were completed and compliance achieved. On the anniversary of the extended deadline, Verco's Head of Energy and Resource Management, Andrew Todd, reflects on what we learnt from the first compliance period. Read more