Commentary
Articles for October 2008
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Energy is boring!
30/10/2008Energy is boring. People don’t sit around the pub talking about energy. You can’t see it or touch it. It doesn’t engage or entertain. You can’t compare it and there are no prizes. It’s the same for everyone. And until recently it wasn’t very expensive.What people talk about is: the ...
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Onzo submits proposals "A Blueprint for Green Homes"
26/10/2008This week is the Energy Saving Trust’s 12th annual Energy Saving Week. As our main contribution to this event, Onzo has published a manifesto for improving the energy efficiency of the UK housing stock, which is responsible for around a third of all carbon gas emissions. Our comprehensive proposals, “A ...
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A smart guide to smart metering
22/10/2008Automated Meter Reading (AMR) is a forerunner of smart metering. The essential purpose of AMR was to replace the conventional billing process: using information and communications technology instead of manual meter reading. It ensures that accurate readings are sent regularly to an energy company so that customer billing can be ...
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Onzo moves on
10/10/2008Onzo has a new home. Last Friday we said a fond farewell to our office in Denmark Street, Soho, and decamped down the Charing Cross Road to Great Newport Street, a stone’s throw from both Trafalgar Square and Covent Garden. The distance between the two locations is no more than ...
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Fuel Poverty: Too Little But Its Never Too Late
09/10/2008Joel Hagan calls for a long term approach to combating Fuel Poverty.A few years ago the Government claimed to be winning the war on fuel poverty. Ministers boasted that four million households had been lifted out of fuel poverty between 1996 and 2004. All of a sudden they seem to ...
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