Commentary
Articles for March 2009
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A momentous year
31/03/2009A year ago last Friday, in Edinburgh, a signing ceremony was held to formalise the £2m investment in Onzo by Scottish and Southern Energy and the Sigma Sustainable Energy Fund, and SSE's £7m sales contract for hundreds of thousands of our Smart Energy Kits. As Onzo Chief Executive Joel Hagan ...
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Bridging The Energy Gap
25/03/2009When an energy company that wants to build a new coal fired power station, or a new generation of nuclear power stations, or a wind farm off a beautiful coast line, tells you there's going to be an 'energy gap' - a point in the future when demand outstrips supply ...
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Onzo design wins red dot accolade
16/03/2009Onzo's Smart Energy Kit has won one of the prestigious Red Dot awards for 2009, in the product design category. There was a total of 3,231 entries in this category, submitted by 1,400 companies from 49 countries.The international "Red Dot design award" is the largest and most renowned design competition ...
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Empowering people to be energy lighter, energy smarter - Part II
03/03/2009Why have recent behaviour change campaigns not worked?One reason is that many campaigns have dwelt on the guilt of an individual if they don't change ("everytime you switch on a light you are helping polar bears to become extinct"). This type of message just does not work. Not only is ...
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