November 2012
Welcome to the Government’s New Value Range?
23rd November 2012 | Peter Rolton: Chairman, Rolton Group
Ahead of next week’s much delayed Energy Bill comes an announcement from the DECC marking the Government’s overdue agreement on the direction of energy policy.
Posts from November 2012
Now is Not the Time to COP out of Climate Commitments
28th November 2012 | Tom Warwick
Since its creation in 1994, the United Nations Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has held annual Conference of Parties (COP) meetings to assess the progress in dealing with climate change.
Welcome to the Government’s New Value Range?
23rd November 2012 | Peter Rolton
Ahead of next week’s much delayed Energy Bill comes an announcement from the DECC marking the Government’s overdue agreement on the direction of energy policy.
A Sadly Accurate Storm Warning
16th November 2012 | Peter Rolton
Just as last week’s blog hearkened back to a previous Rolton Group article, it seems another topic previously discussed has again become food for thought: in ‘Canute comes to North Carolina,’ I discussed the pitfalls of allowing ignorance to reign over rationality, specifically in relation to the disturbing trend of rising sea levels seen along the North East coastal corridor going unnoticed by those in charge.
Don't Let Deregulation be an Opportunity Lost for UK Housing Stock
9th November 2012 | Peter Rolton
Back in August, Associate Director Craig Smith wrote a piece on the future of zero-carbon homes, in which he expressed concern that the modified definition of ‘zero carbon’ had become so lax as to be hindering progress rather than encouraging it.