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28/02/2020

Check out my latest article on our reaction to the climate emergency - its long and technical but touches on some important points!

https://www.sustainsuccess.co.uk/over-ambition-climate-emergency

14/02/2019

The UK Green Building Council are consulting on what "net zero" means. This blog sets out why it is important and how you can respond.

https://www.sustainsuccess.co.uk/the-uks-green-building-council-is-consulting-on-what-is-meant-by-net-zero-carbon-we-need-to-make-sure-that-the-definition-is-effective

16/01/2019

Two very different conferences I participated in - one in Berlin and another in Dakar - have given me new insight into what we need to do on climate change.

How two very different events, one in Europe and the other in Africa, bring into stark relief the practical challenges we all face on climate change.

28/10/2018

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SustainSuccess is passionate about celebrating the role and contribution that sustainability practitioners have in enabling us all "to do more with less".

06/12/2017

http://www.sustainsuccess.co.uk/lessons-from-brexit-eu-emissions-trading-scheme-chaos

The complexity of disentangling the UK from European institutions has been put in sharp relief by the intricate manoeuvring taking place around the EU Emissions Trading Scheme. Politicians have been at pains to talk up the simplicity of any transition and the ease with which existing EU environmenta...

26/10/2017

“Lack of money” is often cited as an excuse to deny support to efficiency projects- this post explores this topic and gives a link to a poster summarizing sources of funding...

Survey after survey** of energy management professionals show that a lack of resources is the most commonly cited cause for rejecting investments in energy and resource efficiency projects. At the same time, the International Energy Agency’s World Energy Outlook 2012 reported that for their “Efficie...

25/10/2017

http://www.sustainsuccess.co.uk/funding-energy-resource-efficiency

Survey after survey** of energy management professionals show that a lack of resources is the most commonly cited cause for rejecting investments in energy and resource efficiency projects. At the same time, the International Energy Agency’s World Energy Outlook 2012 reported that for their “Efficie...

04/08/2017

Several pieces of news have caught my attention in the last few days which have challenged my generally positive outlook on climate change issues.

02/06/2017

Here's my thoughts on debating climate change deniers.

I want to share an argument that I have used on many occasions when faced with audiences who are yet to be convinced about climate change. This is summarized by the diagram below. This illustration reflects, in the columns, the positions that folks adopt about climate change. Some think that it is...

27/05/2017

http://www.sustainsuccess.co.uk/giving-away-six-years-work

I have had some kind feedback about my decision to give away a free PDF of my two-volume book on energy and resource efficiency, which sells for £59.99 (US$79.99) in print. Several people have commented on just how much work must have gone into the book and how useful it is for anyone in the …

21/05/2017

FREE PDF of Energy and Resource Efficiency without the tears.

I am delighted to announce the publication of my two-volume book on energy and resource efficiency.

This is available free of charge at: http://bit.ly/2q6mMbn, as a contribution by SustainSuccess to sustainability.

The book has received some outstanding reviews from leading folks in the world of energy and resource efficiency.

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