The continual U-turns on policy will have a detrimental effect on the UK’s ability to attract long-term investment for its green industries, believes Mervyn Pilley The last few weeks have…
Mark Thrower11th October 2023
Eco-anxiety is not just for the young Mervyn Pilley worries that the contradictory messages about saving the planet has left people with no clear idea about how that can best…
Mark Thrower14th June 2023
Mervyn Pilley examines how the reorganisation of government departments might affect the energy sector, and why businesses need to know what further support they might get with energy bills As…
Mark Thrower22nd March 2023
Mervyn Pilley looks back at the upheavals of the past 12 months and hopes that UK energy policy will lead to calmer waters in 2023 As I write the first…
Mark Thrower19th January 2023
UK businesses are being squeezed from all sides at the moment. On top of higher wages businesses, unlike UK households, have received no help with their energy bills, writes Mervyn…
Mark Thrower30th June 2022
The omission of energy efficiency from the Government’s Energy Security Strategy illustrates the lack of joined-up Government, believes Mervyn Pilley In a recent ESTA newsletter, I found myself declaring to…
Mark Thrower18th May 2022
Mervyn Pilley examines the challenges ESTA members are facing as normality re-emerges and why there has been so sight of the Government’s Heat and Buildings strategy There’s a feeling…
Mark Thrower27th July 2021
COP26 in Glasgow is just a few months away. But is the Government setting the right course to ensure the UK is on track to meet its climate obligations, asks…
Mark Thrower10th May 2021
Whether it’s trade shows, the UK’s leadership of the COP26, or energy sector organisations, the key to promoting the energy efficiency agenda this year will be working together, believes Mervyn…
Mark Thrower15th March 2021
Pioneering projects are helping develop new quality assessment tools for energy performance contracting. Nick Keegan looks at the potential to adapt them to the ‘new normal’ At the time of…
Red Box29th May 2020
Two Prime Ministers, Extinction Rebellion, Brexit, and now lockdown. Mervyn Pilley looks back at the highs and lows of his first year at the helm of ESTA. I have mentioned…
Red Box29th April 2020
Net zero by 2050 is a daunting target for many organisations. Rajvant Nijjhar believes that an end-to-end solution is required to take in all aspects of energy use and trading…
Red Box29th March 2020
Now that we have some political stability Mervyn Pilley looks at the prospects for energy saving as we enter a new decade. Will the UK lead the way or lag…
Red Box29th February 2020
For the energy sector the next decade is going to be around finding a balance between technology and non-technology issues and the need to deliver a measured approach to meeting…
Red Box29th January 2020
Gone are the days of a one-off technology upgrade, believes Nick Keegan. Now, building efficiency will need to continually adapt to changing usage requirements At the recent ESTA Conference shadow…
Red Box29th November 2019
In the last six months we have witnessed no end of domestic political and environmental upheaval. Mervyn Pilley examines how ESTA can adapt to the changing landscape I have just…
Red Box29th October 2019
With the deadline for ESOS Phase 2 approaching rapidly Jes Rutter wonders what can be done to improve the poor take up of energy-saving projects after the first phase In…
Red Box29th September 2019
