The taxing issues in London today

Explore DatacenterDynamics (Nov 16 2011) Emissions

...sitting on the fence, the UK data center industry didexactly that. The government had announced its Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) — first meant to be a complicated ranking, measuring and carbon-charging solution — would now......fore the final CRC ‘tax’ was announced. “A lot of people put in energy metering, companies went for Carbon Trust certification — they basically put a lot of cost into efficiency,” Bowman says. “In one way this is... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Europe   Carbon Reduction Commitment   Carbon Trust

UK government releases first CRC league table

Explore DatacenterDynamics (Nov 10 2011) Carbon Reduction Commitment

...ings, and for this first year dynamic supply. The League table also takes into account entry to the Carbon Trust Standard or a similar body and looks at emissions per company turnover or revenue expenditure, with......r. The league table was originally designed to award companies with carbon credits but now the CRC (Carbon Reduction Commitment) is no more than a tax, the league table is instead designed to act ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Europe   Carbon Reduction Commitment   Carbon Trust

40% of Firms Failing to Tackle Energy Efficiency, UK Says

Explore environmentalleader.com (Nov 9 2011) Cap and Trade , Emissions

...t emerged yesterday. The Environment Agency’s Performance League Table ranks participants in the Carbon Reduction Commitment program, under which companies of a certain size have to purchase allowances for every ton of CO2 t......smart meter readings, and the other half is based on the proportion of emissions certified by the Carbon Trust or equivalent body. But businesses are castigating the U.K. government for the rankings, saying the... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Europe   Goldman Sachs   Carbon Reduction Commitment

GreenWise poll: will 2011 be significant for green business?

Explore Green Wise (Jan 12 2011) Construction , Cap and Trade , Carbon Tax , Emissions , Fossil Fuel , Wind

...ight conditions have been created to enable businesses to fundamentally rethink their approach. The Carbon Reduction Commitment is in full swing and attaches an imminent and real cost to carbon; the energy bill proposes fundeme...... the low carbon economy can mean new jobs and sustainable growth. Tom Delay, chief executive of the Carbon Trust: 2011 could be a pivotal year for green growth in the UK. We are at a ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Greenpeace   Forrester Research   Europe

TelecityGroup Achieves Carbon Trust Standard

Explore Data Center Knowledge (Jul 29 2010) Monitoring , Carbon Footprint , Emissions , Fossil Fuel

...a center provider headquartered in the United Kingdom, has become the first provider to achieve the Carbon Trust Standard for its UK operations. The company also earned an ISO 14001 certification for environmenta......ly Action Metric for judging performance in the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme (formerly known as the Carbon Reduction Commitment) which started in the UK in April 2010. Additionally, following an audit of its facilities from Llo... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Europe   United Kingdom   Carbon Reduction Commitment

Uncertainty and lack of understanding greet official launch of CRC scheme

Explore edie.net (Mar 31 2010) Cap and Trade , Carbon Reduction Commitment

...is 'unprepared' for today's (April 1) launch of Britain's much hyped carbon trading scheme. The Carbon Reduction Commitment Energy (CRC) Efficiency Scheme is a huge rating system, or league table, offering benefits to low c......ances available and selling them at auction. For more information click here. John Newton, from the Carbon Trust Standard, joins the speaker line-up on November 12th, to explain how voluntary certification and re... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Carbon Reduction Commitment   Carbon Trust   CRC

Green Grid and BCS Warn About "Risky" UK Carbon Rules

Explore Home - eWeekEurope.co.uk (Nov 11 2009) Cap and Trade , Emissions

...lp companies adhere to new carbon regulations and to develop a data centre simulator tool The UK's Carbon Reduction Commitment represents a large risk to the UK IT industry, and not enough companies are preparing for it, accor......luding the development of a data centre simulator tool originally developed by the BCS and the UK's Carbon Trust and a private company Romonet - set up by Limbuwala and Liam ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Fujitsu   Europe   The Green Grid