Construction and renewable energy company Alumet has been awarded a third Green Apple Award for environmental excellence for a third consecutive year.

The industry has a role in encouraging Green Deal interest, is the message from SIG Energy Management’s head of marketing, Vince Matthews, in a letter received today by Renewable Energy installer.

Essex-based carbon reduction agency Climate Energy is pleased to announce the launch of SustainaBuild, a project that will see 180 small and medium businesses in the East of England benefit from mentoring, development and up-skilling in preparation for the launch of Green Deal, all for free.

The National Skills Academy for Environmental Technologies is expanding its provision to deliver all skills and competencies required by the government’s Green Deal scheme, scheduled for roll out in October.

The renewable heat market in the UK remains unclear, with the future of the market and the nature of opportunities within it far from apparent. With ongoing delays to the RHI causing concern among installers and investors alike, Renewable Energy Installer has partnered with Sustainable Venture Intelligence to produce a comprehensive appraisal of the current state of the UK market and the opportunities for growth within it.

A Profitable Future in Renewables – The Business Strategy Conference has been launched by Renewable Energy Installer. With many changes affecting the renewable energy market, it is important to understand what the long-term business opportunities will be and what needs to be done to stay successful.

Renewable heating provider Glow-worm has joined forces with world champion darts player Mark Webster.

There is around  a week to go until the CPL Renewables wood pellet seminar, the must-attend event for those thinking about wood pellet heating.

British Standards Institution (BSI) has released findings that only one in five homeowners are set to participate in Green Deal with the majority of respondents saying they do not know enough information about the scheme.

Tomorrow’s Powering the Nation event at the London Science Museum promises to lift the lid on the latest research on household electrical power consumption and attitudes.

Richard Soper, ceo of Bosch Thermotechnology, has been declared a Commander of the order of the British Empire (CBE) for services to the renewable technologies and heating industries.

Plumbing Trade Supplies area director Alan Masters has raised over £1500 for Cancer Research UK having recently embarked on an impressive 100km moonlit bike ride through London.

Renewable Energy Corporation (REC) has announced a distribution partnership with Carbomat ECO in the UK.

Renewable heating provider Glow-worm has joined forces with world champion darts player Mark Webster.

The National Farmers Union (NFU) has called on the government to refocus its policy on encouraging renewable energy generation in the agricultural industry.

Sector skills council SummitSkills is urging businesses to take part in the Microgeneration Certification Scheme’s (MCS) competence requirement consultation.

The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) will be presenting Retrofit Solutions for Non-Domestic Buildings 2012 conference in September which, it says, will bring together the retrofit supply chain to overcome some of the challenges associated with retrofitting the buildings in which we work.

Climate change minister Greg Barker has today announced a number of measures which pave the way for Green Deal’s planned launch in October.

Ombudsman Services has been appointed by the Department Of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) to handle complaints about this scheme. Chief ombudsman Lewis Shand Smith said: “The Green Deal is a new concept to householders. Consumers taking up the Green Deal can be confident that if something goes wrong they will have easy access to independent and effective redress. We already provide the ombudsman service for the energy (supply and network) industry and its customers, to it makes sense for complaints about Green Deal providers to come to us. We’re looking forward to working with DECC on the details of the scheme.”