The Green Electrician Group has won a contract to supply three vertical PV facades for Irwell Valley Housing Association. Working for main contractor ISG, the project includes the installation of three, 16-panel, vertical PV arrays on tower apartments, providing electricity for use in communal areas.

The Travis Perkins Group has today announced the acquisition of Solfex.

The government has unveiled ‘Green Deal with it’ as the name of the national communications campaign being launched today to boost consumer awareness of Green Deal.

-£125m government-funded cash back scheme

Firstly, a Green Deal Assessor will come to your home, talk to you about your energy use and see if you could benefit from making energy efficiency improvements. Your Assessor will recommend improvements that are appropriate for your property and indicate whether they are expected to pay for themselves through reduced energy bills. Green Deal Providers will then quote for the recommended improvements. You can get as many quotes as you like, and you don’t have to choose all of the recommendations made to you.

Bill Hull, head of the Green Deal team at national law firm TLT, is adamant that Green Deal will become a significant force despite low public awareness and a disappointing number of companies signing up.

Evance’s ceo Kevin Parslow Evance Wind Turbines has reported a 200 percent year-on-year increase in sales during 2012 whilst its workforce has expanded by 50 percent in the same period.

With just under six weeks to go before Ecobuild kicks of at London’s ExCel (5-7 March), the exhibition has announced a host of big names who will discuss, debate and challenge future thinking in the industry.