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Energy efficiency / management

18/3/2026 Comment / Omega Young

Shining a Spotlight on Energy People: Omega Young MEI Chartered Energy Manager

Progressing towards an oil and gas qualification, Trinidadian Omega Young discovered her lifelong interest in a related field, energy management, which has led to a chartership and ESOS (Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme) qualification in the UK through the Energy Institute.

Energy efficiency / management

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17/7/2024 Comment / Jude Hughes

Shining a Spotlight on Energy People: Jude Hughes MEI Chartered Energy Manager

Jude Hughes MEI Chartered Energy Manager CWM CIWM CEnv MEMA works at the Natural History Museum as an energy manager. She reflects on the role the Energy Institute has played in her career progression and achieving Chartered Energy Manager status.

Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning

Head and shoulders photo of Donatas Karčiauskas, CEO, Exergio

9/7/2025 Comment / Donatas Karčiauskas

Air conditioning is booming – but many are managing it like it’s 1995

There is much concern about the climate impact of the growing use of air conditioning around the world. One step in the right direction would be the adoption of intelligent controls, argues Donatas Karčiauskas, CEO of Exergio, which develops AI-based tools for energy optimisation in commercial buildings.

Cooling

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24/1/2024 Comment / Radhika Khosla

COP28: countries have pledged to cut emissions from cooling – here's how to make it happen

Global energy demand for cooling in a warming world is surely bound to increase in coming years. Here, Dr Radhika Khosla, Associate Professor at the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, University of Oxford, suggests ways to keep that increase within limits.

Energy efficiency / management

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26/2/2025 Comment / Jane Goddard

Clean energy – and efficiency – begin at home

Targeted improvements to the energy performance of homes are an essential part of the UK government’s journey to net zero carbon emissions, writes Jane Goddard, Director of Building Performance Services and Deputy CEO of BRE.

Energy efficiency / management

Head and shoulders photo of Nicolas Gillanders, CEO, South Coast Insulation Services

27/9/2023 Comment / Nic Gillanders

How to solve UK energy efficiency policy inaction

The UK has one of the worst insulated housing stocks in Europe, yet the government recently announced it will no longer require homeowners and landlords to meet energy efficiency targets that would have helped reduce residents’ energy bills and emissions. Here, Nic Gillanders, CEO of South Coast Insulation Services (SCIS), offers some solutions.

Energy efficiency / management

Head and shoulders photo of Jason Torrance, Interim Chief Executive, UK100

1/2/2023 Comment / Jason Torrance

Mission Zero – time to end the wait and insulate

Action organised by local authorities, with an initial focus on social housing, is the way forward for an urgent programme to improve the energy efficiency of buildings and homes. So writes Jason Torrance, Interim Chief Executive of UK100, the network of local government leaders.

Energy efficiency / management

Head and shoulders photo of Paul Walker, Electrical Technical Authority, Centrica

17/4/2024 Comment / Paul Walker

Shining a Spotlight on Energy People: Paul Walker CEng MEI

In our latest Spotlight on Energy People interview with Energy Institute (EI) members, Paul Walker CEng MEI, Electrical Technical Authority, Centrica, explains why even in the latter stages of his career he continues to expand his knowledge in a fascinating and wide-ranging career.

People and behaviour

Head and shoulders photo of Nick Turton, EI External Affairs Director

21/9/2022 Comment / Nick Turton

Relearning our relationship with energy can’t be left to chance, there’s too much at stake

With the UK Cabinet said to be split over whether government should be advising households to cut their energy use, the EI’s External Affairs Director Nick Turton FEI argues that a nationwide public information and behaviour change campaign is a crucial piece of the response to the current crisis and for net zero.

Energy policy

22/3/2023 News

European Commission proposes EU electricity market reform

The European Commission (EC) has proposed to reform the European Union’s (EU) electricity market design in order to accelerate a surge in renewables and the phase-out of gas, make consumer bills less dependent on volatile fossil fuel prices, better protect consumers from future price spikes and potential market manipulation, and make the EU’s industry clean and more competitive.

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Shining a Spotlight on Energy People: Omega Young MEI Chartered Energy Manager

Shining a Spotlight on Energy People: Jude Hughes MEI Chartered Energy Manager

Air conditioning is booming – but many are managing it like it’s 1995

COP28: countries have pledged to cut emissions from cooling – here's how to make it happen

Clean energy – and efficiency – begin at home

How to solve UK energy efficiency policy inaction

Mission Zero – time to end the wait and insulate

Shining a Spotlight on Energy People: Paul Walker CEng MEI

Relearning our relationship with energy can’t be left to chance, there’s too much at stake

European Commission proposes EU electricity market reform