Green Business

The concept of a four day working week is not new. It was trialled in the American state of Utah who, five years ago, made a four day working week mandatory for all 17,000 public officials. This decision was a response to the need to cut costs. This was more effective than they could have

Once thought of as expensive and inefficient, in recent years heat pumps have come in from the cold and have taken their place as a viable source of green energy.  So much so that within the Government’s Green deal, Ground and Water source heat pumps qualify for a £1,250 grant; ahead of biomass boilers at

When talking about resource extraction the words which spring to mind aren’t usually particularly eco-friendly.  Although extraction businesses across the globe are working to reverse this image, in the minds of many people resource extraction is synonymous with slag heaps and the destruction of the natural habitat. One global business which is working hard to

“The general impression is that it rains quite a lot of the time in Ireland, but two out of three hourly observations will not report any measurable rainfall.”  So says the Irish Meteorological service online, met.ie.  The fact that the service feels the need to comment at all is a measure of the myth which

According to the DEFRA website, in 2010 total construction and demolition waste in England amounted to some 77.4 million tonnes.  Of this, 53 million tonnes were recycled, 11 million tonnes were spread on exempt sites and the rest went to landfill.  Whilst the proportion of recycled construction waste is climbing, there is still a long

When it comes to water conservation, in the UK we are pretty spoilt. Yes, the threat of drought early in 2012 was followed by floods and the wettest summer in recorded time and yes, occasionally we have to contend with burst pipes but in general we expect that when we turn on our taps clean