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Tuesday, March 2nd 2010
Ed Miliband Unveils Loans Scheme For Green Home Improvements
The energy and climate change secretary, Ed Miliband, today announced details of a "green loans" scheme to help people pay for improvements to their homes to make them more energy efficient. The scheme, which would see loans remain attached to the ... click here to read more »
Monday, March 1st 2010
Spring Is Back To Normal – After 15 Freak Mild Years
Spring begins today, Monday 1 March, and it is running about three weeks to a month late compared to recent years. The coldest winter since 1981 has kept the natural world locked up tight, substantially setting back the blossoming of trees and sprin... click here to read more »
Thursday, February 18th 2010
UK's Greenest Office - The Greenshop Group
Following a countrywide search to name the UK’s Greenest Office, Gloucestershire based Greenshop Group have been announced as the Overall Winner of the “Cartridge Word’s Greenest Office competition. co2balance have been working in ... click here to read more »
Science Validation
Our methods have been validated by Bournemouth University’s School of Conservation Sciences...read more
co2balance has been working with Bournemouth University’s School of Conservation Sciences for a number of years in order to provide external validation for the science behind its operations. This process involves regular reviews of the factors used in our calculators (although these are, in any case, provided by the UK Government and therefore have a solid foundation). This regular reportage has enabled co2balance to produce what we believe to be the most robust and accurate set of carbon calculators and most credible series of carbon offset projects anywhere in the world. A certificate of scientific validity is available on request.
Bournemouth University have also used our calculators to establish their own footprint