Calor – the UK’s leading supplier of LPG – is delighted to be working with Climate Clinic to help address the urgent and pressing issue of climate change and carbon reduction.

In particular Calor is working with rural communities and those living off mains gas to help them reduce their carbon footprint. We are also helping to address the matter of rural fuel poverty – a complex issue and one often misunderstood. The main tactic we are employing to drive carbon reduction is the more efficient use of energy; both in terms of more traditional fuels and in the increased proliferation of renewables where practical.

It has been proven that LPG has the lowest carbon emissions out of all the fossil fuels available to those living off mains. However, LPG is but one of many solutions provided by Calor to help rural households and businesses reduce their carbon footprint. The introduction of micro Combined Power and Heat (mCHP) units marks an important step forward for low carbon onsite electricity and heat generation. As well as the introduction of high efficiency modern gas condensing boilers, which are significantly more efficient than older boilers.

Going forward, biopropane could make a big difference in helping reduce the carbon intensity of energy in the countryside. It’s not just electricity which has the potential to be decarbonised – it’s gas as well. .

Further to this Calor, in partnership with National Energy Action and the Rural Community Action Network, has launched FREE (Future of Rural Energy in England) which will offer independent information and advice to off-mains households and communities to help them improve their energy efficiency and carbon footprint.

These are the latest steps being undertaken by Calor, but as a company we have a long association with the fight against climate change. At the Kyoto conference in 1997 We were proud to share a platform with Greenpeace to campaign against the issue of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs). These are the powerful greenhouse gases used in air conditioning and refrigeration equipment. We are currently working with the Woodland Trust to help increase the UK's area of native woodland through their MOREwoods scheme - a project aiming to plant 500,000 trees a year.

— Paul Blacklock - Head of Strategy and Corporate Affairs for Calor

Ceres Power is a world leading developer of clean, efficient, cost-effective decentralised energy; we are dedicated to developing low-carbon technology and as such are proud to sponsor the Climate Clinic and its cause.

Power generation creates 25% of the world’s CO2 emissions, the largest man-made source. Housing in the UK accounts for a quarter of the country’s total carbon emissions, the largest single element. With more than 80% of the houses we will be living in by 2050 already built, the UK needs cost-effective carbon reduction technologies that can be retrofitted to the existing housing stock as well as installed in new-build, if the Government’s emissions reduction targets are to be met.

The Ceres Power fuel cell Combined Heat and Power (‘CHP’) product is designed to generate all of the heating and hot water and the majority of the electricity needed by a typical UK home. It will directly replace a home’s boiler, using the same plumbing and electrical connections. Using this revolutionary domestic appliance can cut a home’s carbon footprint by up to 50% and reduce the homeowner’s annual utility costs by around 25%.

A typical UK home uses electricity generated by a central power station and transmitted through the mains grid and uses a boiler to meet its heating and hot water needs. Centralised generation wastes a significant proportion of the energy it uses through heat losses. A fuel cell CHP unit installed in a home and generating electricity at the point of use avoids these energy losses in generation, transmission and distribution, and captures the heat for use in domestic hot water and heating in the home. This means overall efficiency of fuel use can be improved from around 35% for centralised generation to up to 80-90%. This increase in energy efficiency delivers significant reductions in carbon emissions.

Ceres Power was formed in 2001 to commercialise innovations from Imperial College, London. We are now AIM listed and have distribution agreements and forward orders from major energy companies in UK and Ireland, including British Gas and Calor.

icomera

Icomera believes wholeheartedly in the work Climate Clinic is doing to keep climate change and sustainable practices at the top of the political agenda. We are therefore very proud to be providing free WiFi access to delegates at these important events.

As the leading provider of broadband solutions for public transport, Icomera’s business is focused on making rail, bus, coach and ferries more attractive to the travelling public. We work with customers like Stagecoach, National Express, Arriva, Go Ahead and First Group to make the sustainable transport choice also the easy choice. We do this firstly by ensuring that travellers can remain online and productive, informed and entertained throughout their journeys. Secondly, by creating an always-on connection to and from all a train, coach or bus fleet Icomera is also driving improvements in passenger information, CCTV security, fuel efficiency and vehicle fleet performance.

Public transport in the future will be about providing passengers and operators with the information and services they need, when they need them, in order to make informed choices that not only benefit them and their businesses but also benefit wider society and the environment. Reliable internet connectivity on the move will underpin this transformation to smarter transport and this is at the heart of Icomera’s business.

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Percol

Stylorouge are proud to be sponsors of Climate Clinic.
We are a creative consultancy based in London and Kent, working across all popular media. For most of our 27 years in business we have specialized in the music and entertainment industries, creating packaging, print design, marketing, web design, photography and video programming for all the major music companies, including Universal, SonyBMG, Warner Music and EMI. Among many others, we have art directed major visual campaigns and produced promo videos for Blur, The Cure, Tears For Fears, Squeeze, Simple Minds, George Michael, Rolling Stones, David Gilmour, Katie Melua, Enya, The Corrs, Morrissey and David Bowie.
Although we have a great regard for music and the ways in which it can heal and enhance people's lives, we have increasingly turned our attentions in recent years to issues of greater importance, among them our environment.
We worked closely with Climate Clinic in their inaugural year 2006, developing a brand identity, website and campaign material, and are delighted to have continued our relationship during the subsequent two years. Arresting climate change is the biggest priority in all our lives, and we wholeheartedly support the contributing organizations that comprise Climate Clinic in their endeavours towards the carefully controlled achievement of this goal.
Stylorouge have also worked for Greenpeace and are sponsors of Cancer Research UK, currently in our fourth year of providing artwork for their annual Sound & Vision auction event.

— Rob O'Connor, Director