As part of the project, electrical supplier Rexel will upgrade New Look's existing halogen lamps to LED lighting, which will last-longer and produce less light heat. This is expected to result in air conditioning savings and generate return on investment in 15 months.
An asset audit of each new Look site will be conducted by Rexel to identify the best energy saving approach and enable the right products to be fitted on each site efficiently.
The UK has fallen well behind other European countries with attempts to cut greenhouse gas emissions from energy consumption despite topping the table until 1999, according to a new report from the Office of National Statistics.
The new analysis shows the UK has slumped from heading the European Union of 27 nations to now being in 23rd position.
And the UK is also fast falling behind other EU countries with its share of renewable energy.
Energy sourced from tapping into heat deep underground could produce up to a fifth of the UK's electricity and heat millions of homes, a report said today.
Deep geothermal energy could be exploited across the UK, with 'hotspots' including Cornwall, East Yorkshire, Hampshire, Northern Ireland and Scotland, according to the study.
The power source could also supply enough heat directly to warm all the UK's homes and buildings, although the infrastructure is not in place in this country to deliver the heat to where it is needed.
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number of regional businesses in Britain are unable to pass on higher costs including from higher energy prices, Bank of England Deputy Governor Charlie Bean said in a newspaper interview published on Thursday.
Bean gave the interview during a visit to local business leaders in Norfolk, in eastern England.
"A number of them were talking about the extent to which their margins were being squeezed and they are unable to push through price increases despite the rise in costs which often might be reflected in things like higher energy prices," Bean told the Eastern Daily Press.
