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Housing
Private Tenancies Bill
Passed before the cessation of the last Executive’s tenure, the Private Tenancies Act seeks to protect the rights of private…
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Housing
Our carbon challenge
Apex Housing Association (Apex) says addressing global concerns about climate change and local concerns about fuel poverty are the prime…
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Housing
The decarbonisation challenge
The decarbonisation agenda poses an existential challenge to housing associations but also presents a huge collaborative opportunity, argues Abri Group…
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Energy and Environment
An integrated, decarbonised energy system
Six months on from the publication of the Government’s Energy Strategy, the Head of Energy in the Department for the…
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Energy and Environment
80 by 30: Now is the time to act
After years of campaigning, RenewableNI recently celebrated success at seeing our ambitious goal of 80 per cent renewable electricity by…
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Energy and Environment
Lessons from the Northern Ireland energy crisis
While predictions show that energy prices are set to remain high for at least another year, there are early lessons…
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Energy and Environment
The future electricity system
In adopting “technology push” measures to decarbonise electricity, little consideration was given to the system consequences, argues Malcolm Keay, senior…
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Energy and Environment
Co-mingling boosts councils’ recycling rates
As we move towards a ‘zero waste economy’ and a society where waste resources must be fully valued both financially…
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Energy and Environment
Decarbonisation: The role of energy storage
Policy and regulatory support for energy storage is needed to enable the energy transition in Northern Ireland, says Ulster University’s…
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Energy and Environment
Flexible demand ‘urgently needed’
Northern Ireland “urgently needs to empower consumers” by developing its “untapped energy resource”, flexible demand, a report funded by the…
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