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8 August 2012
Press Notice: 12/094

“This will protect consumers, who will know that anyone displaying the Quality Mark has been through the required process to become authorised”
(Greg Barker)

• £7m loan to The Green Deal Finance Company to help ensure it is ready to offer finance to Green Deal Providers in early 2013

• HM Treasury announces that Green Deal will be an early candidate for the use of infrastructure guarantees

Vent-Axia, leaders in energy efficient ventilation, is proud to celebrate its first year’s partnership with Simx Pty Limited, its distributor for the Australian market. Simx has had a very successful first year supplying Vent-Axia’s ventilation products, with the ACM range of mixed flow fans and Lo-Carbon Sentinel Kinetic Plus being particularly well received by Australian contractors.

Quarterly energy statistics: Energy trends and quarterly energy prices

28 June 2012

Energy Trends and Quarterly Energy Prices publications are published today 28 June 2012 by the Department of Energy and Climate Change.

Vent-Axia, a leader in low carbon ventilation, has launched its second online Continuing Professional Development (CPD) module entitled ‘Domestic Indoor Air Quality and Ventilation’. Aimed at the social housing sector the new free online module explains the importance of good indoor air quality especially when introducing energy efficiency measures in existing homes.

2050 Roadmap

The Energy Council today agreed Presidency Conclusions supported by 26 Member States on the 2050 Energy Roadmap. UK Energy Minister Charles Hendry, who attended the talks, welcomed the progress made on this important document and said:

When a property in Dumfries was in desperate need of new ventilation Vent-Axia was only too happy to step in. The company supplied its innovative single room heat recovery solution, the Lo-Carbon™ Tempra, to a rundown cottage in Dumfries shown on the BBC One series 'DIY SOS: The Big Build' as part of a life changing transformation to the family’s home.

Leaders from the 23-government Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM) and the UN Secretary-General’s Sustainable Energy for All initiative (SE4All) today outlined specific commitments by participating countries and private sector leaders which will promote improved energy efficiency, renewable energy technologies, and increased energy access around the world.

“Part of the way that we're going to tackle climate change and get clean energy is through innovation.”
(Edward Davey)

• £35m for Energy Entrepreneurs Fund
• £3m for heat storage innovation
• Online funding navigator launched

Detail of support to help SMEs come up with the low carbon ideas of the future was announced on 25 April 2012 by Edward Davey.
Just prior to hosting the first of two days of international talks on clean energy in London, the Energy and Climate Change Secretary said: