Green energy trailblazers show practical solutions to climate change

Despite escalating fuel prices and widespread concern over climate change, today less than three percent of the UK’s energy needs are supplied by renewable energy technologies. Currently around 40 percent of the UK’s carbon dioxide emissions come from heating, lighting and powering buildings and around 4.5 million people are living in fuel poverty, a figure that is growing. This year’s UK finalists for the Ashden Awards for Sustainable Energy are addressing these challenges head-on by rolling out energy efficiency schemes for homes and workplaces, boosting the market for renewable energy and making their schools sustainable.

Read the full press release for the international finalists here.