South Kensington Energy Strategy

A consortium of museums and academic institutions in South Kensington have been granted £3m in the Budget to pro-actively reduce carbon emissions. Businesses in the area will apparently be fitted with meters that will measure energy consumption, and this data will be used "to develop a more integrated strategy for the whole area. We want to put in district systems for the area such as aqua-thermal storage systems." The project will be monitored by the Treasury, and hopefully evolve into a best practice model.

Good news joined-up thinking-wise. Shame that this morning I woke up to 'Today' on Radio 4 telling us that we're all doomed and it's far too late to do anything about it.

Via today's Building.