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Energy strategies for rural businesses RICS guidance note [electronic resource]

By: Language: English Series: RICS Practice Standards UK | RICS Guidance NotePublication details: Coventry RICS 2009Description: vi, 40p. 30cmISBN:
  • 9781842195482
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • 333.72 $2 18
Online resources:
Partial contents:
Background -- The energy issue: climate change; energy security -- Government policy and legislation -- Sources of information relating to policy and legislation regarding energy
The business opportunities for rural businesses -- Energy generation -- Income generation: sale of raw materials for energy generation -- Production of biofuels -- Provision of land or buildings for renewable energy technologies; electricity sales to the National Grid; green energy certificates; local and community generation; carbon off setting schemes; carbon sequestration -- Cost savings: improving energy efficiency; Lowering the cost of energy -- Carbon savings -- Developing an energy strategy for rural businesses : baseline assessment; forecasting the 'business as usual' scenario
Developing an energy strategy for rural businesses -- Baseline assessment: defining the boundaries for the assessment; the baseline year; collecting the data; calculating the carbon balance for the baseline assessment; environmental ratings of buildings -- Forecasting the 'business as usual' scenario -- Establishing the vision -- Reviewing the options to achieve the vision -- Building partnerships -- Financial and carbon emission appraisal: financial appraisal; carbon emissions and appraisal; taxes, incentives and grants; building taxes, incentives and grants into the appraisal -- Setting objective and targets -- Risk assessment -- Setting the implementation plan -- Detailed financial appraisal of strategy and implementation plan -- Recording and communicating the strategy and implementation plan
Implementation: gaining the necessary consents; agreeing partnership structures; managing the implementation process
Monitoring performances -- Appendix: Useful contacts
Summary: Provides guidance on how to develop an energy strategy for a rural business. Helps identify sources of information. Assesses the current position regarding climate change and energy security in the UK. Aimed at members practising in the UK and advising clients or employers in the rural sector on the development of energy strategies for their estates, lands or buildings.Summary: OUT OF PRINT ARCHIVED 23 DECEMBER 2016
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Book London RICS Boxes RICS 2009/53 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 2 Available 30076542
Book London RICS Boxes RICS 2009/53 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 3 Available 30076541
Archive London RICS Boxes RICS 2009/53 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 30076540
Online material Virtual Online isurv (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 4 Available 148508-1001

Background -- The energy issue: climate change; energy security -- Government policy and legislation -- Sources of information relating to policy and legislation regarding energy

The business opportunities for rural businesses -- Energy generation -- Income generation: sale of raw materials for energy generation -- Production of biofuels -- Provision of land or buildings for renewable energy technologies; electricity sales to the National Grid; green energy certificates; local and community generation; carbon off setting schemes; carbon sequestration -- Cost savings: improving energy efficiency; Lowering the cost of energy -- Carbon savings -- Developing an energy strategy for rural businesses : baseline assessment; forecasting the 'business as usual' scenario

Developing an energy strategy for rural businesses -- Baseline assessment: defining the boundaries for the assessment; the baseline year; collecting the data; calculating the carbon balance for the baseline assessment; environmental ratings of buildings -- Forecasting the 'business as usual' scenario -- Establishing the vision -- Reviewing the options to achieve the vision -- Building partnerships -- Financial and carbon emission appraisal: financial appraisal; carbon emissions and appraisal; taxes, incentives and grants; building taxes, incentives and grants into the appraisal -- Setting objective and targets -- Risk assessment -- Setting the implementation plan -- Detailed financial appraisal of strategy and implementation plan -- Recording and communicating the strategy and implementation plan

Implementation: gaining the necessary consents; agreeing partnership structures; managing the implementation process

Monitoring performances -- Appendix: Useful contacts

Provides guidance on how to develop an energy strategy for a rural business. Helps identify sources of information. Assesses the current position regarding climate change and energy security in the UK. Aimed at members practising in the UK and advising clients or employers in the rural sector on the development of energy strategies for their estates, lands or buildings.

OUT OF PRINT ARCHIVED 23 DECEMBER 2016

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