Companies 'must invest in renewables'

Office design news from Morgan Lovell

Published on 06-05-2010

Businesses across the UK have been advised they need to invest in renewable energy in order to improve their sustainable office design.

Antony Blakey, founder and executive chairman of Ultra Green, said companies should not rely on the government to make these investments for them and, therefore, they should be looking to install wind turbines and solar panels themselves in order to reap the benefits of reduced costs and greener credentials.

He commented: "You don't need to be cash rich - organisations, especially within industrial estates or people with large buildings, can have 100 per cent green energy."

Mr Blakey added that anyone can do it and in doing so they are helping both themselves and the environment.

Meanwhile, investment firm Novus Modus has stated it plans to put wind turbines in industrial areas which are already aesthetically displeasing in the hope that planning is more likely to be approved.

Posted by Ian Johnson.