<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="0.92">
<channel>
	<title>Vibrant Energy Matters Ltd</title>
	<link>http://www.vibrantenergymatters.co.uk</link>
	<description>Public and Private Sector Energy Services</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:46:53 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss092</docs>
	<language>en</language>
	<!-- generator="WordPress/3.0.4" -->

	<item>
		<title>DECC Release Complete Q&amp;A from Green Deal Web Chat</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Department of Energy and Climate Change has today released the complete question and answers from their Green Deal web chat. The web chat was held on 15th December 2011 and gave people the opportunity to raise any question or concerns they may have about the upcoming Green Deal. The released document contains 40 pages [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.vibrantenergymatters.co.uk/posts/latestnews/09012012/decc-release-complete-qa-from-green-deal-web-chat/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>BBC News &#8211; Solar tariff cut plan ruled legally flawed</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Source: BBC Government plans to cut subsidies for solar panels on homes have been ruled legally flawed by the High Court. The government had said that subsidies for households that installed solar panels would be halved from 12 December. Environmental charity Friends of the Earth and two solar companies went to court to test whether [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.vibrantenergymatters.co.uk/posts/latestnews/23122011/solar-tariff-cut-plan-ruled-legally-flawed/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>CLG announce further details regarding 2012 EPC</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday Communities and Local Government released further information regarding the changes to be made to Energy Performance Certificates in 2012. The guidline have two main aims, to improve and redesign the Energy Performance Certificate and develop the skills of Domestic Energy Assessors. Improved and redesigned Energy Performance Certificate The current EPC was developed some years [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.vibrantenergymatters.co.uk/posts/latestnews/30112011/clg-announce-further-details-regarding-2012-epc/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Vibrant Energy Matters forms joint venture with leading estate agents</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Leading Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) provider Vibrant Energy Matters, part of the Connells Group, today announces it has agreed a joint venture with estate agency groups Connells, Countrywide and LSL Property Services Ltd. The new agreement will see all parties outsourcing EPCs to Vibrant which will double its market share and provide a platform for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.vibrantenergymatters.co.uk/posts/latestnews/11112011/joint_venture/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Government confirms 50 per cent cut to solar incentives</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The government has confirmed it is planning to slash solar incentives by more than 50 per cent, cutting the feed-in tariffs available to domestic and small-scale business installations, from 43p per kWh to just 21p per kWh. The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) today launched a consultation on the proposed changes, confirming it [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.vibrantenergymatters.co.uk/posts/latestnews/31102011/government-confirms-50-per-cent-cut-to-solar-incentives/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>iPod creator switches attention to &#8216;smart&#8217; thermostats</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The man known as the &#8220;godfather&#8221; of the iPod has invested his energy in a home appliance: a thermostat. Tony Fadell caused surprise when he quit Apple in 2008 after heading its music player division. Fortune magazine once tipped him as a successor to former chief executive, Steve Jobs. Mr Fadell has now revealed his [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.vibrantenergymatters.co.uk/posts/latestnews/25102011/ipod-creator-switches-attention-to-smart-thermostats/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Government could be fined £10m over non-EPC compliance</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Government could, by its own admission, be fined £10m for failing to comply with the EU’s Energy Performance Directive by which owners of buildings must produce EPCs when they are rented or sold. It suspects that the problem is worst in commercial buildings, where non-compliance could be running at over 80%. Complaints have been [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.vibrantenergymatters.co.uk/posts/latestnews/24102011/government-could-be-fined-10m-over-non-epc-compliance/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Europe’s buildings under the microscope</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A country-by-country review of the energy performance of buildings On the 14th October, &#8220;Renovate Europe Day&#8221;, Building Performance Institute Europe (BPIE) released an in depth review into the energy performance of building in all 27 member states as well as Switzerland and Norway. The study will be presented in detail on November 10th (9.30 to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.vibrantenergymatters.co.uk/posts/latestnews/17102011/europe%e2%80%99s-buildings-under-the-microscope/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Qualified Domestic Energy Assessors Required Throughout England &amp; Wales</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Vibrant Energy Matters (VEM), the UK’s leading provider of Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs), is looking to employ more Domestic Energy Assessors in the following areas: M, CH, LE, BS/BA, TN/ME, IP, NG, CM/CO, BN, DT/BH, WR/DY/B, CA, YO/HU, PO/SO and OX/RG/SN to start immediately. If you are interested in this post and a wider career [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.vibrantenergymatters.co.uk/posts/latestnews/10102011/qualified-domestic-energy-assessors-required-throughout-england-wales/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Change in EPC Compliance Delayed Until 2012</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Vibrant Energy Matters are disappointed to understand that DCLG have concluded that the proposed changes in EPC compliance guidelines are to be delayed until April 2012 . Vibrant Energy Matters wholeheartedly welcomed the proposed changes which were due to come in on the 1st of October 2011  and are aimed  at improving overall compliance within [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.vibrantenergymatters.co.uk/posts/26092011/change-in-epc-compliance-delayed-until-2012/</link>
			</item>
</channel>
</rss>

