Green Power Forum
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The Green Power Forum is a UK group created by companies in the renewable energy
sector to assist organisations and businesses in becoming more energy efficient
.
in October 2009.
The chairman of GPF is Mark McManus, the managing director of heat pump
specialist Stiebel Eltron UK
. Other members of the Green Power Board include North West Energy Support Agency, Envirolink Northwest
, underfloor heating supplier Nu-Heat, sustainable energy consultants and installers ISO Energy UK and Liverpool Chamber of Commerce.
Renewable energy
Renewable energy is energy which comes from natural resources such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides, and geothermal heat, which are renewable . About 16% of global final energy consumption comes from renewables, with 10% coming from traditional biomass, which is mainly used for heating, and 3.4% from...
sector to assist organisations and businesses in becoming more energy efficient
Efficient energy use
Efficient energy use, sometimes simply called energy efficiency, is the goal of efforts to reduce the amount of energy required to provide products and services. For example, insulating a home allows a building to use less heating and cooling energy to achieve and maintain a comfortable temperature...
.
Organisation
The Green Power Forum hosts conferences aiming to advise on the financial benefits of renewable technologies, government legislation, products, and technologies. Delegates attend from sectors including construction, facilities managers, energy managers, engineers and architects. The first conference was held in LiverpoolLiverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...
in October 2009.
The chairman of GPF is Mark McManus, the managing director of heat pump
Heat pump
A heat pump is a machine or device that effectively "moves" thermal energy from one location called the "source," which is at a lower temperature, to another location called the "sink" or "heat sink", which is at a higher temperature. An air conditioner is a particular type of heat pump, but the...
specialist Stiebel Eltron UK
Stiebel Eltron
Stiebel Eltron is a company based in Holzminden, Germany that manufactures central heating products such as heat pumps. The UK office was set up on the Wirral Peninsula in 2008....
. Other members of the Green Power Board include North West Energy Support Agency, Envirolink Northwest
Envirolink Northwest
Envirolink Northwest is an organisation which exists to promote, strengthen and support the Low Carbon and Environmental Goods and Services sector in England's Northwest. Envirolink hosts a network of over 1500 companies based in the region related to the environment...
, underfloor heating supplier Nu-Heat, sustainable energy consultants and installers ISO Energy UK and Liverpool Chamber of Commerce.