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Exeter and East Devon Enterprise Zone celebrates achievements and looks to a net zero future

Exeter and East Devon Enterprise Zone celebrates achievements and looks to a net zero future

Business leaders gathered at Exeter Science Park yesterday to celebrate the 'clean growth' achieved in the Exeter and East Devon Enterprise Zone (EEDEZ) since its inception in 2017 and plans for a net zero future.

Speakers praised the achievements in the Exeter and East Devon Enterprise Zone (EEDEZ) over the past 6 years, including making investments in the Zone of more than £100m on...

David Arscott, founder and CEO at PyTerra

Bristol tech firm awarded £45k grant for net zero housing retrofit initiative

Bristol-based company PyTerra has been awarded a £45,730 grant as part of a £114k R&D project to accelerate the roll-out of residential retrofitting to help hit net zero targets.

Grant funding has come from the European Regional Development Fund, which is managed by the West of England Combined Authority. The Bristol housing retrofit initiative also benefits from funding from the...

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Green light for Bristol Airport’s controversial expansion plans

Bristol Airport’s expansion plans have been granted on appeal by the government after being refused permission by the local council.

It will see the airport increase its current capacity from 10 million to 12 million passengers per year, the BBC reports .

David Lees, the airport's chief executive, welcomed the decision by the Planning Inspectorate.

He said: "The...

Exeter quay, the river flowing below purple, brooding skies

Minister praises Exeter's net zero development

Exeter Science Park has opened its net zero carbon George Parker Bidder building, with £5 million of government funding.

It is hoped the 14,000 square foot site, which is just off J29 on the M25, will support businesses and create more jobs for the city.

Minister for Levelling Up Neil O’Brien MP said: “As we level up communities up and down the country, we will continue to...

Factory Chimney Smoke

Net Zero: Are local authorities being forced by the government to take actions into their own hands? And, if so, what should they do about it?

This article was originally published as a blog piece on cityscience.com

Working with and speaking to many local authorities, it is clear that there is huge ambition to show leadership on decarbonisation and take the action we need to avert a climate disaster. More than a third of local authorities (38%) have now committed to decarbonising their areas as early as 2030 - twenty years...

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Race to Zero: How machine learning can help the water industry achieve their Net Zero goals

A guest post from Ada Mode , Bristol-based providers of AI and data driven solutions by engineers, for engineers.

Race to Zero. How machine learning can help

Outside the challenges presented by the ongoing pandemic, one of the biggest global focus areas right now is reducing green-house gas emissions, given the potential harm that a global raise in temperature would have. In 2015,...