Ed Miliband encourages business to go green with new funding for business to save energy  

 Notes for editors

Data methodology

These cost-saving estimates were based on national estimates of potential savings broken down by fuel type, from data from Building Research Establishment Ltd and Future Energy Solutions, now AEA. The national savings were then applied to BERR’s regional consumption figures by fuel type (see www.berr.gov.uk/energy/statistics/regional/index.html) to estimate the absolute regional savings shown on the map.

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