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The Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) promotes the career of building services engineers by accrediting courses of study in further and higher education, by approving workbased training programmes and providing routes to full professional Registration and Membership, including Chartered Engineer, Incorporated Engineer and Engineering Technician.

Website: http://www.cibse.org/

Provides specialist support to business and the public sector to help cut carbon emissions, save energy and commercialise low carbon technologies.

Website: http://www.carbontrust.co.uk/

The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) was created in October 2008, to bring together energy policy (previously with BERR, which is now BIS - the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills), and climate change mitigation policy (previously with Defra and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs).

Website: http://www.decc.gov.uk/

Communities and Local Government sets policy on local government, housing, urban regeneration, planning and fire and rescue. We have responsibility for all race equality and community cohesion related issues in England and for building regulations, fire safety and some housing issues in England and Wales.

Website: http://www.communities.gov.uk/corporate/

NetRegs is a partnership between the UK environmental regulators – the Environment Agency in England and Wales, SEPA in Scotland and the Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) in Northern Ireland.

It provides free environmental guidance for small and medium-sized businesses throughout the UK

Website: http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/netregs/default.aspx

Defra is the UK government department responsible for policy and regulations on the environment, food and rural affairs.

Website: www.defra.gov.uk