British Gas New Energy was launched in 2007 to supply the growing British market for low-carbon and energy-efficient products and services. It is part of Centrica, an energy utility with 27,500 staff, a turnover of over £21bn (2008) and operations in 11 countries.rnIn 2008, British Gas launched 'Green Streets', a year-long experiment in which groups of households in eight streets in eight cities competed to save the most energy. The eight households in each street received an energy audit and £30,000 to spend on domestic energy-saving equipment, backed by ongoing access to energy efficiency advice. By the end of the competition, the households had saved an average of 25% of their energy use and cut their CO_2 emissions by 23%.
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机译：英国天然气新能源公司（British Gas New Energy）于2007年推出，旨在为不断增长的英国市场提供低碳，节能产品和服务。它是Centrica的一部分，Centrica是一家能源公用事业公司，拥有27,500名员工，营业额超过210亿英镑（2008年），业务遍及11个国家。2008年，英国天然气公司启动了为期一年的“绿色街道”试验，在该试验中，八个城市中的八个街道竞争以节省最多的能源。每条街道上的8户家庭均接受了能源审计，并获得了30,000英镑用于购置家用节能设备，并不断获得能效建议的支持。到比赛结束时，这些家庭平均节省了25％的能源消耗，并将CO_2排放量减少了23％。
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