Initiatives News
Wednesday 1st February 2012
EUROPEAN Union member states who are searching for strategies to fight record-high unemployment and recessionary pressures should look at supporting investments in energy efficiency.
So said EU Climate Action Commissioner Connie Hedegaard yesterday (Tuesday), and she urged action at a special crisis summit on Monday, when EU leaders pledged 'to create ...
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Tuesday 31st January 2012
THE Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency (REEEP) are to help fund the Tonga's Energy Roadmap which will improve energy efficiency for the Kingdom.
The 10-year Tonga Energy Roadmap (TERM) plan represents a dramatic restructuring of the South Pacific island’s energy sector, aiming at increased energy efficiency, decreasing dependence on imported fossil fuels, ...
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Tuesday 31st January 2012
ONE in three UK energy managers say that energy efficiency issues are not taken seriously by their bosses or organisations, according to a new report published today by Siemens.
According to the research 31 percent of those responsible for energy management and energy efficiency within UK businesses believe the issues are ...
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Monday 30th January 2012
HUNDREDS of jobs are set be created and millions of pounds saved for the taxpayer thanks to the Mayor's programme to make public bulidings more energy efficient.
Schools, libraries, town halls and hospitals are among nearly 400 public buildings set to get an energy efficiency makeover through London Mayor Boris Johnson's ...
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Thursday 26th January 2012
The UK hopes to be amongst the best prepared nations for the implications of climate change following publication of a groundbreaking study into the threats the country faces.
The Climate Change Risk Assessment (CCRA) highlights the top 100 challenges to the UK and our economy of a changing climate and provides ...
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Thursday 26th January 2012
IN HIS State of the Union Address, U.S. President Barack Obama admitted it wouldn’t be possible to pass climate change legislation, although he touched on energy efficiency and clean energy.
As we reported earlier, there were calls for Obama to follow through on hoped for legislation on energy efficiency and he ...
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Wednesday 25th January 2012
KATERI Callahan, President of non-profit energy efficiency organisation Alliance to Save Energy, encourages U.S. President to continue to push energy efficiency as he prepares his State of the Union Address.
Callahan states: “Energy efficiency strengthens the nation’s economy, spurs job growth and reduces dependence on imported energy – while also saving ...
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Wednesday 25th January 2012
IN THE U.S. the District of Colombia (Washington DC) again heads the US Green Building Council’s (USGBC) table of LEED-rated energy efficient buildings per capita.
Last year, 18,954,022 square feet of institutional and commercial space across the district earned the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) building certification.
The per capita ...
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Monday 23rd January 2012
TRININDAD and Tobago’s Energy Minister, Kevin Ramnarine, reckons millions of dollars could be saved by the islands’ industries if they invested in energy efficiency and saving.
Ramnarine raised the point during the launch of the Energy Service Company (ESCO) committee in Port of Spain at the end of last week, explaining ...
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Friday 20th January 2012
THE Scottish Government has set up a programme to help businesses and public sector organisations to save money and reduce greenhouse gas emissions through improved energy efficiency.
The new web portal, the Scottish Energy and Resource Efficiency Service (SERES), is now available and is designed to streamline and make more consistent ...
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Friday 20th January 2012
INDIAN energy suppliers in the Orissa region will cut electricity supplies to buildings failing to conform to energy efficiency codes, according to officials quoted in the Times of India yesterday.
The Times reports that Surya Narayan Mishra, Engineer in chief (electricity) at the state designated agency (SDA), for implementing the Indian ...
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Thursday 19th January 2012
DANISH Prime Minister, Helle Thorning-Schmidt was in European Parliament yesterday to present the Danish EU presidency's six-month working programme, including sustainability and energy efficiency.
Thorning-Schmidt revealed that she thinks the European Union (EU) should retain a leading role as a green economy, and wants to see movement on the energy efficiency ...
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Thursday 19th January 2012
INCREASED energy efficiency and strong growth for renewable energy are forecast in BP’s latest Energy Outlook 2030, published yesterday.
The report also predicts global energy demand will continue to grow over the next twenty years, albeit at a slowing annual rate, fuelled by economic and population growth in non-OECD countries.
Global energy ...
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Wednesday 18th January 2012
THE UK property industry warn that the government’s “Green Deal” on its own is unlikely to deliver the revolution in energy efficiency that is needed to reach UK emission targets.
The British Property Federation (BPF) has urged the UK government to take action to bolster the Green Deal by:
providing additional fiscal ...
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Wednesday 18th January 2012
Industrial energy efficiency is key to sustainable industrial development, according to a flagship publication of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO).
UNIDO’s Industrial Development Report, launched yesterday at the World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi, urges investment in energy-efficient technologies in order to provide the economic, environmental and ...
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Tuesday 17th January 2012
BRITISH Land, one of the UK’s largest Real Estate Investment Trusts (REIT) is determined to show that energy saving initiatives are not just a lot of hot air.
After reducing energy costs by almost a third in its shopping centres and retail parks, British Land is now focusing its environmental efforts ...
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Monday 16th January 2012
THE Emirates Green Building Council (EmiratesGBC) based in Dubai will stress the importance of improving the energy efficiency in existing buildings at its Focus Day on Tuesday (Jan 17).
The Focus Day is being held in conjunction with the World Future Energy Summit (WFES), taking place in Abu Dhabi.
EmiratesGBC is also ...
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Friday 13th January 2012
LARGE corporations in India will have to keep a close eye on their power usage as the Government is going to set a cap on their energy consumption.
According to officials at the Indian Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) a list of around 477 facilities belonging to various large corporations ...
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Friday 13th January 2012
EUROPEAN Union Members of Parliament (MEP) have recognised the need for more flexibility for member states when choosing their energy efficiency targets and are close to an agreement.
This has become apparent after yesterday’s debate at the European Parliament's Committee on Industry (ITRE) regarding the draft Energy Efficiency Directive dragged on, ...
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Thursday 12th January 2012
SOME states within the European Union are trying to revive a legally binding 20 percent energy efficiency target as energy efficiency funding discussions are taking place in the European Parliament.
Supporters of a binding target want to make it harder for member states to argue against energy efficiency funds, because they ...
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Wednesday 11th January 2012
IN most countries buildings use at least 40 percent of the nations energy - meaning that improving the energy efficiency of the country’s energy stock is vital for the environment and the economy.
In South Africa, which is also battling a shortfall in energy capacity, tackling the energy efficiency of buildings ...
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Tuesday 10th January 2012
NEW York City was awarded the World Green Building Council’s Government Leadership Award in “Industry Transformation”, as reported this week, for their “Greener, Greater Buildings Plan” on building energy efficiency
The “Greener, Greater Buildings Plan” programme concentrates on the City’s larger buildings which produce 45 percent of the City’s CO2 emissions, ...
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Monday 9th January 2012
THE World Green Building Council, has announced the winning cities in its WorldGBC Government Leadership Awards for Excellence in City Policy for Green Building.
The Leadership awards, created in partnership with ICLEI-International and UN-HABITAT, announced the following winners for the varied categories:
Best Green Building Policy: San Francisco, USA, for the San Francisco Green Building ...
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Monday 9th January 2012
ENERGY efficiency will be at the top of the agenda at the World Future Energy Summit, or WFES 2012, in Abu Dhabi later this month.
WFES 2012 will devote a special session to energy efficiency, with contributions from many world leaders in energy efficiency, including Siemens and Exxon Mobil.
Much of the ...
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Friday 6th January 2012
BUDGET for energy efficiency programmes across the USA reached a record level of $6.8 billion in 2011 - a 25 percent increase over 2010, so writes Joe Romm on Climate Progress.
The record amount was due to an increase in the number of improved energy efficiency standards across many States, writes ...
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Energy Efficiency Actions Can Help Reduce Unemployment and Debt
