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Wednesday 31st October 2012
ACCORDING to a new report in the U.S. state Ohio almost 10,000 people work at improving energy efficiency, generating $2.1 billion in annual sales. The report that was produced by nonprofit Advanced Energy Economy sounds impressive and is a move in the right direction, although to put the figures into perspective ...
Tuesday 30th October 2012
NOT enough is being done to develop energy efficient buildings, appliances and cars to combat climate change according to the latest research. The research by the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research at the University of East Anglia published in Nature Climate Change discovered that double the amount of effort is ...
Monday 29th October 2012
A CALL from several large Australian organisations for action from governments after the country has seen a 50 percent energy cost rise over five years with more increases due. The review released today by energy consults Oakley Greenwood, commissioned by the Australian Industry Group, CHOICE, the Energy Efficiency Council and the ...
Friday 26th October 2012
AN agreement signed between the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) and the University College Cork (UCC) underlines UCC’s focus on improving their energy efficiency. The agreement has been formulated under the SEAI’s Public Sector Partnership programme, with the University taking a major role in helping Ireland achieve it’s national 33 ...
Thursday 25th October 2012
TWO U.S. cities have received grants from Bloomberg Philanthropies that will be used to paint city roofs with energy saving reflective paint, reducing carbon emissions by a combined 110 tonnes. Phoenix, Arizona received a $100,000 grant which will partly be used to paint 70,000 square feet of city roof surface, while ...
Wednesday 24th October 2012
CHINA recognises the energy efficiency gap between what developed countries are attaining compared with what they have achieved, despite their wish to reduce consumption and CO2 emissions. During this weeks World Energy Forum 2012 in Dubai the director-general of China's Department of International Cooperation for the country's Science and Technology Ministry, ...
Tuesday 23rd October 2012
THE Philippines are in consultations with the World Bank over its policies towards the nation for the next three years as part of the lending agency’s Country Partnership Strategy (CPS). The drafting of the CPS between the Philippines and the Bank also presents the chance to work with the the private ...
Monday 22nd October 2012
HOSPITALS across Scotland are benefiting from a £24 million fund for investment in various energy saving schemes over the next three years. The projects are expected to reduce greenhouse gases across the National Health Service (NHS) Scotland by around 10 percent, saving around £4 million in energy costs each year. Funding for ...
Friday 19th October 2012
SERBIA is to receive funding from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) for energy efficiency and renewable energy projects. EUR 100 million has been allocated by the EBRD for such projects throughout much of the former Yugoslavia, and €50 million has already been assigned. Another €21 million of funding ...
Thursday 18th October 2012
THE Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) International is urging the U.S. Senate to pass the Commercial Building Modernization Act (CBMA), extending and enhancing tax deductions for energy efficient buildings. The incentives apply to commercial and multifamily buildings, and the bipartisan legislation would extend the tax deduction through the end of ...
Wednesday 17th October 2012
A NEW report published yesterday by Green Alliance and WWF-UK argues that the upcoming UK Energy Bill must incentivise energy efficiency and create a ‘market’ for electricity savings. The report highlights research commissioned by the UK Government, which found that effective measures to reduce electricity use could mean that 40 percent ...
Tuesday 16th October 2012
SOUTH African utility Eskom kept the lights on over the winter and is actively partnering with consumers to do the same while executing much-needed maintenance on ageing power stations. At its third quarterly State of the System media briefing of 2012, Eskom reported that it had kept the lights on ...
Monday 15th October 2012
UKRAINE needs to improve energy efficiency along with renewables to reduce its reliance on expensive Russian natural gas to gain energy independence according to New Europe Online. New Europe report that a debate is ongoing over whether to concentrate on energy efficiency or renewables, when both are vital to their energy ...
Friday 12th October 2012
YESTERDAY the European Commission released a substantial set of proposals to boost EU industry, with predictions that energy efficiency and sustainability will play a major role in developing globalization. According to the scoreboard, several Member States have made good progress in strengthening industry's sustainability, improving support to small and medium-sized enterprises ...
Thursday 11th October 2012
RECENT analysis by Frost & Sullivan shows a drive for building automation in North America is the need to increase energy efficiency and savings when implementing green and sustainable measures. Building automation systems, covering many areas from lighting controls and HVAC controls, that help meet the more stringent requirements of governmental ...
Wednesday 10th October 2012
BLOOMBERG report that the German Government is preparing an energy-savings initiative to combat rising electricity prices and reduce energy consumption by 10 percent by 2020. The plan is to help consumers “cheat rising power prices and make the German energy switch a success,” Altmaier said after meeting with energy executives and ...
Tuesday 9th October 2012
THE Israeli government has allocated NIS 97 million, around $24.7 million, funding to promote energy efficiency and energy efficiency technologies. The funding will be administered by Israel’s Environmental Protection and the Trade, Labor and Industry ministries and offered to the industrial and business sectors along with municipalities, aiming substantial energy savings ...
Monday 8th October 2012
THE Philippine Department of Energy (DOE) is endeavoring to pass a comprehensive Energy Efficiency and Conservation Bill due to the need to strengthen the framework for energy efficiency. The Undersecretary for Energy Efficiency, Loreta Ayson, revealed to Sun Star a study on the proposal which was being completed with the aid ...
Friday 5th October 2012
YESTERDAY, Thursday, the European Council approved the EU Energy Efficiency Directive, opening the way for it to be signed into law in November. The Presidents and Secretaries-General of the European Parliament and of the Council are expected to sign the directive later this month bringing the legislation into force in November. The directive ...
Thursday 4th October 2012
STATES in the U.S. continue to move strongly in 2012 to advance energy efficiency initiatives regardless of which political party is in control of state legislatures and governors’ offices. That is the conclusion of the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) in its sixth annual State Energy Efficiency Scorecard. Available online ...
Tuesday 2nd October 2012
GERMANY'S new program to help small and medium-sized businesses implement new energy efficient technologies took effect yesterday. Cost efficient reduction of energy consumption and smart management of the energy supply are priorities for Germany, which already generates more than 20 percent of its electricity supply from renewable sources. Germany Trade & ...
Monday 1st October 2012
THE Moscow Times reports that the Russian Government has approved amendments to legislation to try and move the country's stalled energy efficiency strategy. Amendments include more focus on energy efficiency in the industrial sector, and the enforcement of obligatory energy performance audits and mandatory energy efficiency measures. There will also be changes to the laws regulating ...
Friday 28th September 2012
GARFIELD Clean Energy aims to make Garfield County, Colorado, the most energy efficient county in the U.S. according to a local newspaper The Citizen Telegram. Garfield Clean Energy is formed from a collaboration between various government entities and other organisations across Garfield County, who provide guidance and funding for energy efficiency ...
Thursday 27th September 2012
TWO global studies commissioned by Vestas reveal positive news for clean energy: 85% of consumers want more, and global investment is outpacing fossil fuel generation. This data is drawn from two global surveys: the Global Consumer Wind Study 2012 (GCWS), an annual survey produced by TNS Gallup, about consumers’ preferences for renewable ...
Wednesday 26th September 2012
WARNING that competition for energy resources is a major source of conflict, Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaite wants the United Nations to outlaw the use of energy to gain political goals. “We need to make existing inequalities in access to energy a source of cooperation, not tensions,” President Grybauskaite told the 67th ...