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Friday 21st December 2012
THE Two Roads Brewing Company in Stratford, U.S.have received the Connecticut Energy Efficiency Fund’s Energy Efficiency Leadership Award for their efforts in improving energy efficiency and environmental awareness.
Two Roads, a craft brewery, benefited from the Energy Efficiency Fund’s program, Energy Conscious Blueprint. Via this program Two Roads upgraded their energy ...
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Thursday 20th December 2012
U.S. President Barack Obama this week signed a handful of energy efficiency provisions into law.
The American Energy Manufacturing Technical Corrections Act is the legislative mechanism to drive energy efficiency actions within governmental agencies.
The Act will promote energy efficiency across federal facilities, including installing advanced energy monitoring. The act will also ...
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Wednesday 19th December 2012
THE Government of India’s most energy efficient building for 2012 is the Ambala divisional railway building in the northern state of Haryana.
The Indian Union Ministry of Power honored the Senior Electrical Engineer R K Gupta for his efforts and success in greatly improving the energy efficiency in the building.
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Tuesday 18th December 2012
THE New Mexico Bank & Trust and the BluePath Finance LLC have teamed up offering finance for energy efficiency technology upgrades for businesses, non-profits and the public sector.
BluePath specialize in providing funding for the installation of energy efficiency technology, with a lot of the saving made through the technology covering ...
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Monday 17th December 2012
THE Mayor of London’s RE:FIT program is set to enter its second phase - with millions of pounds due to be spent upgrading around 400 public buildings in the UK’s capital.
Law courts, libraries and schools will be amongst the facilities that will be retrofitted with energy efficiency technology, saving costs ...
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Friday 14th December 2012
MANY Companies remain unprepared for the effects of dwindling natural resources, according to new research from the Carbon Trust.
The study, amongst 475 senior executives in Brazil, China, Korea, UK and USA, shows that many are not prepared to look at the issue of resource shortages now and believe they will ...
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Thursday 13th December 2012
THE Pacific Island of Guam’s Energy Office yesterday inspected the energy efficiency measures taken by the American Red Cross in their offices in the island capital Haganta.
The walk-through looked at the installed energy efficiency technologies, which have already seen the building enjoying energy and the resultant cost savings over the ...
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Wednesday 12th December 2012
CLIMATE change and energy efficiency maybe on the minds of world leaders at COP18 and in national parliaments but a new report shows it is business that is taking action.
The new report from Calvert Investments, Ceres and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) titled: “Power Forward: Why the World’s Largest Companies ...
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Tuesday 11th December 2012
THE UK’s Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has launched a Carbon Reduction Fund so businesses can access low cost loans to improve energy efficiency.
The £200 million ( $320 million) fund can offer lower cost finance as it is backed by the UK government’s Funding and Lending scheme’s low lending rates. ...
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Monday 10th December 2012
TO produce substantial energy savings India’s Andhra Pradesh state government’s Energy Conservation Building Code (ECBC) for commercial buildings will become mandatory after January 2013.
The code means that if a planned commercial building has a capacity of 100 kilowatts, energy saving strategies, measures and technology needs to be implemented, along ...
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Friday 7th December 2012
IN an interview this week with EurActiv the International Energy Agency’s Chief Economist, Fatih Birol. explained how energy efficiency is vital for a reduction in global CO2 emissions.
He actually referred to energy savings as one of the “few valuable options” left for mankind, particularly without any global climate agreement before 2020 ...
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Thursday 6th December 2012
THE U.S. is slowly accepting man made global warming, as is exemplified by efforts of a Republican and a Democrat in working together on improving energy efficiency in federal buildings.
Republican Cory Gardner and Democrat Peter Welch are forming a bipartisan caucus in the U.S. Congress in an effort to ensure ...
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Wednesday 5th December 2012
THE UK is to provide £150 million in sustainable financing to developing countries to enable them to better combat climate change.
The announcement was made yesterday by UK Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Ed Davey when he arrived in Doha for the final week of the UN climate ...
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Tuesday 4th December 2012
ELECTRONICS giant Philips hailed the governments and businesses at COP18, the UN Climate Change Conference in Doha, to adopt energy efficient lighting to lower costs, improve competitiveness and reduce emissions.
Eric Rondolat, CEO of Philips Lighting commented: “LED lighting is a technology innovation that enhances efficiency and brings substantial savings. These ...
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Monday 3rd December 2012
A CATACLYSMIC future has been predicted by the World Bank - not due to financial upheaval but due to climate change, which would also bring financial disaster.
In their report ‘Turn Down the Heat’ the World Bank claims that by the end of the century the world would have warmed by ...
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Friday 30th November 2012
STATE Governor of Michigan Rick Snyder in an address this week put energy efficiency at the center of the U.S. state’s energy policy.
Snyder called for longer term, adjustable strategies to secure the State’s future energy needs and protect its natural environment. He stated in his address that energy efficiency is ...
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Thursday 29th November 2012
Proposals to dramatically reduce electricity demand across the whole UK economy will be published by the Government today.
Cutting the amount of electricity used in Britain’s homes, businesses and industry can be much cheaper than paying firms to supply it; saving money through lower bills and reducing the need for new ...
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Wednesday 28th November 2012
AN Australian sawmill is aiming to reduce carbon emissions by almost 36 percent through investing millions in energy efficiency equipment and technology.
The Bombala Times of New South Wales reports on local business Dongwha Timbers sawmill, which is benefitting from an AUS$8.2 million grant from the Australian Government’s Clean Technology Investment Program.
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Tuesday 27th November 2012
THE European Bank of Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) are providing an initial $4 million of energy efficiency funding for Belarus’ industry and small to medium businesses.
Industry and commerce in Belarus is energy intensive and the finance aims to help the country reduce energy consumption, and cutting carbon emissions.
The initial loan ...
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Monday 26th November 2012
THE 18th UNFCCC conference, COP18, started in Doha today, but will it take the world further forward in battling climate change and improving energy use?
The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change will see 194 countries represented by 17,000 people discussing climate change and trying to reduce worldwide greenhouse gas emissions.
Many ...
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Friday 23rd November 2012
AUSTRALIA’S and New Zealand’s largest public listed companies are happier with carbon pricing and are taking more action on energy efficiency than they were in 2011.
The Carbon Disclosure Project Australia and New Zealand Climate Change Report 2012, which was written by Deloitte Australia, revealed a 12 percent increase amongst the ...
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Thursday 22nd November 2012
A NEW report from BlueGreen Canada entitled ‘More Bang for our Buck’ explains how the country can create more jobs while cutting harmful emissions.
The report claims that Canada’s increasing reliance on oil sands, including the tax incentives given to the gas and oil sectors, is not the best long term ...
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Wednesday 21st November 2012
REUTERS report that business leaders want the European Union (EU) to set a new binding energy efficiency target.
The group went public to ignite a discourse of sustainability aims for 2030, with the European Commission (EC) due soon to issue green policy documents.
The group of executives sent a letter yesterday to ...
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Tuesday 20th November 2012
$13 billion over two decades may be needed by Thailand’s energy efficiency and green construction sector, this conclusion comes after a report on energy efficiency spending between 2003 and 2011.
Currently the sector is anticipating the positive effect of energy efficiency, green building standards and certification which will drive growth in ...
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Monday 19th November 2012
THE Chicago Park District have received a major sustainability award for running the worlds most energy efficient and green marina.
The Chicago Park District manage the largest municipal park area in the U.S., and opened the 31st Street Harbor in May at a cost of $103 million.
Michael Kelly, Chicago Park District ...
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Craft Brewery Benefits from Energy Efficiency Upgrades
