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Wednesday 13th July 2011
PERSONAL freedom reaches great lengths in the U.S. although some hefty smoking bans fly-in-the-face of such views, with the ban on inefficient lighting meeting opposition.
Some feel that having to buy energy efficient, compact fluorescent lighting is an affront to personal freedom, which is why the U.S. House of Representatives is ...
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Monday 9th May 2011
MANUFACTURERS in Kenya are using energy-efficient technologies to save on production costs, increase the competitiveness of their products and hence protect their bottom line.
An audit in 2010 by the Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM) Centre for Energy Efficiency Conservation revealed significant savings of Sh783 million ($9,282,421) on energy costs.
The ...
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Tuesday 19th April 2011
VIETNAMESE companies are delighted to have saved hundreds of millions of dong from the energy saving solutions they have implemented, a lot more money than they had previously thought.
Just the Tan Binh Industrial Zone in Ho Chi Minh city report savings of hundreds of millions of dong over the last ...
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Friday 8th April 2011
THE NEW York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) announced yesterday that 219 Capital Region businesses are reducing energy costs by nearly $4.5 million annually.
The savings are as a result of the energy efficiency upgrades and sustainable building projects supported by NYSERDA during 2010.
The energy savings—more than 48 ...
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Thursday 7th April 2011
YESTERDAY the Spanish government revealed an energy-efficiency plan to save nearly €11.48 billion ($16.4 billion) and reducing greenhouse-gas emissions by 36.4 million tons by 2020.
Development Minister Jose Blanco presented the plan, stating that the aim is in part to cut Spain's dependence on foreign energy at this time of sky-high ...
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Thursday 24th February 2011
ENERGY saving products and services should be at the heart of any business philosophy, claims one sustainability expert.
UK’s Carbon Trust managing director, Hugh Jones, told the Daily Telegraph that ignoring environmental concerns disregards customer demand along with upcoming legislation and what competitors are already doing.
Despite this opportunity, research by the ...
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Thursday 25th November 2010
ENERGY efficiency should be a key priority of Europe's energy strategy for 2011-2020, say MEPs in a resolution adopted today.
Applying existing legislation in full, promoting energy projects and strengthening EU external energy policy are among the other priorities.
The future strategy should also strive to achieve a single energy market, security ...
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Tuesday 2nd November 2010
FROM tigers to jellyfish, the i Light festival in Singapore is designed to show off the assets of energy efficient lighting.
The LED bulbs in the festival lights use seventy percent less energy than regular bulbs and, in businesses translates into sizable savings.
i Light Marina Bay is a free ...
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Thursday 7th October 2010
PHARMACEUTICAL giant Pfizer has announced that it saved on average $1.4 million annually by installing energy-efficient light fixtures, timers and occupancy sensors in just one of its facilities.
Pfizer’s Kalamazoo, Michigan facility made the saving each year between 2004 and 2009, with savings last year alone totaling $2.6 million, according to ...
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Wednesday 6th October 2010
AN ENERGY-EFFICIENT lighting system will be installed in the main offices of 35 government agencies as part of the Philippine government’s clean energy project.
Philippines Energy Secretary Jose Rene D. Almendras revealed this week that the initiative will produce and expected annual savings of over US$500,000.
According to Philippine Department of Energy’s ...
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Wednesday 29th September 2010
U.S. COMMERCIAL buildings and large hospitals can cut their energy use by at least 50 per cent, saving millions, according to reports from the Department of Energy (DOE).
Two technical reports published by the U.S. DOE’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory recommend simple energy saving measures to produce much needed reduction in ...
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Tuesday 28th September 2010
TAIWANESE company Chimei Innolux, a world-leading TFT-LCD products manufacturer, saved over $47.5 million on their electricity bills last year,and in so doing won a national corporate energy conservation award.
Hsu Shu-fu, head of Chimei Innolux’s operations, said the company saved the money in its seven factory buildings:
“It is by no means ...
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Wednesday 22nd September 2010
SAVINGS of over $155 billion could be made through changing to energy efficient lighting and automated intelligent lighting controls, such is the claim ahead of the Light Middle East expo.
Eduardo Mataix, one of the exhibitors at the claimed: "Using energy efficient lighting in the Middle East and Africa could result ...
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Friday 17th September 2010
SMART meters may not deliver the hoped-for energy efficiency, such are the conclusions of a new study but the research highlights the importance of the need for energy use feedback to the consumer.
The paper by Sarah Darby of the University of Oxford’s Environmental Change Institute published in the journal Building ...
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Wednesday 25th August 2010
GHANA has saved around $38 million in an energy conservation exercise which started in 2007.
The programme, among other things, saw the replacement of incandescent bulbs with energy-saving ones throughout the country. The exercise resulted in the conservation of 124 mega-watts of energy.
Victor Owusu, public affairs officer of the Energy ...
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Monday 23rd August 2010
LUDHIANA city, in Punjab India, have had a 60% saving on energy through a trial of energy-efficient lighting for their street lights.
City officials have asked the Indian Bureau of Energy Efficiency
(BEE) to consult for the trial, by the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation.
The city installed around 20 LED lights on a trial ...
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Wednesday 18th August 2010
A STUDY by Columbia University in the U.S. reveals that many Americans maybe in the dark regarding efficient ways to save electricity.
In the survey researchers found the majority believe that they can make real energy savings with small changes in habits, but underestimating the massive energy saving available through changing ...
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Friday 6th August 2010
THE UK government has installed energy meters in 18 department headquarters in London, that can now be seen online by the public, with the administration stating they want to increase accountability in a bid to cut emissions by 10% over the next 12 months.
Real-time energy meters should help departments ...
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Tuesday 27th July 2010
WITH utility bills in United Arab Emirates (UAE) for commercial buildings rising by over 50 per cent over the last two years, many more companies are embracing energy-saving measures to reduce costs and carbon emissions, reports Anita Mathews, exhibition director of Middle East Electricity.
The financial as well as environmental issues ...
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Wednesday 21st July 2010
LANCASTER city, in the American state of Pennsylvania, have revealed that their maintenance workers used to change the incandescent bulbs in the city's traffic lights every year - but they haven’t touched them for three years and do not expect to do so for at least another seven, if not ...
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Thursday 8th July 2010
THE U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) web site publishes energy saving and efficiency advise – as you would expect, but the New York Times reports that it’s a case of “do as I say, not what I do” for the DOE
An internal audit revealed on Wednesday that many of the ...
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Wednesday 5th May 2010
IN a report from management consultancy Accenture, discounts of 10% to 20% will be demanded by customers in return for allowing energy firms to use smart meters to regulate their energy use.
After asking more than 9,000 consumers in 17 countries, Accenture found only 16% would give electricity providers remote control ...
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Friday 23rd April 2010
THE NEMEX exhibition in the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham, England, was held over three days this week, with many in the energy saving industry gathering to share their experience and display their innovations.
From smart meters and load-side products through to leading edge innovations in real-time energy monitoring or just ...
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Wednesday 7th April 2010
Next week in a keynote speech entitled "Sources of Innovation for Motion Control" John Hanks, who has many years experience in motor controls, will provide details on the amount of energy used globally to power motors.
The address is the kickoff event of the EE Times Motor Control Virtual Conference that ...
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Monday 29th March 2010
WHICH? a consumer protection organisation in the UK have just released some details regarding Smart Meters - often lauded as a panacea for energy saving.
Which? chief executive Peter Vicary-Smith said:
‘We've long argued that consumers shouldn't foot the bill for installing Smart Meters - consumers will save a few pounds ...
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