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Monday 16th May 2011
TURKEY is looking to make its state buildings energy efficient, such as office blocks, hospitals and student dormitories, all of which will need to be upgraded to make the savings. The Turkish Ministry of Public Works has decided to convert the buildings, starting with around 100 properties, according to data gathered ...
Friday 13th May 2011
THE International Financial Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, is teaming up with the Russian Energy Agency (REA) to aid to Russia improve its energy efficiency. The REA and IFC signed a memorandum of understanding yesterday with the aim to help Russian industry and housing to become energy ...
Friday 13th May 2011
THE U.S. CITY of Seattle has launched an initiative that will see commercial buildings benchmarking energy performance and making energy ratings available to prospective buyers, tenants and lenders. The City of Seattle, Washington State, sent letters to over 800 large commercial property owners and managers this week, telling them about the ...
Thursday 12th May 2011
IRELAND’S Minister for Energy, Pat Rabbitte, announced yesterday that an additional €30 million in funding is being made available for commercial and domestic energy efficiency programmes. Rabbitte also claimed this initiative will create new jobs and see energy bills fall significantly, along with the environmental benefits the move is also seen ...
Thursday 12th May 2011
THE EUROPEAN Commission has diluted plans to move the European Union (EU) towards 20 percent energy savings by the end of the decade, reports EurActiv. A draft efficiency directive, seen by EurActiv, is now being examined by several European Commission departments before it will be finalised and published late next month. ...
Wednesday 11th May 2011
IN TUESDAY night's Australian Federal Budget announcements, Australia's renewable energy sector took a battering, although further funds are released for energy efficiency programmes. The budget allocated A$13m (US$14.13 million) in extra funding to support energy-efficiency programmes, with more than A$20m (US$21.7 million) being provided to improve the reporting of greenhouse gas ...
Wednesday 11th May 2011
A NEW survey, the 2011 Energy Efficiency Indicator, reveals growing interest in energy efficiency gains, despite hurdles in raising the necessary finance. The survey, released yesterday by Johnson Controls, claims that many companies face financial challenges when trying to improve the energy efficiency of their buildings, this is despite ever increasing ...
Tuesday 10th May 2011
SOME of the UKs leading property bosses are calling for the British Government to force commercial landlords to publish the energy efficiency of their buildings. A letter from CEOs of British Land, Land Securites and Hammerson and signed by the developer of the Olympic Village, Lend Lease, called for the Prime ...
Tuesday 10th May 2011
EU citizens want energy efficiency measures to reduce energy bills and make the target of 20 percent energy savings by 2020 binding, according to a European Parliament survey. The European Union (EU) set itself the three goals in 2007 of reducing greenhouse gases by 20 percent, raising energy efficiency by ...
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 ...
Monday 9th May 2011
NIGERIA is looking to a four-year programme to drive energy efficiency across the public and private sectors to combat the country’s power crisis. A country has been suffering greatly from frequent power outages, primarily due to an inadequate and unstable power generation and grid. The black outs have forced businesses to ...
Friday 6th May 2011
THE UK should abolish its renewable energy targets and focus on cheaper ways to reduce carbon emissions, according to researchers at Policy Exchange. Britain could save 12.5 billion pounds ($20.6 billion) by cutting back ambitious wind farm projects and "renegotiate its commitment" to the European Union’s (EU) target of generating 20 ...
Friday 6th May 2011
TOURISM operators in the Mediterranean island of Malta can take advantage of a soft-loan scheme designed to help with investment in energy saving technology. The scheme launched by Tonio Fenech, Malta’s Finance, Economy and Investment Minister, and Mario de Marco, Tourism Parliamentary Secretary is open to all with a valid ...
Thursday 5th May 2011
WE HAVE all come to realise that there is a major drawback with using energy as we have been doing - the expense to the environment and the budget, but using less energy has only positives. This was the basic message delivered by policy experts and scientists yesterday at the Rutgers ...
Wednesday 4th May 2011
THIRTY of Europe’s leading energy efficiency executives released an open letter last week calling for the European Union to push policies for the energy efficiency of buildings. The letter was published simultaneously in Le Monde, the Financial Times, the Handelsblatt, Berlingske, and the European Voice. It urges European ministers to favour ...
Wednesday 4th May 2011
THE New Zealand government is providing $1.46 million (US$1.16 million) to help smaller companies improve energy use and boost competitiveness with a new scheme launched today (May 4). Acting Minister of Energy and Resources, Hekia Parata, today launched Energising Business, a new programme run by the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority ...
Tuesday 3rd May 2011
THE Bangkok Post reports that economists believe Thailand will inevitably suffer impacts from higher energy prices unless it improves existing regulations and enhances energy efficiency. Jeeva A. Perumalpillai-Essex, sustainable development leader for Southeast Asia with the World Bank commented that Thailand's resolve in the 1970s to advance energy efficiency has unfortunately ...
Tuesday 3rd May 2011
THE U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Energy Star programme yesterday launched the 2011 National Building Competition: Battle of the Buildings. Teams from 245 buildings around the country are going head-to-head to improve energy efficiency and determine who can reduce their energy use the most. Nearly five million commercial buildings in ...
Monday 2nd May 2011
THIS month marks the 31st anniversary of the International Code Council Foundation's (ICCF) Building Safety Month, with this years focus on energy efficiency, green issues and sustainability. The first week of Building Safety Month , May 1-7, is devoted to green and energy efficiency issues—a timely topic because of the ...
Monday 2nd May 2011
ONE year ago, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) challenged the U.S. manufacturing industry to improve their energy efficiency by 10 percent or more within five years. Over that time, 240 manufacturing sites have responded to the Energy Star Challenge for Industry and 34 sites have improved their energy efficiency by ...
Friday 29th April 2011
SOUTH Africa faces an uncertain power supply during this winter, as we have previously reported the state owned utility Eskom have called for increased energy saving and efficiency. The current energy supply to demand margin is tight, leading Eskon to make no guarantees of a blackout free winter or load-shedding. With ...
Friday 29th April 2011
IN 2007 New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg launched PlaNYC, the city’s long-term plan for a sustainable future, this week an update to the plan has been released. “Through PlaNYC we learned that the challenges and solutions of managing our growth in a sustainable way interlock with one another,” said Mayor ...
Thursday 28th April 2011
THE Japanese government is likely call on businesses serviced by Tokyo Electric Power Company and Tohoku Electric Power Company to reduce electricity use by 15 percent compared to last year. The Japanese Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, Banri Kaieda, revealed the possible move today, which sees the target for the ...
Thursday 28th April 2011
AUSTRALIAN property owners, managers and listed property trusts are faced with rocketing energy prices, new regulations and an upcoming price on carbon. Property owners and managers are now asking how bad this situation will get, with most concluding that the energy price increases alone justify further or new investment into energy ...
Wednesday 27th April 2011
MARRIOTT’S Grand Chateau, located at the center of the high-energy Las Vegas Strip, has earned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) prestigious Energy Star rating. The Energy Star rating is the U.S. national symbol for protecting the environment through superior energy efficiency. This signifies that the 40-story-building performs in the top ...