Energy Saving News
Tuesday 13th July 2010
ACCORDING to new research healthcare organisations are more likely to invest in energy efficiency for their facilities compared to other industry sectors.
According to PR Newswire in March American Society for Healthcare Engineering (ASHE), Johnstone Controlls and the International Facility Management Association (IFMA), commissioned the 2010 Energy Efficiency Indicator (EEI) survey, ...
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Monday 12th July 2010
BUSINESS groups in Australia are appealing to the government to use tax breaks to improve energy efficiency, rather than the planned carbon tax or emissions trading scheme, at least until there is an international consensus on climate policy.
The current Labor government is due to meet tomorrow, Tuesday 13th July, to ...
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Saturday 10th July 2010
FRANCE announced on Friday that it is providing a 46 million Euros loan to Pakistan for energy saving and rehabilitating a power plant to promote energy efficiency and enhance Pakistan’s supply against the backdrop of electricity outages that have been plaguing the country.
Secretary Economic Affairs Division (EAD), Sibtain Fazal Halim, ...
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Friday 9th July 2010
THE European Union (EU) may need new legislation to produce the required long term reductions for carbon emissions, so stated the European Energy Commissioner Günther Oettinger yesterday during the annual Greenpeace energy revolution roadmap.
Oettinger did not advocate any new specific legislation, only hinting that the EU could bring in laws ...
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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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Thursday 8th July 2010
THE Iranian Supreme Leader has announced a policy for energy conservation and consumption.
After a consultation with Iran's Expediency Council, the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei declared the mechanism for reforming consumption patterns, especially for the conservation of energy and water resources.
The Ayatollah has forwarded a ...
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Thursday 8th July 2010
THE Eastern Police District (EPD) of Manila is being forced to take energy efficiency measures to be able to pay its utility bills, by arresting the amount of energy wasted.
Police chiefs are strictly implementing energy saving at district and station level after continuing increases in energy consumption across their precincts.
EPD ...
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Wednesday 7th July 2010
A report on energy efficiency published by Energy Regulators from around the world has been sent to the energy ministers of all the G8 countries, fulfilling a commitment made by energy regulators last year.
The report highlights how energy efficiency is one of the major issues regarding climate change and compiles ...
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Tuesday 6th July 2010
INDIA is seeing a 10% annual increase in commercial buildings with the increase in the energy demand projected to be 5.4 billion kWh annually. The need for businesses in India to design and construct ‘high performance buildings’, so that the use of electricity can be controlled is imperative.
Due to ...
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Tuesday 6th July 2010
THE International Energy Agency (IEA) estimates that energy efficiency will achieve 65% of the worldwide carbon cuts in the energy sector by 2020. Meaning that by 2020 energy efficiency could have almost twice the impact of renewable energy, nuclear power and clean coal will have, combined. The IEA is an ...
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Tuesday 6th July 2010
NEW YORK'S Department of Buildings launched the New York City Energy Conservation Code last week. It is just one step in New York’s target to cut CO2 emissions by 30 percent by 2030.
The new regulations affects lighting, power, and HVAC for renovations and new building projects.
The new code is ...
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Monday 5th July 2010
THE European Commission (EC) announced today that it is going to invest €10 million into the Greenstar Energy Conservation and Emission Reduction Private Equity Fund, making it China’s first energy efficiency focused private equity fund.
The investment and further energy efficiency activity is much needed, as China’s great efforts towards reducing ...
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Monday 5th July 2010
THE Committee on Climate Change in the UK has underlined the fact that substantial savings are just waiting for small and medium-sized businesses to claim through energy efficiency
Although focused on UK SMEs the benefits apply worldwide for any business or organisation.
The Committee reported that in the UK, and many other ...
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Friday 2nd July 2010
SAVING hundreds of thousands of dollars in operational costs through energy conservation and efficiency is not that difficult, so heard an audience of business leaders in the Canadian City of Guelph, at the Guelph Chamber of Commerce Environmental Sustainability Forum this week.
They discovered it can be a simple to save ...
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Friday 2nd July 2010
THE Sri Lanka Sustainable Energy Authority (SLSEA) is to host the Vidulka Energy Week energy saving exhibition next month in Colombo.
The exhibition will inform Sri Lankans about energy conservation and will also address concerns and questions of energy professionals, the energy industries, academics and the general public.
The exhibition will be ...
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Thursday 1st July 2010
"I don't think incentives work, sticks do." so said Bob Wigley, chairman of the UK government’s Green Investment Bank Commission.
Wigley encouraged the UK government to show they have “the guts” by imposing financial penalties on businesses who fail to become energy efficiency and accept their environmental responsibilities.
Wigley, speaking yesterday at ...
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Thursday 1st July 2010
THE Western Australia (WA) Government has been criticised for wasting $50 million dollars on energy after an audit discovered they had failed to meet energy reduction targets.
The Energy Smart Government program started in 2002 and set a target of reducing energy use by 12 per cent within five years, but ...
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Wednesday 30th June 2010
THE Taipei city government revealed yesterday that it is starting an energy-saving campaign in July aimed at the heavier power users, such as hotels, office buildings and department stores, who will be requested to maintain an indoor temperature no lower than 26 degrees Celsius.
Hau Lung-bin, the city mayor, stated that ...
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Wednesday 30th June 2010
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's annual Budget Address was posted on the Russian Presidential website yesterday, and amongst the many proposals is one focusing on energy efficiency.
Medvedev proposes that enterprises, which operate energy-efficiently and use energy efficient equipment will be exempt from property tax.
“To introduce new technologies in the economy it ...
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Tuesday 29th June 2010
THE Filipino city of Caloocan, part of metropolitan Manila and just north of the city, is to apply strict measures in its energy conservation program, which will force all city government offices to save on its bills.
The City Mayor, Enrico “Recom” Echiverri, said :
“Besides the savings we make from paying ...
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Tuesday 29th June 2010
CUYAHOGA County in Ohio State, U.S., is taking advantage of Federal stimulus funding and local taxes to cut the amount of energy used in 15 of the County’s own buildings.
The U.S. Department of Energy is submitting a grant of $1.9 million, covering 40 percent of the project, with the rest, ...
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Monday 28th June 2010
THE Indian governmental Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), with the support of the Ministry of Power, has started putting into action its national energy efficiency program.
There have been 35 small and medium enterprise (SME) groups selected and BEE aims at encouraging SMEs to implement energy efficient technologies and practices ...
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Monday 28th June 2010
A recent report by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in the United States has shown the expected expansion for energy service companies (ESCOs) to be around 26% annual growth from 2009-2011 with the revenue reaching $7.1 billion. ESCOs are private companies that typically offer energy savings improvements under long-term performance ...
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Friday 25th June 2010
THE Indian Cabinet have approved the implementation framework of the National Mission for Enhanced Energy Efficiency (NMEEE), one of the eight Missions of India’s National Action Plan on Climate Change.
The Mission’s goal is to save 23 million tonne of oil equivalent fuel and to avoid the need to build additional ...
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Thursday 24th June 2010
WE have reported regularly on the problems of energy supply in Pakistan, where draconian measures have been enacted, if not fully implemented.
Due to a shortage of capacity from their power stations the Pakistani government imposed restrictions on opening times for retail and businesses and even reduced opening for their own ...
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Healthcare Benefits from Energy Efficiency Investments
