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Monday 9th March 2015
TO help achieve India’s energy saving target under the government’s Energy Efficiency and Energy Conservation (EE and EC) programme, they will make Andhra Pradesh ‘an incandescent bulb free state’ by 2016. The HANS India report that under the programme, all municipalities in the state have been directed to switch the incandescent street ...
Friday 6th March 2015
A newly revised standard from the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) and IES seeks to provide greater guidance and a more comprehensive approach to retrofit of existing buildings for increased energy efficiency. The ANSI/ASHRAE/IES Standard 100-2015, Energy Efficiency in Existing Buildings, provides comprehensive and detailed descriptions of ...
Thursday 5th March 2015
THE U.S. Department of Energy announced the third round of Strategic Technical Assistance Response Team (START) Renewable Energy Project Development Assistance, providing tribal governments support to accelerate clean energy projects. Through the START Program, the U.S. Energy Department Office of Indian Energy and Energy Department National Laboratory experts provide technical assistance ...
Wednesday 4th March 2015
AN Action Plan designed to significantly improve the energy efficiency of Houston’s buildings, improving market competitiveness, has been released. The action plan is based on the recommendations of the Houston Energy Efficiency in Buildings Laboratory (EEB Lab) held jointly by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and the United ...
Tuesday 3rd March 2015
REGULATING comfort in small commercial buildings could become more efficient and cheaper due to an innovative wireless sensor being developed by researchers at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). Sara Shoemaker, from the U.S. ORNL, explains that buildings are responsible for about 40% of the energy consumed in the United States. ...
Monday 2nd March 2015
WORLD leading competitive auctions have led to contracts being offered to 27 renewable electricity projects, which together could power 1.4m homes in the UK. The green energy auction has driven down prices, by as much as 58% for one technology. The projects will lead to the UK emitting 4m fewer tonnes ...
Friday 27th February 2015
IF an atlas is a window on the world, the new International Energy Association (IEA) Energy Atlas offers panoramas on every aspect of energy on a global basis and for 138 individual countries. With interactive maps and customisable charts that detail and compare a host of data based on the Agency’s ...
Thursday 26th February 2015
ONE of Belarus’s largest milk processing plants will reduce energy costs and minimise losses of power supply significantly with help from the EBRD's Belarus Sustainable Energy Finance Facility (BelSEFF). Annual heat and electricity savings at the Kalinkovichi Dairy are expected to be worth more than $2.9 million annually, enhancing its profitability ...
Wednesday 25th February 2015
KENYA is benefitting from major investments in geothermal energy that is also supplying reliable and clean energy and by lowering the cost of electricity to consumers. Geothermal power, which is generated from natural steam from the earth, some from as far as three kilometers underground, is a renewable source of energy ...
Tuesday 24th February 2015
SYDNEY Australia has released its Energy Efficiency Master Plan, which runs through 2030, with the aim of cutting energy costs by (Aus)$600m for the cost of (Aus)$396m. Consultants pitt&sherry formulated the plan, through which they reveal energy efficiency savings would achieve half the city's emissions reductions, with renewable energy, tri-generation and ...
Monday 23rd February 2015
THE International Finance Corporation (IFC), is investing $15 million for a new wind farm in Sindh province as part of its effort to support renewable power generation in Pakistan. IFC’s investment in Gul Ahmed Wind Power, an independent power producer, will help the company build and operate the 50-megawatt facility ...
Friday 20th February 2015
LONDON'S greenest building has received a top energy efficiency award, the Upper Thames River Conservation Authority (UTRCA) building has been recognized by ASHRAE, a North American authority, as this London is in Ontario, Canada. UTRCA has just gained international recognition for their Watershed Conservation Centre having received the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers ...
Thursday 19th February 2015
NEW York State Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced this week funding for a new energy competition that will award up to $20 million for the most forward-thinking, advanced energy projects in five state areas. First proposed by the Governor in 2014, the projects in Albany, Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse and Yonkers, aim ...
Wednesday 18th February 2015
TWO new financial instruments to encourage greater private sector involvement in schemes to reduce energy use and conserving natural capital, especially biodiversity, in Europe have been launched. The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the European Commission have joined forces to back investment through these two initiatives that support Europe’s contribution ...
Tuesday 17th February 2015
TURKEY has taken an important step towards reaching its 2023 renewable energy targets thanks to support from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). In a move to grow the share of renewables in the country’s energy mix, increase security of energy supply and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the Turkish ...
Monday 16th February 2015
THE University of Reading has announced a £1 million upgrade to its science labs to improve energy efficiency and cut the environmental impact of its scientific teaching and research. The investment will help the University cut its carbon emissions by more than 750 tonnes of carbon dioxide every year - enough ...
Friday 13th February 2015
KINGSTON General Hospital (KGH), Ontario, after a $10 million, five year investment programme is now the most energy efficient acute acre hospital in Canada. Starting 2010 with a major refit to the infrastructure to cut energy costs and improve efficiency of the original buildings, then started a second project in 2013. Allan ...
Thursday 12th February 2015
THE British Retail Consortium (BRC) has launched a new initiative to enable UK retailers to improve their energy efficiency; driving down business costs and reducing their environmental impact. With 25-in-5: Unlocking Energy Efficiency through Smart Regulation, the BRC aims to harness the experience, knowledge and best practices of its members, leading ...
Wednesday 11th February 2015
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced yesterday that rural agricultural producers and small business owners can get help to purchase and install renewable energy systems or make energy efficiency improvements. These efforts help farmers, ranchers and other small business owners save money on their energy bills, reduce America's dependence on ...
Tuesday 10th February 2015
THE U.S. Energy Department announced that more than 20 new partners have committed to improving energy efficiency across their respective building portfolios by 20% over the next ten years. These new partners, including the 6 multifamily partners announced by the White House, bring with them fresh perspective and leadership in ...
Monday 9th February 2015
NORWAY has announced a total divestment from coal - the first nation to do so; providing a shot in the arm for those calling for a future without fossil fuels. In June 2014 the UN called for Norway to close down coal mining in the Arctic island group Svalbard. The Norwegian government ...
Friday 6th February 2015
SOUTH Africa is suffering from a lack of power - a problem that has been affecting the country for a number of years - despite promises for improvement load-sheering has started and call for energy saving have intensified. Eskom, the national utility, started stage three load shedding (basically blackouts) across the ...
Thursday 5th February 2015
THE World Bank Group announced the launch of Scaling Solar at the Powering Africa: Summit in Washington DC, aiming to create a viable market for private solar power projects in Africa The gathering saw African ministries, utility companies and the international power community come together to discuss progress and initiatives to increase ...
Wednesday 4th February 2015
THREE major organisations have come together and called for a new approach to urban planning at the “Cities in a Changing Climate” event, recently in London. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in partnership with the Centre for Science and Policy and the Cambridge Forum for Sustainability and the ...
Tuesday 3rd February 2015
MORE energy-efficient elevators significantly reduce the costs in a building, but building owners struggle to identify the elevator system and the savings associated, according to a new study. The study, by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE), and looked at elevators and escalators, which make up 2-5% of ...