Oil prices have remained stubbornly low and there are few signs they will increase. Daily we read about the impact on the fossil fuel industry. What is less heard is the impact on our climate change and sustainable energy policies. Clifford Krauss and Diane Cardwell discuss the impact in an article in the New York … Continue reading What are you doing with the lower oil costs?
Author: Rod Janssen
The legal blessing to “demand response”
Will companies get paid for using less electricity? The US Supreme Court has certainly cleared a few of the legal and institutional hurdles, writes Chris Mooney recently in the Washington Post. The Supreme Court just gave a great explanation of our baffling electricity system Environmental groups are cheering over the Supreme Court’s Monday ruling … Continue reading The legal blessing to “demand response”
Will the utility as we know it disappear?
Bill Loveless asks this question in a special for USA Today. It certainly has changed over the past one or two decades and will continue to evolve. Can they make money selling less? What do you think? Huh? Utilities spur power savings, see profits For nearly 125 years, electric utilities have operated according to … Continue reading Will the utility as we know it disappear?
Let our computers dream on . . . efficiently
We certainly cannot work 24/7 and we are finding out that we cannot let our computers keep up that pace either. Emanuel Maiberg writes on the Motherboard website about energy-related complications even when our computers are on sleep mode. Why Computers Must Sleep Do computers dream of electric sheep? Not unless we program them … Continue reading Let our computers dream on . . . efficiently
Changing behaviour to promote energy efficiency could be more effective according to new analysis
Improving energy efficiency is addressed in many ways. Changing consumer behaviour is essential and the IEA’s Demand Side Management Energy Efficiency certainly is doing its best to help the cause. Here we have the Global-Action-Plan explain on the Blue & green tomorrow website that current programmes could be more effective if 80% of them focused … Continue reading Changing behaviour to promote energy efficiency could be more effective according to new analysis
EU less ambitious than US to regulate emissions from airplanes
Europeans are normally proud that their climate change policies are amongst the most ambitious globally. There was concern recently that the Volkswagen emissions test scandal was first identified by US regulators. Now, Arthur Neslen writes in the Guardian that the EU wants less stringent emissions standards than the US for new planes built after 2020. … Continue reading EU less ambitious than US to regulate emissions from airplanes
Energy efficiency in Scotland’s commercial buildings sector gets a boost
The Out-Law website provides details on how Scotland is addressing energy efficiency in its commercial buildings sector. It is good to see how Scotland is addressing its responsibilities in meeting EU directives. Scottish Government to proceed with separate energy efficiency improvement rules for commercial buildings Regulations requiring the owners of non-domestic property in Scotland … Continue reading Energy efficiency in Scotland’s commercial buildings sector gets a boost
Reflecting on the human element of addressing climate change
In all the years we have covered climate change, EiD has never seen a post that included the artistic world. Lucy Orta is Contemporary artist and Chair of Art and the Environment, University of the Arts London and wrote a very thoughtful article for the Huffington Post that brings in the human element in a … Continue reading Reflecting on the human element of addressing climate change
Psssst . . . leave your car at home
EiD has regular written about the role of cities in addressing sustainable energy and climate change issues. Cities look at every possible way to reduce emissions and energy use. The benefits in better air quality are well documented but achieving those savings is not always easy. Alison Moodie writes a good article in the Guardian … Continue reading Psssst . . . leave your car at home
How one region is teaming up to promote renewable energy
Scotland, Ireland and Northern Ireland are committing to a clean energy future together. Sara Chodosh writes a very good article on New York University’s Scienceline website. Not only is it good news about the efforts of these European partners to promote renewable energy. It is also encouraging to have Americans trying to learn lessons from … Continue reading How one region is teaming up to promote renewable energy
