Michael Stothard and Pilita Clark write in the Financial Times about the upcoming Business & Climate Summit in May and how business is trying to come to an agreement on some of the major issues ahead of the global climate summit planned for Paris in December. Businesses to unite on green agenda including carbon … Continue reading Business getting its act together before Paris climate summit later this year
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Developments in deployment of solar systems in Hawaii – at the forefront of a global upheaval
Diane Cardwell provides an excellent article in the New York Times about the impact the rapid deployment of solar systems is having on the power sector. Solar Power Battle Puts Hawaii at Forefront of Worldwide Changes Allan Akamine has looked all around the winding, palm tree-lined cul-de-sacs of his suburban neighborhood in Mililani here … Continue reading Developments in deployment of solar systems in Hawaii – at the forefront of a global upheaval
Impact of improving ventilation for commercial ovens
Lucina Dann writes for the edie website about simple improvements that are leading to good energy savings for commercial ovens. Carbon Trust slices 5% from oven energy use Simple improvements to the ventilation systems of commercial ovens could significantly reduce the bakery industry's carbon footprint and save bakers thousands of pounds, a new trial … Continue reading Impact of improving ventilation for commercial ovens
Solar-battery combinations could be coming to your home system
Chris Mooney writes in the Washington Post about important developments that will see batteries combined with rooftop solar panels deployed more widely. This could lead to a “load defection” away from the traditional electricity grid. Experts: Powering your home with batteries is going to get cheaper and cheaper In the past few weeks, there’s … Continue reading Solar-battery combinations could be coming to your home system
Even Texas is starting to take energy efficiency seriously
Texas may be America’s largest producer of oil and natural gas but, as shown by David Holt on the FuelFix website, energy efficiency is also making important inroads. For Texas, Energy Efficiency Presents an Opportunity Energy efficiency might not be the first thing to come to mind when using the words “energy” and “Texas” … Continue reading Even Texas is starting to take energy efficiency seriously
How people interact with buildings impacts on energy use
Understanding consumer behaviour is fundamental if we are going to achieve greater energy savings. Naomi Cole discusses behaviour based energy efficiency in a recent article on the energypriorities website. Behavior Based Energy Efficiency: The Power of People It’s no secret that buildings have the greatest opportunities for energy savings. To date, this fact has … Continue reading How people interact with buildings impacts on energy use
Important new paper on Display Energy Certificates
Robert Cohen and Bill Bordass, both loyal readers of EiD, have written an important new report that reviews the history of the Display Energy Certificate and it identifies a number of lessons for improvements to future policy outcomes. Mandating transparency about building energy performance in use In 2002, the European Union Energy Performance of … Continue reading Important new paper on Display Energy Certificates
Automakers are increasingly betting on hydrogen
While EiD has recently had articles on recent developments in the use of hydrogen, it is an approach that hopefully will see more developments because of the need for us to reduce our reliance on fossil fuels for transport. Lawrence Ulrich writes in the New York Times about more developments and how automakers are … Continue reading Automakers are increasingly betting on hydrogen
How utilities are working with consumers to save energy
Elisa Wood writes on the EnergyEfficiencyMarkets website about how energy companies can influence our energy saving behaviour. Saving Energy: I’ll Do it My Way Saving energy used to be about not forgetting to flip the switch when you left the room. But those days have gone the way of the land line and video … Continue reading How utilities are working with consumers to save energy
Businesses are engaging in renewable energy
The low-carbon energy transition is seeing many changes in the way we address sustainable energy. While we often think about this in terms of individual consumers, the corporate world is also reacting, as shown in an article by the staff of the ClickGreen website. How renewable energy is changing corporate energy behaviour Tom … Continue reading Businesses are engaging in renewable energy
