Diane Cardwell writes in the New York Times about how the Honda car company has now linked with a major solar energy installer to provide solar incentives to encourage customers in the US to buy their hybrid and electric vehicles. It will be interesting to know if such support for renewables will be provided in … Continue reading Innovative financing for solar energy systems
Author: Rod Janssen
Is it time for better store closing?
Ed King from the Responding to Climate Change website provides an article that has probably had EiD readers puzzled as well as you have gone shopping recently. Closing the door on energy efficiency Imagine it’s is the middle of winter, but instead of battening down the hatches you wedge the front door open, and put … Continue reading Is it time for better store closing?
How consumers can work together to finance climate change solutions
Lisa Palmer recently provided a blog in the New York Times about how consumers can bundle their efforts to finance climate change solutions. A Climate Proposal: Bundling Consumer Buying Power Each year, an estimated 46 percent of the population is responsible for 77 percent of discretionary spending in the United States. To strengthen individual buying … Continue reading How consumers can work together to finance climate change solutions
Letter to the editor of The Independent
This is a very interesting letter to the editor of a major British newspaper published February 12th. It was written by a friend of EiD, Bill Bordass, who has been part of a group battling with how the UK government is implementing the display of energy performance certificate. Our red tape John Morgan . . … Continue reading Letter to the editor of The Independent
Is efficient sufficient? revisited
Stephen Lacy for Greentech efficiency raises important points about our energy use in houses. In Europe, the eceee had an excellent workshop on this a few years ago, and it needs to be discussed even more. These trends in America are, one suspects, that are also true for Europe. Maybe they will be discussed at … Continue reading Is efficient sufficient? revisited
Can energy efficiency be easy?
Walter Frick provides a very interesting post in Cleantech and Firstfuel about the importance of making operational changes in commercial buildings. This is important because, when it comes to buildings, too often our first reaction is to undertake a major retrofit. Maybe there is some merit in taking a different view. What if Energy Efficiency … Continue reading Can energy efficiency be easy?
Can buildings be power plants?
Adam Vaughan writes in the Guardian about new developments in Oxford to create colourful, transparent solar cells that are reputed to only add 10% to the cost of glass buildings. Colourful 'solar glass' means entire buildings can generate clean power A solar power company capable of "printing" colourful glass that can generate electricity from the … Continue reading Can buildings be power plants?
Even five star hotels need help
The Middle East business intelligence website, Zawya, provides information on upgrading one of Paris’ hotel gems, the Four Seasons George V. Four Seasons George V looks to Energy Efficiency Group for Energy Efficiency advice EEG (Energy Efficiency Group), an energy services provider (an ESCO) in the Middle East and the Eastern Mediterranean regions, continues to … Continue reading Even five star hotels need help
Union for Concerned Scientists push for greater energy efficiency
The Union of Concerned Scientists have reacted to the decision by Duke Energy in the US to close a nuclear power plant and its consideration to replace it with a natural gas-fired plant. The UCS have a report that there are many more sustainable approaches that should be considered first. Report Shows Energy Efficiency and … Continue reading Union for Concerned Scientists push for greater energy efficiency
Chinese eco-cities
Clare Pennington and Sue Lin Wong write for the Green Environment blog in the New York Times on the difficulties in China for developing eco-cities. Steep Challenges for a Chinese Eco-City Fifty years ago, during a time of food shortages, China's young socialist government singled out a few farm villages as role models for the … Continue reading Chinese eco-cities
