Everyone in Europe is watching with great interest how the Green Deal will be implemented in Britain. It is one of the big “experiments” in trying to improve financing for building retrofits. The Green Deal has just started and it has, not surprisingly, gained much press attention. This article by Lisa Bachelor for The Observer … Continue reading Is the Green Deal a big deal?
Author: Rod Janssen
IMBY – in my back yard
Close to where we have a family home in Canada is an interesting new development. It is a new condominium project in the woods (there are lots of woods). It is the dream and effort of two local women who are determined to combine environmental and social concerns to create healthy homes. The development is … Continue reading IMBY – in my back yard
Discussing the rebound effect from energy efficiency
On January 24th and 25th, there was an excellent roundtable at the IEA discussing the Macroeconomic Benefits of Energy Efficiency. There was an extensive discussion on the rebound effect with no real conclusion other than it must be analysed. How the results are used is up for debate. By coincidence, that very day there were … Continue reading Discussing the rebound effect from energy efficiency
Two new reports from the IEA
The International Energy Agency publishes many reports annually. Two recent ones should be of special interest to EiD readers. The first is on the use and public funding of economic instruments, i.e. government financial tools, in IEA countries to support energy efficiency, particularly in the buildings sector. It is called "Mobilising investment in energy efficiency" … Continue reading Two new reports from the IEA
Global Futures Report points to transformation policies for renewable energy
Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN21), in cooperation with the Institute for Sustainable Energy Policies (ISEP), recently released its annual "REN21 Global Futures Report (GFR)," which presents a range of expert perspectives on possible renewable energy futures. The report is based on interviews with more than 170 leading experts and 50 published energy scenarios. It … Continue reading Global Futures Report points to transformation policies for renewable energy
Impact of diesel fumes on health
John Vidal, environment editor of the Guardian, wrote recently in the Observer about a recent government report in the UK that details the harm that diesel fumes are causing. This is a major concern since governments have been promoting the benefits of switching to diesel. Diesel fumes more damaging to health than petrol engines Ministry … Continue reading Impact of diesel fumes on health
Time flies . . .
This week marks the first anniversary of EiD. We launched in January 2012 with a simple concept: share news about the progress, obstacles and fascination of the world of sustainable energy... energy efficiency, renewable energy, and the policy context of climate change. Our focus is on Europe but news is global. And we only post … Continue reading Time flies . . .
Quote of the week
Obama made a point of highlighting how much emphasis he gave the issue after Representative Henry A. Waxman (Democrat-Calif.) thanked him afterward for mentioning climate change. “I didn’t just mention it, I talked about it,” Obama parried, according to Waxman.
Renewables in Poland – hard to get consensus on way forward
Jan Cienski recently wrote a blog for the Financial Times about the difficulties in getting renewable energy policies firmly established within Poland. Renewable energy in Poland: endlessly renewable squabble Poland’s long-running reluctance to tackle a new law on renewable energy is starting to impose growing economic and political costs, as big energy companies freeze … Continue reading Renewables in Poland – hard to get consensus on way forward
The growing popularity of LED lighting in the US
Diane Cardwell writes in the New York Times about the growing interest in LED lighting as we see true market transformation taking place in the lighting sector. LEDs Emerge as a Popular ‘Green’ Lighting The lighting industry has finally come up with an energy-efficient replacement for the standard incandescent bulb that people actually seem … Continue reading The growing popularity of LED lighting in the US
