The Moscow News recently asked two experts, Sergei Choban and Konstantin Kovalyovabout their views of the state of Russian buildings. Sergei Choban ismanaging partner of the architecture studio SPEECH Choban and Kuznetsov and Konstantin Kovalyov ismanaging partner of the real estate firm Blackwood and vice president of the Russian Union of Engineers. The Moscow News … Continue reading Comments by experts on the energy performance of Russian buildings
Author: Rod Janssen
Reaction to use of LED lighting for streetlights
Kale Roberts reports in Mother Earth News on a recent survey taken of the reaction to the use of LED lighting in US cities. Energy Efficient LED Lighting Hits the Streets: 95 Percent of Cities Satisfied There are more than 50 million streetlights in the United States. From parking lots to park trails to bridges, … Continue reading Reaction to use of LED lighting for streetlights
Energy Efficiency Directive finally out
The Official Journal of the EU finally published the Energy Efficiency Directive 2012/27/EU. Download it here.
Did you know?
There is some good news announced in the past few days: Congratulations to the IEA’s Sustainable Building Centre (SBC). The jury for the 2012 Energy Efficiency Innovator Awards has selected the International Energy Agency’s BEEP (Building Energy Efficiency Policies) database as the winner in its “Projects” category. Dr. Yamina Saheb received the award at a … Continue reading Did you know?
Taking a test drive
The BPIE buildings data hub was launched this week. Having had a small role to play in the data gathering, I was interested to see the results and so spent some time checking it out. The portal lived up to expectations. Users can access country profiles, search specific parameters, generate overviews and graphs as well … Continue reading Taking a test drive
The struggles of a resource economy
A recent report commissioned by the Canadian International Council analyses how Canada should start shaping its resource policies for the future. Fur, fish, wood, and minerals may have shaped this country's early history, but more recently, natural resources were largely regarded as part of the old economy, best left behind as Canada raced toward a glittery … Continue reading The struggles of a resource economy
New report from Siemens Financial Services
Jonny Williamson from Manufacturing Digital writes about a new report on the potential for energy savings in industry. Are you squandering money on inefficient energy use? The latest report from Siemens Financial Services demonstrates the enormous potential energy cost savings of implementing variable speed drives on motors in industrial production environments The incorporation of … Continue reading New report from Siemens Financial Services
Number of the week – 20041
The Brussels-based organisation Energy Efficiency in Industrial Processes has a novel approach for promoting industrial energy efficiency in Europe through the use of social media. It now has 20041 “community members” following it on such as Twitter, Facebook and other forms of social media. EEIP also has traditional ways of reaching out to the industrial … Continue reading Number of the week – 20041
Sumer is icumen in . . .
As Europe braces for winter, it may not seem obvious to turn our thoughts to summertime. But EiD offers you a medieval song (actually, a rota) , sumer is icumen in because somewhere it is coming in - for example, Sydney, Australia. Sydney offers aficionados of the combination of summer and energy efficiency, the next “global” summer … Continue reading Sumer is icumen in . . .
Health effects from wind farms
Andrew Gilligan of The Telegraph writes about the first peer-reviewed scientific study on the health effects from the noise of wind farms. Wind farm noise does harm sleep and health, say scientists American and British researchers compared two groups of residents in the US state of Maine. One group lived within a mile of a … Continue reading Health effects from wind farms
