Katherine Tweed writes on the Greentechefficiency website about the difficulty in evaluating many energy efficiency programmes in the US. She reviews a recent report by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE). She explains that a dearth of data is making it difficult to effectively evaluate nearly 300 programmes across the U.S. Can … Continue reading Evaluating behavioural energy efficiency programmes
Category: Analysis
Explaining the drop in energy consumption in Australia
Hugh Saddler, a research associate at the Centre for Climate Economics and Policy at Australian National University, analyses the recent drop in energy demand in Australia in an excellent article in the Climate Spectator. The demand drop mystery explained Until 2010, for well over a century, through two world wars and the Great Depression, … Continue reading Explaining the drop in energy consumption in Australia
Focus on 2030: new report and blog by E3G
Ingrid Holmes and Luca Bergamaschi of E3G recently published a briefing report on why energy efficiency is a key component for making the 2030 energy and climate package work. The European Commission is therefore developing a 2030 framework for EU climate change and energy policies following a consultation that took place in 2013. This briefing … Continue reading Focus on 2030: new report and blog by E3G
Quote of the week
On November 12th, the IEA launched its 2013 World Energy Outlook. At the launch in London, Maria van der Hoeven, Executive Director of the IEA said: Energy efficiency will be essential to getting that balance right – and I am pleased to say that it has become a focal point of energy policies. As we … Continue reading Quote of the week
Business and sustainable development
With the next eceee industrial summer study less than a year away, analysing how business considers the various aspects of sustainability is very important. John Drummond, chairman of sustainable behaviour change at Corporate Culture, wrote recently in the Guardian about a new survey that shows that the majority of businesses are taking behaviour change seriously … Continue reading Business and sustainable development
New academic paper – “The Green Deal and the Energy Company Obligation”
Jan Rosenow, Senior Consultant at Ricardo-AEA, and Nick Eyre, Environmental Change Institute at Oxford University, put together the first comprehensive academic peer-reviewed paper on the British Green Deal published in the journal ‘Energy’ of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers. The Green Deal, introduced alongside the Energy Company Obligation, marks a substantial change … Continue reading New academic paper – “The Green Deal and the Energy Company Obligation”
Global slowdown in energy efficiency
ESI-Africa.com, the on-line power journal of Africa, reports on the new study soon to be published by ADEME, the French national energy agency, for the World Energy Council that gives some worrying evidence that efforts on energy efficiency are waning. Slowdown in energy efficiency improvements Dr Christoph Frei, the World Energy Council (WEC) secretary … Continue reading Global slowdown in energy efficiency
How the press reports on climate change
Fiona Harvey reports in the Guardian on a new study that shows that eight out of 10 stories focus on the uncertainties and risks associated with climate change. Interestingly, articles predominantly about "uncertainty" were judged to be those that included the voices of climate sceptics. So, what does this really mean? Read on. Majority … Continue reading How the press reports on climate change
Lord Stern criticises Britain’s rush to frack
The Independent’s environment editor, Tom Bawden, reports on Lord Nicholas Stern’s latest criticisms of the Government’s rush into fracking without a thorough analysis of all its potential ramifications. Baseless economics': Lord Stern on David Cameron’s claims that a UK fracking boom can bring down price of gas Lord Stern, author of the hugely influential … Continue reading Lord Stern criticises Britain’s rush to frack
Jevons meets the Undercover Economist
The Undercover Economist, Tim Harford, writes an excellent piece in the Financial Times on the age old issue of the rebound effect from energy efficiency. Energy efficiency gives us money to burn Is it possible to enjoy the benefits of fuel-saving devices without using more energy? William Stanley Jevons was born in Liverpool in … Continue reading Jevons meets the Undercover Economist
Energy in Demand - Sustainable Energy - Rod Janssen 