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 →

Lessons from retrofitting an historic home

Stephen Hanley writes a good article on the PlanetSave website about the experience a couple in Switzerland had in trying to retrofit their historic home. There are important lessons for all of us. Making An Energy Efficient Historic Home A Swiss couple has had first hand experience with making an energy efficient historic home. … Continue reading Lessons from retrofitting an historic home →

Inspiring consumers to invest in energy efficiency

Lisa Cohn writes a thoughtful post on the EnergyEfficiencyMarkets.com website on the effect of photos to inspire us to invest in energy efficiency. What affects you? What Types of Photos Inspire Energy Efficiency Investing? When marketers try to inspire energy efficiency investing in consumers, they often choose images of the compact florescent lightbulb. But … Continue reading Inspiring consumers to invest in energy efficiency →

Los Angeles promoting energy efficiency in buildings

Linda Hardesty writes on the Energymanagertoday website about the new sustainable city plan that has been published in Los Angeles and the importance the plan is giving to energy efficiency in buildings. Los Angeles - LA Sets Building Energy Efficiency Goal Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti unveiled the Los Angeles Sustainable City Plan, a … Continue reading Los Angeles promoting energy efficiency in buildings →

Important new publication about Ecodesign and resource efficiency

The Danish Ministry of Environment has recently published an important publication that examines how resource efficiency requirements can be integrated into the EU Ecodesign Directive. Ecodesign Directive version 2.0 - from Energy Efficiency to Resource Efficiency The Ecodesign Directive is one of the policy instruments that can play an important role in the change … Continue reading Important new publication about Ecodesign and resource efficiency →

Call for ring-fencing funds for energy efficiency in the EU

Diarmaid Williams writes on the PennEnergy website about an issue related to serious funding for energy efficiency that is causing quite a stir in the corridors of EU institutions. Do you have views on ringfencing? EU cogeneration lobby group calls for logic to prevail in efficiency ring-fencing debate The Managing Director of Europe’s cogeneration … Continue reading Call for ring-fencing funds for energy efficiency in the EU →

Exploring the solutions to reduce global GHG emissions

'Energy efficiency' is a term heard in almost every discussion on sustainable development and climate change. But what does it involve? Writing on the Eco-Business website, Vaidehi Shah explores some solutions with the greatest potential to reduce global emissions. 5 ways energy efficiency is changing the world Energy efficiency is a term that is … Continue reading Exploring the solutions to reduce global GHG emissions →

How to convince senior management to take energy efficiency seriously

Kit Oung, Director, Energy Savings for Energy Efficien:ology gives some good tips on the GreenBiz website of how to convince senior management that saving energy can bring many benefits. 7 tips on selling energy efficiency to senior management When it comes to energy efficiency, middle management is in a unique and tactically strong position. … Continue reading How to convince senior management to take energy efficiency seriously →

Consumer report in UK calls for radical new approach to energy efficiency

Karl Mathiesen writes in The Guardian about a new report by Which? that says successive governments’ failures mean UK’s housing stock remains the least energy-efficient in Europe and that a radical new approach is needed. With a national election coming in May, it would be good to think that at least one of the political … Continue reading Consumer report in UK calls for radical new approach to energy efficiency →

Improving the energy efficiency of high-performance computers

Tom Wilkie from Scientific Computing World writes a good article on the InsideHPC website about recent developments in Europe to improve energy efficiency and reduce high energy costs in high-performance computing. Is Europe Leading the Energy Efficiency Race? On Monday of this week, PRACE, the European partnership for advanced computing, announced that it has … Continue reading Improving the energy efficiency of high-performance computers →