Category: energy efficiency

Identifying the potential for energy savings in buildings

The Intelligent Utility website provides a good article on where to improve the energy performance of buildings. Do you agree?   The Key to Dramatically Reducing Overall Energy Use? Solve the Problem of Moving Air The largest energy consumers in the world are big buildings. Think of the abundance of lighting fixtures, heating/cooling systems, water … Continue reading Identifying the potential for energy savings in buildings →

Irish see major cuts in support for energy efficiency

Marie O'Halloran writes in the Irish Times about grant funding to improve the energy performance of homes has been cut in the past three years from €57.6 million to €9.9 million in three years. Is Ireland still on track to meet its 2020 EU energy savings targets?   Government policy home energy efficiency ‘short-sighted’ Less … Continue reading Irish see major cuts in support for energy efficiency →

Australia has been taking advantages of backpackers to install energy-saving equipment

Nick Toscano writes an interesting article in the Melbourne Age about how backpackers have been used in Australia to promote energy efficiency. Yet, not everything has been legal. Australia's Fair Work Ombudsman, Natalie James, hopes the penalties will be a warning for others tempted to exploit overseas labour.   Backpackers exploited under energy efficiency target … Continue reading Australia has been taking advantages of backpackers to install energy-saving equipment →

Thinking of energy efficiency as an investment to be studied and the benefits maximised

This is a very thoughtful article by Marc Karell on the Energy Manager Today website about how we should all properly treat energy efficiency.   How to Think about Energy Efficiency I recently gave a talk to an engineering society about sustainability, with the emphasis on energy conservation and greenhouse gas emission reductions. I discussed … Continue reading Thinking of energy efficiency as an investment to be studied and the benefits maximised →

France sets the bar for energy savings

This was a very strange week, with the UK deciding to cut many of its renewable energy subsidies together with ending its flagship Green Deal and France taking an opposite view. Mike Szabo writes a very good article on the Carbon Pulse website, describing the measures in the energy bill that was approved in France … Continue reading France sets the bar for energy savings →

Taiwan putting a focus on addressing energy consumption in its energy-intensive sectors

John Liu writes in the China Post about mandatory energy efficiency measures that will come in place next year in Taiwan. While the main focus is on the textile industry, the article also considers what is happening in the other energy-intensive industrial sectors.   Textile industry to face mandatory energy caps Starting next year, mandatory … Continue reading Taiwan putting a focus on addressing energy consumption in its energy-intensive sectors →

New survey shows advantages for businesses from energy efficiency

Lisa Cohn writes on the energyefficiencymarkets website about the results by a regular study by Deloitte in the US showing the importance of energy efficiency to improve competitiveness. It is encouraging that companies generally are positive about their efforts to date, with 52 percent characterising their energy management efforts as extremely/very successful, compared to 42 … Continue reading New survey shows advantages for businesses from energy efficiency →

Regulators in Maryland order electric utilities to give greater effort on energy savings

Timothy Wheeler writes in the Baltimore Sun about recent orders from the state regulator to increase its effort on energy savings, with a special target on low-income consumers   Utilities ordered to boost energy-saving efforts Maryland regulators ordered the state's electric utilities to boost their efforts to reduce power consumption, setting one of the most … Continue reading Regulators in Maryland order electric utilities to give greater effort on energy savings →