Jonathan Kleinman, vice president of policy, design and evaluation at CLEAResult, writes an important article on the Intelligentutility website about five trends that will have an impact on both consumers and utilities. 2015: the year of the energy efficiency economic balancing act Adoption of energy efficiency programs provided by electric power utilities has seen … Continue reading Reviewing the impact on both consumers’ and utilities’ implementation of energy efficiency
Category: energy efficiency
Reflecting on the role of behaviour change
Increasingly we are reading about the importance of behaviour change and energy efficiency. NestLee Lupkin writes an important article on the energyefficiencymarkets.com website on insights from a recent conference of the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy conference. This must be music to the ears of the members of Task 24 of the IEA Demand … Continue reading Reflecting on the role of behaviour change
Impact of energy efficiency standards in the US
Donald Elliott from Covington & Burling LLP writes an informative article on The National Law Review website about the quiet success of energy efficiency standards. It would be good to see an equivalent article on the success of the Ecodesign Directive in Europe. Energy Efficiency Standards A Quiet Success Electricity consumption in the United … Continue reading Impact of energy efficiency standards in the US
New report on status of renewable and energy efficiency support schemes in Europe in 2012 and 2013
The Council of the European Energy Regulators (CEER) has published its Status Review on Renewable and Energy Efficiency Support Schemes in Europe; an update to the 2011 and 2013 editions. The purpose of CEER Status Review publications is to collect comparable data on RES support in Europe in order to provide policy-makers, regulators and industry … Continue reading New report on status of renewable and energy efficiency support schemes in Europe in 2012 and 2013
Explaining the economic benefits of increased energy efficiency
EnergyEfficiencyMarkets.com has David Goldstein of the National Resources Defense Fund in the US explain the benefits of increased energy efficiency. This is good for all of us to reflect upon. Invisible Energy: Energy Efficiency is Helping the Economy NRDC’s David Goldstein explains why invisible energy, or energy efficiency, deserves some of the credit for … Continue reading Explaining the economic benefits of increased energy efficiency
Some utility customers in California are paying for electricity they do not use
William Pentland writes on the Forbes website about the penalty affecting combined heat and power. Reverse Net-Metering? California Penalizes Certain Types Of Energy Efficiency Can you imagine paying your local utility for electricity you did not consume? This seems absurd. We don’t pay taxes for income we never earn. In most places and most … Continue reading Some utility customers in California are paying for electricity they do not use
New study on cities shows way forward to make urbanisation more efficient
Mark Kinver writes on the BBC website about a recent study on the role cities can play in addressing climate change. Low-energy urbanisation 'can help climate goals' A study of 274 cities has helped shed light on energy consumption in urban areas and what can be done to make future urbanisation more efficient. Globally, … Continue reading New study on cities shows way forward to make urbanisation more efficient
Re-thinking energy efficiency in California
Cynthia Mitchell writes a good article on the Greentech website on why California needs a new approach to address improving energy efficiency. What are needed are better markets, not programmes and a strong rate design, not more rebates. Why California Needs to Think Differently About How It Supports Energy Efficiency The imperative to change … Continue reading Re-thinking energy efficiency in California
Professional ice hockey addressing climate change
There have been previous posts about how different sports are promoting sustainable energy. Late 2014, Douglas Main wrote in Newsweek magazine about the latest efforts by the National Hockey League. Every effort helps, no doubt. NHL Announces Plan to Go Carbon Neutral, Audit Energy Efficiency The National Hockey League wants to put a check … Continue reading Professional ice hockey addressing climate change
Looking to Denmark to inspire China’s ‘war on pollution’
Christian Oliver writes an excellent analysis in the Financial Times about the lessons China is learning from Denmark about addressing urban air pollution. There are lessons for more than China. The urban environment: Clean-up time Before China’s leaders declared their “war on pollution” in March, they had already recruited help from abroad. The northern … Continue reading Looking to Denmark to inspire China’s ‘war on pollution’
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