New IEA manuals on energy efficiency

Claira Lloyd of Energy Global describes two new manuals that the IEA has published that are related to energy efficiency indicators. Energy efficiency: from words to action Two new guides have been released by the IEA to help countries around the world develop ambitious energy efficiency policies by showing policy makers, analysts and statisticians … Continue reading New IEA manuals on energy efficiency →

Concerns about budget for energy efficiency in New Zealand

Voxy.co.nz highlights the concerns of a youth climate change organisation about the cuts in the New Zealand government’s budget for energy efficiency. Budget: 'Lowest investment in energy efficiency since 2008' Analysis by youth climate change organisation Generation Zero shows that government investment in energy efficiency in the 2014 budget has been cut to 12% lower … Continue reading Concerns about budget for energy efficiency in New Zealand →

New California plan dealing with energy efficiency programmes and employment issues

The Donald Vial Center on Employment in the Green Economy at the University of California, Berkeley has published a report that provides a plan for California’s utilities related to employment and energy efficiency programmes. This could possibly provide some lessons for other countries and utilities. Workforce Issues and Energy Efficiency Programs: A Plan for California's … Continue reading New California plan dealing with energy efficiency programmes and employment issues →

New energy efficiency fund in Ireland

Recently, the Irish government announced a new energy efficiency fund that focuses on commercial buildings. While many news services reported this news, an article by Siliconrepublic.com was particularly good. €70m Irish Energy Efficiency Fund could be leveraged up to €300m A new €70m Energy Efficiency Fund led by Sustainable Development Capital and supported by the … Continue reading New energy efficiency fund in Ireland →

Innovation in lighting continues

In the energy efficiency world, we have seen so many developments in lighting. This is obviously having an important impact everywhere. Diane Cardwell writes in the New York Times that developments are continuing. New Ideas in Lighting Get Closer to Market Ever since government regulations began phasing out the traditional light bulb in 2012, the … Continue reading Innovation in lighting continues →

Summer planning

Barbara Vergetis Lundin writes a good article in Fierce Energy about the role that energy efficiency is playing in New England to help meet consumer demand. Energy efficiency helps ISO NE meet 2014 summer demand The New England Independent System Operator (ISO NE) is reporting that it expects the region to have the needed … Continue reading Summer planning →

This week’s briefs

There are quite a few briefs this week that should be of interest to EiD readers. These include on the eceee industrial summer study, BPIE events, IEA webinars and the G7 joint statement on the energy initiative for energy security. • eceee industrial summer study Please mark it in your calendar to attend the upcoming … Continue reading This week’s briefs →

Up against the (solid) wall

EiD has presented reports prepared by Jan Rosenow, a senior consultant at Ricardo-AEA and an associate lecturer at Oxford University, before. Now Jan together with Reg Platt of the Institute for Public Policy Research has produced an excellent report on solid wall insulation. It is definitely worth the ready. Final Ricardo-AEA and IPPR report published … Continue reading Up against the (solid) wall →

Sustainable Energy for All

Globally, there is a new effort to seriously address universal energy access, improve energy efficiency and increase the share of renewable energy. Many organisations and companies are participating. In Europe, the European Commission recently began a couple of important long-term projects in Africa under the SE4ALL banner. Krysta Villeda has written an excellent blog for … Continue reading Sustainable Energy for All →

Is this the right message for Egypt?

EiD is always happy to get articles on the rebound effect as it relates to increased energy efficiency. But it is complex and has to be treated by policymakers and analysts carefully. This is an article by Hisham Farouk Mostafa in Daily News Egypt, which is Egypt’s only daily independent newspaper in English. I defer … Continue reading Is this the right message for Egypt? →