It’s a new ball game

While most of the world is turning to the World Cup for football in Brazil, Americans still follow their summer passion – baseball. Will Buss writes in the Belleville News Democrat about the energy efficiency improvements made at one of the major league baseball stadiums, Busch Stadium in St. Louis. Cardinal green: Busch Stadium … Continue reading It’s a new ball game →

Assessing the impact of smart meters

There is a considerable amount of debate about who benefits from the roll out of smart meters, as required by EU legislation. Terry Macalister writes in The Guardian about an analysis in the UK showing that the net benefits of technology which is meant to give consumers more control over energy are reduced from £8.3bn … Continue reading Assessing the impact of smart meters →

Energy efficiency in old buildings

The UK’s Society for the Preservation of Ancient Buildings has provided a valuable briefing on energy efficiency in old buildings. As they state, old buildings are sustainable, their very existence demonstrates this, but they can still frequently benefit from sensitive, well-informed energy efficiency measures. They knew that accurate information is a pre-requisite for good building … Continue reading Energy efficiency in old buildings →

New tool for building energy performance scenarios: choosing the right energy path for buildings

The Global Buildings Performance Network (GBPN) launched a new open source interactive tool for identifying the best possible policy scenarios for saving energy in the building sector worldwide. The new Tool for Building Energy Performance Scenarios (BEPS) enables those interested in energy efficiency in buildings to access data and projections and find out where we … Continue reading New tool for building energy performance scenarios: choosing the right energy path for buildings →

New funding to support fuel poverty in Scotland

Scotland has announced more funding for an energy efficiency retrofit scheme that will help address fuel poverty. ClickGreen provides the details. Scottish Government announces £60m energy efficiency programme The Scottish Government has announced a £60 million energy efficiency fund and confirmed plans to permanently take on responsibility for the ECO and Warm Homes Discount … Continue reading New funding to support fuel poverty in Scotland →

New Oxfam study shows that Ukraine situation provides a wake-up call for the European Union

The Press Association writes in The Guardian about a new study by Oxfam that calls on EU to end reliance on imported and domestic fossil fuels and increase energy efficiency and boost renewables. Ukraine conflict wake-up call for EU's looming fuel and energy crisis – Oxfam The turmoil in Ukraine should be a wake-up … Continue reading New Oxfam study shows that Ukraine situation provides a wake-up call for the European Union →

Brewing for savings

Stuart Radnedge writes in Gasworld about new technology for craft brewing that are bringing good energy efficiency improvements Energy efficiency boost for brewers At the Drinktec exhibition in Munich, Germany, Alfa Laval – a leading global provider of products and modules for the beer, beverage and food industries – launched the new bottom feed BREW … Continue reading Brewing for savings →

How improved controls can improve energy performance of commercial buildings

Azocleantech.com reports on a new study by the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in the US about the impressive improvement of energy performance through the use of energy-efficient controls in commercial buildings. PNNL Finds Commercial Buildings Could Cut HVAC Costs by 57% with Energy-Efficiency Controls Commercial buildings could cut their heating and cooling electricity use by … Continue reading How improved controls can improve energy performance of commercial buildings →

Quote of the week

Asked by the news service, EurActiv, whether an energy savings goal should be considered in EU energy strategy, Energy Commissioner Günther Oettinger replied: “I feel that it would be appropriate to propose a binding energy efficiency target and make that proposal to the Council, and to the Parliament.” “Now more than ever energy efficiency and … Continue reading Quote of the week →

This week’s briefs

There are a couple of good briefs this week. • eceee industrial summer study As reported in EiD several times, the eceee industrial summer study is soon upon us. The theme this year is retool for a competitive and sustainable industry. Undoubtedly, with the slow European economy, retooling for a sustainable and competitive industry … Continue reading This week’s briefs →