Dedicated training programmes are needed throughout Europe to meet European Green Deal objectives

To meet clean-energy targets, Europe needs to train up a whole new workforce. Charlie Cooper discusses the job challenges in an article on the Politico website. In another article, Croatia, alone, will need about 30,000 employees per year with secondary school qualifications and university degrees to achieve its 2030 energy efficiency goals in the buildings … Continue reading Dedicated training programmes are needed throughout Europe to meet European Green Deal objectives →

One local authority’s launch of a retrofit academy to create jobs address skill shortages

Martin Guttridge-Hewitt writes on the Environmental Journal website about the initiative of Essex County Council in England to develop a training pipeline in order to plug a skill shortage in the region. They were faced with 68% of the local homes with an EPC rating of D or below and they seriously needed an upgrading. … Continue reading One local authority’s launch of a retrofit academy to create jobs address skill shortages →

New report by ACEEE: Indiana should decarbonise steel and aluminum facilities to protect local jobs

This is important for EiD readers to see the interest and need to decarbonise Indiana’s industrial base. While the report recommends strategies to decarbonise, will they actually be realised? It will be interesting to follow the progress of the next steps. The state of Indiana has a strong industrial job base, but the state’s … Continue reading New report by ACEEE: Indiana should decarbonise steel and aluminum facilities to protect local jobs →

“Dwindling appetite for green legislation” affecting roll out of European Green Deal

At a time when we need more ambitious plans and implementation to address major concerns arising from climate change, there is an undoubted backlash for many reasons that could seriously leave us well short of the impact we need for our mitigation actions. Kira Taylor discusses latest developments in an article on the EURACTIV website. … Continue reading “Dwindling appetite for green legislation” affecting roll out of European Green Deal →

Energy in Demand News, July 30, 2023

Energy in Demand News… July 30, 2023 No one said the zero carbon energy transition would be easy. This week there have been some interesting news related to making progress: A Financial Times newsletter noted that the energy transition could hinge on recycling because of a shortage of needed metals such as copper, nickel and … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, July 30, 2023 →

The need for addressing embodied carbon in our buildings

An efficient EU Energy Performance of Buildings Directive must look out for the reduction of ‘whole life carbon emissions’ in order to achieve Europe’s climate goals, writes Zsolt Toth from BPIE in an article on the EURACTIV website. Just published is a PhD thesis by Jane Anderson on on 'Reducing Embodied Carbon in the Built … Continue reading The need for addressing embodied carbon in our buildings →

What engineers – and others – need to know about the EU Ecodesign Regulation

The second phase of the EU’s Ecodesign Regulation raises the bar for electric motor energy efficiency – and the rest of the world is sure to follow. Daniel Eberli from ABB, a technology leader in electrification and automation, discusses ecodesign in an article on the Engineer Live website. Energy efficiency with ecodesign Energy efficiency … Continue reading What engineers – and others – need to know about the EU Ecodesign Regulation →

Britain’s energy and climate transition: is it on track?

The latest progress report from the Climate Change Committee makes grim reading on progress towards net zero. Government inertia and reliance on old ways of thinking are to blame. Andrew Warren, Chairman of the British Energy Efficiency Federation discusses the report in the July issue of Energy in Buildings & Industry. Has the UK … Continue reading Britain’s energy and climate transition: is it on track? →

July 16th EiD newsletter

This week, the New York Times had a news item (behind paywall) entitled: “Climate Disasters Daily? Welcome to the ‘New Normal.’” There were two especially worrying points. The first: “And yet even as storms, fires and floods become increasingly frequent, climate change lives on the periphery for most voters. In a nation focused on inflation, … Continue reading July 16th EiD newsletter →

Lessons learned from an energy project on SMEs

Having attended a conference this week in Brussels on the EU-funded LEAP4SME project, it was timely to see a blog by the Energy Saving Trust, one of the partners in the project. LEAP4SME aims to support establish or improve effective policies for SMEs to undergo energy audits and implement cost-effective, recommended energy-saving measures through identifying … Continue reading Lessons learned from an energy project on SMEs →