Evidence is showing every day how energy efficiency really is first! Julie McNamara, an energy analyst writes on the Union of Concerned Scientists website about some important new evidence. While You Weren’t Looking, Energy Efficiency Became One of Our Nation’s Top Energy Resources Here’s a fact I bet you didn’t know: in 2015, energy … Continue reading Some things just sneak up on you
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New toolkit to reduce the energy performance gap in new homes
Britain has a new energy performance improvement toolkit prepared by researchers from a sustainable charity. Will Worley explains in an article on the buildings.co.uk website. Toolkit launched to improve energy efficiency of new-build homes The Building Energy Performance Improvement Toolkit is the result of a four year-long research project, backed by £1.5m of government … Continue reading New toolkit to reduce the energy performance gap in new homes
Energy Advice Exchange co-organising important roundtable discussion June 20th: Think local first: a building policy to deliver on EU renovation challenge
The Energy Advice Exchange is pleased to be co-organising an event in Brussels on June 20th. Consumers, local authorities and energy advisory services are the three leading forces, whose combined actions will enable Europe to deliver on its 2050 renovation challenge. Their manifold collaboration on the ground, in cooperation with other private and public stakeholders, … Continue reading Energy Advice Exchange co-organising important roundtable discussion June 20th: Think local first: a building policy to deliver on EU renovation challenge
Blog by Energy Advice Exchange: One measure can’t be all things to all people
Louise Sunderland and Rod Janssen provide the following blog on Article 7 of the EU Energy Efficiency Directive. Since the launch of the Clean Energy for All Europeans package, we have been trying to better understand Europe’s renovation strategy. For building renovation one of the main (only) concrete measures proposed is the continuation to … Continue reading Blog by Energy Advice Exchange: One measure can’t be all things to all people
Developing an affordable ambitious renovation
There are more and more efforts to go for more and more ambitious energy renovations of buildings. Patrick Sisson writes a good article on the curbed website about a project at Harvard University to create a new proto-type of ultra-efficient existing building that requires almost zero energy. How do you think it compares to other … Continue reading Developing an affordable ambitious renovation
India setting good example renovating state government buildings
Living in Europe, we watch how central governments are meeting their obligation to renovation a certain percentage of its buildings annually. The Times of India writes about an initiative in India to do something similar. It would be good to know of other such initiatives. 1500 state government buildings to be made energy efficient … Continue reading India setting good example renovating state government buildings
Why we can accept much more ambition in the EU energy saving strategy
Having introduced the report in a post last week, EiD is pleased to see a recent article by the report’s author, Yamina Saheb, on the EurActiv website. Yamina shows that there will be no negative impact on EU competitiveness. Importantly, this conclusion is buried within the European Commission’s own modelling results. For those with any … Continue reading Why we can accept much more ambition in the EU energy saving strategy
New underwriter’s guide to facilitate energy efficiency improvements in the US
After having reported on a new G20 investment toolkit last week, Lindsay Robbins writes on the Natural Resources Defense Council website about a new investment handbook to help lenders in the US. They are hoping this will be part of the standard mortgage lending process. New Lender Guide Unlocks Potential for Efficiency Upgrades The … Continue reading New underwriter’s guide to facilitate energy efficiency improvements in the US
Efficiency isn’t always sufficient
One of the problems of focusing on energy efficiency is that as buildings or products get larger, the impact is affected. Last week EiD had a related post. This week Susan Edmunds writes on the stuff.co.nz website about another example where the gains were cancelled. What is your experience? Growing house size cancels out … Continue reading Efficiency isn’t always sufficient
It is hard to be against a 40% energy savings target
A timely report released this week by OpenExp provides evidence that all the arguments against 40% energy savings target are irrelevant! The report entitled “Clean Energy for All Europeans – Do the Commission’s Impact Assessments Assign the Right Role to Energy Efficiency?” is based on the Commission’s modelling results included in the EED and the … Continue reading It is hard to be against a 40% energy savings target
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