Libraries starting to play role in increasing consumer awareness about their energy consumption

Conor Pope writes an article in the Irish Times how libraries in Dublin will help distribute home energy savings kits to encourage house-owners to become more aware of their energy usage. This is a great use of the public library system to play their part in encouraging consumers to save energy. Dublin libraries to … Continue reading Libraries starting to play role in increasing consumer awareness about their energy consumption →

Importance of energy efficiency in Europe

As the proposals for revising the EU clean energy directives are going through the approval process, it is timely that Nils Zimmermann wrote this article on the Deutsche Welle website. What are your views? EiD would like to hear from you. Europe: More energy-efficient, but still import-dependent First, a dry statistic: Eurostat, the European … Continue reading Importance of energy efficiency in Europe →

Important vacancies in energy efficiency

There are some important vacancies available throughout Europe. The closing date for the research position at the Association for the Conservation of Energy is February 20th, so you need to apply immediately. • Project Advisers for Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME) Are you an experienced professional in the field of energy … Continue reading Important vacancies in energy efficiency →

Ensuring landlords are ready to meet their energy efficiency obligations in the UK

EiD is always interested in finding articles on sustainable energy from smaller newspapers. How they convey messages to their readership is very important. Mike Bridgen writes on the Darlington and Stockton Times website about the upcoming obligation for landlords to ensure their properties meet a minimum energy performance requirement by April 2018. Changes on … Continue reading Ensuring landlords are ready to meet their energy efficiency obligations in the UK →

Demonstrating the variation in economic value across energy efficiency investments

We are always looking for solid analysis related to energy efficiency. Judson Boomhower, Postdoctoral scholar, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research and Lucas Davis, Associate Professor at the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley have written an important column the VoxEU.org website about their recent work. Electricity prices can vary dramatically … Continue reading Demonstrating the variation in economic value across energy efficiency investments →

Improving energy efficiency of industrial manufacturing processes

A new US-funded consortium will enable Yale researchers to build upon years of research into the lifecycles of metals and other resources — and to work with a wide range of partners from academia, industry, and government. Kevin Dennehy explains latest developments on the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies website. Yale to … Continue reading Improving energy efficiency of industrial manufacturing processes →

Important vacancies in energy efficiency

There are some important vacancies in energy efficiency. • UNEP Finance Initiative Energy Efficiency Finance Consultant – apply by February 16th UNEP FI is looking for a Energy Efficiency Finance Consultant, to be based in Paris. The overall objective of this assignment is to assist UN Environment and its Finance Initiative in the productive policy/finance … Continue reading Important vacancies in energy efficiency →

More evidence that improving energy efficiency is cheaper than building power plants

As Europe starts negotiating what its new energy efficiency policies should be, it is good to get evidence from the US that shows the value that can be derived from improved energy efficiency. Sheryl Carter provides a good analysis on the Natural Resources Defense Council website. Efficiency Costs Drop: Still Cheaper Than Power Plants … Continue reading More evidence that improving energy efficiency is cheaper than building power plants →

Germany’s energy transition shows positive progress in energy efficiency investments

Too often we only read about developments in renewable energy in Germany’s Energiewende. It is good to see this article by Priyanka Shrestha on the Energy Live News website about the growth in investments in energy efficiency in 2016. Are we also seeing this trend in other countries? German energy efficiency investment up Germany … Continue reading Germany’s energy transition shows positive progress in energy efficiency investments →

Need to raise level of ambition for sustainable construction

John Grant, Senior Lecturer in Natural and Built Environment, Sheffield Hallam University, provides a convincing argument on the Conversation website about why we need to go from hamlet-sized projects to city scale to take advantage of our eco-technology knowledge. As Grant states, “We must not forget that the 2050 Climate Change target is not some … Continue reading Need to raise level of ambition for sustainable construction →