Category: energy efficiency

Improving energy efficiency in Israel to bring big benefits

The Israel Hayom website published an important news item that the Israeli Cabinet recently unanimously approved a plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase energy efficiency. What is important is what they see as the important economic benefits from such a policy. It would be good to see other countries understanding this and taking … Continue reading Improving energy efficiency in Israel to bring big benefits →

Monitoring implementation of energy efficiency obligations under the EU Energy Efficiency Directive

For anyone who has had any involvement with the 2012 Energy Efficiency Directive, it is well known that this is a complex framework directive that requires considerable effort to achieve the expected impact. Jan Rosenow writes an important blog on the Sussex Energy Group at SPRU website about a recent study he has been involved … Continue reading Monitoring implementation of energy efficiency obligations under the EU Energy Efficiency Directive →

A new economic paradigm on sustainability is poised to emerge and both cities and utilities will have an important role to play

In an article for the Renewable Energy Focus website, Lauren Callaway, a research analyst at Navigant Research, delves into the smart city market and discusses what it means for the renewable energy and energy efficiency sectors.   Comment: Smart cities; the future of sustainable living It’s a no brainer at this point: Improving sustainability in … Continue reading A new economic paradigm on sustainability is poised to emerge and both cities and utilities will have an important role to play →

Getting business to focus on saving energy could bring big savings

Last week, EiD wrote about one US utility working on promoting energy efficiency.  Now we have Jillian Ambrose writing on The Telegraph website about the activities of one British utility targeting aggressive energy savings in a bid to grow its share of the business energy market. If you have a good example, please let EiD … Continue reading Getting business to focus on saving energy could bring big savings →

Major energy utility starts to offer energy management services

We know of new consulting companies all the time and that is great. The more companies that offer services in energy management, the better. What impresses me about this new “start up” is the effort they made with a consulting company that uses sociology and anthropology to examine changing markets. Addressing the commercial and industrial … Continue reading Major energy utility starts to offer energy management services →

What are the drivers behind investing in energy efficiency?

We are regularly discussing the drivers behind our actions for energy efficiency or renewable energy or climate change. There is a need to come to grips behind what drives investment behaviour. Lisa Cohn writes on the Energy Efficiency Markets website about a recent survey of American consumers. What do you think of the results?   … Continue reading What are the drivers behind investing in energy efficiency? →

Call for maintaining policy for improving the energy performance in the England and Wales rental market

For improving the energy performance in the buildings sector, the rental market has probably been the toughest segment to address effectively. In Britain this was solved by regulations that required the poorest performing buildings to reach a minimum standard. Andrew Warren, chairman of the British Energy Efficiency Federation, and a friend of EiD, writes in … Continue reading Call for maintaining policy for improving the energy performance in the England and Wales rental market →

Push by industry to revise fuel economy standards in the US

With a midterm review of federal fuel-economy rules to begin this summer, the automobile industry in the US is already arguing that the standards should be revised, given the current market situation. Bill Vlasic explains recent developments in an article in the New York Times.   Low Gas Prices Create a Detour on the Road … Continue reading Push by industry to revise fuel economy standards in the US →

Lack of effective enforcement of EU directives shows high percentage of appliances not meeting standards

In our modern societies we use a lot of appliances. When we buy them, we depend on both the performance standard and the label providing us the performance level to be correct. Otherwise we pay for more electricity than we should and that has repercussions on emissions, energy consumption and our pocketbooks. Arthur Neslen writes … Continue reading Lack of effective enforcement of EU directives shows high percentage of appliances not meeting standards →