Innovation, energy efficiency & renewables can help us reduce global warming, says Anirban Ghosh, CSO of the Mahindra Group on the Business Standard website in India. Energy efficiency and the path to 2 degree The greenest power is the power you don’t have to produce – Anonymous The most appropriate reaction to the announcement … Continue reading Appreciating the impact of sustainable energy
Streetcars making a comeback
In my neighbourhood of Montmartre in Paris, the streetcar system is being expanded as you can see in the photograph. Rhonda Bell and Phil Klinkon write on the Metro for Transit & Motorcoach Business website about their evolution. You should enjoy. The Evolution of Streetcar Technology While streetcars may seem like an old-fashioned or … Continue reading Streetcars making a comeback
American energy efficiency policies and programmes in bumpy ride
Daily we are reading something new about the Trump administration and it is a concern what is happening to climate and energy policies. Lauren Urbanek writes a good article on the Natural Resources Defense Council website about some of the positive and the negative developments recently. Efficiency Standards: A Few Steps Forward, A Few … Continue reading American energy efficiency policies and programmes in bumpy ride
Some things just sneak up on you
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
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
What will be the impact of “smart cities”?
We read so much about “smart” that after a while it starts losing its meaning. At the recent eceee summer study, the theme came up regularly. Guruprakash Sastry, Regional Manager, Infrastructure for Infosys, writes on the firstpost website about the role smart cities can play in meeting future energy demand. What do you think? … Continue reading What will be the impact of “smart cities”?
Growing concern about roll out of smart meters in UK
Since the obligation was approved under EU legislation to roll out smart meters through Europe, there has been concern about the benefits versus the costs. Brendan Coyne writes on the energyst website about the concerns raised by the Institute of Directors. What is the experience in your country? Put ‘troubled’ smart meters programme on … Continue reading Growing concern about roll out of smart meters in UK
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
Latest update on climate finance
The SDG Knowledge Hub of the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) provides the May update on global developments in climate finance. May 2017 Climate Finance Update: Whirlwind of Meetings Bring Multiple Stakeholders Together Over the month of May, the UNFCCC convened its Subsidiary Bodies’ intersessional meetings, and several development banks and climate funds … Continue reading Latest update on climate finance
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