The Steelworks website from the American Iron and Steel Institute writes about retrofit metal roofing that helps heat and cool buildings, produces electricity for the grid, and harvests rainwater. Is this the way of the future? High Tech Roofing Brings Energy Efficiency to Department of Defense The nation’s largest energy user, the Department of … Continue reading Developments in retrofit metal roofing
Britain’s Energy Research Accelerator showing results
John Murray Brown writes in the Financial Times about the impact of energy research collaboration by six universities in the Midlands. Midlands universities in cold energy tie-up A prototype refrigerated lorry cooled by liquid nitrogen, not diesel, is set to be the first beneficiary of a £60m energy research collaboration by six Midlands universities. … Continue reading Britain’s Energy Research Accelerator showing results
New passive-design high-rise being built in New York City
Christian de Looper writes a good article in Tech Times about a new high-rise apartment building that will make it the largest passive building in the world. This 26-Story Building Will Be The Largest Passive Building Ever Built Passive energy-powered buildings are becoming more popular, although most of those that pass the requirements to … Continue reading New passive-design high-rise being built in New York City
There are growing concerns that the UK Green Deal is struggling to deliver large scale improvements and the ECO scheme has been effectively watered down
Will Nichols writes on the BusinessGreen website about a new government report that provides disturbing, but not surprising, news from the UK on the current state of affairs of its domestic energy efficiency programmes. Government energy efficiency plans 'off-track', official review warns The government's household energy efficiency programme is veering off track, according to … Continue reading There are growing concerns that the UK Green Deal is struggling to deliver large scale improvements and the ECO scheme has been effectively watered down
Are you clueless about how much energy you use?
Chris Mooney has written a good article in the Washington Post about the many reasons why we don’t know much energy we use Here’s one reason it’s so hard to know your energy footprint Much research has shown that people are often pretty clueless when it comes to how much energy they use. But … Continue reading Are you clueless about how much energy you use?
International survey raises the lack of a holistic energy efficiency strategy in the industrial sector
Robin Whitlock writes on the Renewable Energy Magazine website about a new survey that highlights that, for the most part, industry is not taking a comprehensive approach to addressing energy efficiency. Readers should look seriously at this and see if this is due to the barriers to industrial energy efficiency discussed in another post this … Continue reading International survey raises the lack of a holistic energy efficiency strategy in the industrial sector
Is it worth improving how we use energy?
A lot of people must be puzzled by the results of a recent study on the cost effectiveness of our energy efficiency programs. Chelsea Harvey in the Washington Post writes of a recent study that compares the cost of efficiency upgrades with the energy they save. What do you think about this? Study raises … Continue reading Is it worth improving how we use energy?
Legal push to increase the ambition to reduce GHG emissions
Arthur Neslen writes in the Guardian about the recent court decision in the Netherlands to force the government to have a more ambitious target to reduce GHG emissions. The Dutch court ordered the state to reduce emissions by 25% within five years to protect its citizens from climate change in world’s first climate liability suit. … Continue reading Legal push to increase the ambition to reduce GHG emissions
New report details the barriers hampering the implementation of industrial energy efficiency
Linda Hardesty writes about a new report by the US Department of Energy on the barriers to industrial energy efficiency. Are there other such reports that have been published recently? Barriers Impede Industrial Energy Efficiency The US Department of Energy (DOE) released the report “Barriers to Industrial Energy Efficiency,” which was prepared with collaboration … Continue reading New report details the barriers hampering the implementation of industrial energy efficiency
New report confirms that sustainable energy creates significant job opportunities
Joshua Hill writes on the CleanTechnica website about a new report that assesses the job opportunities arising from greater deployment of sustainable energy technologies. Investment In Renewable Energy Yields More Jobs Than Fossil Fuel Sector A new report has determined that investments in energy-efficient and renewable energy sources yield more jobs for a set … Continue reading New report confirms that sustainable energy creates significant job opportunities
