Achim Steiner, under-secretary general of the United Nations and executive director of the UN environment programme (UNEP), writes in The Guardian about how clean energy has spread to every corner of the globe, with more than 100,000 megawatts of capacity installed last year. Steiner explains how clean energy investment in 2014 rose 17% compared to … Continue reading Have we reached the tipping point in deploying renewables?
The role of energy savings kits
Todd Recknagel, CEO of AM Conservation Group, discusses energy savings kits on the Intelligentutility website. Because it is not often we hear about such a concept, this is well worth the read. Let us know what you think? 3 tips to help customers embrace energy savings kits Energy programs continue to offer utilities a … Continue reading The role of energy savings kits
Canada’s GHG emissions moving in wrong direction
All countries are trying to show their best efforts ahead of the Paris climate summit. Unfortunately, as Shawn McCarthy writes in the Globe and Mail, recent data show that Canada has little hope of meeting the commitments it made at the 2009 Copenhagen summit. Canada’s GHG emissions rose in 2013, leaving little room to … Continue reading Canada’s GHG emissions moving in wrong direction
Business getting its act together before Paris climate summit later this year
Michael Stothard and Pilita Clark write in the Financial Times about the upcoming Business & Climate Summit in May and how business is trying to come to an agreement on some of the major issues ahead of the global climate summit planned for Paris in December. Businesses to unite on green agenda including carbon … Continue reading Business getting its act together before Paris climate summit later this year
Developments in deployment of solar systems in Hawaii – at the forefront of a global upheaval
Diane Cardwell provides an excellent article in the New York Times about the impact the rapid deployment of solar systems is having on the power sector. Solar Power Battle Puts Hawaii at Forefront of Worldwide Changes Allan Akamine has looked all around the winding, palm tree-lined cul-de-sacs of his suburban neighborhood in Mililani here … Continue reading Developments in deployment of solar systems in Hawaii – at the forefront of a global upheaval
Impact of improving ventilation for commercial ovens
Lucina Dann writes for the edie website about simple improvements that are leading to good energy savings for commercial ovens. Carbon Trust slices 5% from oven energy use Simple improvements to the ventilation systems of commercial ovens could significantly reduce the bakery industry's carbon footprint and save bakers thousands of pounds, a new trial … Continue reading Impact of improving ventilation for commercial ovens
Solar-battery combinations could be coming to your home system
Chris Mooney writes in the Washington Post about important developments that will see batteries combined with rooftop solar panels deployed more widely. This could lead to a “load defection” away from the traditional electricity grid. Experts: Powering your home with batteries is going to get cheaper and cheaper In the past few weeks, there’s … Continue reading Solar-battery combinations could be coming to your home system
Even Texas is starting to take energy efficiency seriously
Texas may be America’s largest producer of oil and natural gas but, as shown by David Holt on the FuelFix website, energy efficiency is also making important inroads. For Texas, Energy Efficiency Presents an Opportunity Energy efficiency might not be the first thing to come to mind when using the words “energy” and “Texas” … Continue reading Even Texas is starting to take energy efficiency seriously
How people interact with buildings impacts on energy use
Understanding consumer behaviour is fundamental if we are going to achieve greater energy savings. Naomi Cole discusses behaviour based energy efficiency in a recent article on the energypriorities website. Behavior Based Energy Efficiency: The Power of People It’s no secret that buildings have the greatest opportunities for energy savings. To date, this fact has … Continue reading How people interact with buildings impacts on energy use
Important new paper on Display Energy Certificates
Robert Cohen and Bill Bordass, both loyal readers of EiD, have written an important new report that reviews the history of the Display Energy Certificate and it identifies a number of lessons for improvements to future policy outcomes. Mandating transparency about building energy performance in use In 2002, the European Union Energy Performance of … Continue reading Important new paper on Display Energy Certificates
