How to convince senior management to take energy efficiency seriously

Kit Oung, Director, Energy Savings for Energy Efficien:ology gives some good tips on the GreenBiz website of how to convince senior management that saving energy can bring many benefits.   7 tips on selling energy efficiency to senior management When it comes to energy efficiency, middle management is in a unique and tactically strong position. … Continue reading How to convince senior management to take energy efficiency seriously →

Renewable energy can provide good returns for retirement income

ClickGreen provides a very good article about how those over 60 are seriously lending to renewable energy project crowdfunds. The lending is providing good retirement income. It would be good to think this could also work for energy efficiency.   Pensioner power turns renewable energy plans into reality A third of all lenders to renewable … Continue reading Renewable energy can provide good returns for retirement income →

Consumer report in UK calls for radical new approach to energy efficiency

Karl Mathiesen writes in The Guardian about a new report by Which? that says successive governments’ failures mean UK’s housing stock remains the least energy-efficient in Europe and that a radical new approach is needed. With a national election coming in May, it would be good to think that at least one of the political … Continue reading Consumer report in UK calls for radical new approach to energy efficiency →

Assessing the macroeconomic benefits of addressing global warming

Arthur Neslen writes in The Guardian that, according to new analysis, stopping global warming at two degrees would create nearly half a million jobs in Europe and save over a million lives in China.   Limiting climate change could have huge economic benefits, study finds Major economies would boost their prosperity, employment levels and health … Continue reading Assessing the macroeconomic benefits of addressing global warming →

Trying to solve the seemingly intractable problem of global warming

Robert Shiller, the Nobel Laureate, economist and academic, provides an excellent article in the New York Times about combining idealism with economic theory. He argues that with other things in life, good things can happen when there is a sense of idealism that creates an atmosphere for change. But it will also help to have … Continue reading Trying to solve the seemingly intractable problem of global warming →

China’s energy policy is contradictory – but it is shifting

For those of you who are following the developments in China, this blog by Nick Butler for the Financial Times will give you plenty to think about.   Can China change its energy policy? The signals are clear – but contradictory. China has embraced the concept of climate change and is allowing officials to discuss … Continue reading China’s energy policy is contradictory – but it is shifting →

Are technological fixes often far simpler and cheaper than doomsayers imagine?

Pilita Clark provides an excellent review of a recent new book by Gernot Wagner and Martin Weitzman. The first line of the review will make you continue.   ‘Climate Shock: The Economic Consequences of a Hotter Planet’, by Gernot Wagner and Martin Weitzman When economists think about climate change, some think a lot about horse … Continue reading Are technological fixes often far simpler and cheaper than doomsayers imagine? →

Improving the energy efficiency of high-performance computers

Tom Wilkie from Scientific Computing World writes a good article on the InsideHPC website about recent developments in Europe to improve energy efficiency and reduce high energy costs in high-performance computing.   Is Europe Leading the Energy Efficiency Race? On Monday of this week, PRACE, the European partnership for advanced computing, announced that it has … Continue reading Improving the energy efficiency of high-performance computers →

Investments in residential sector energy efficiency in Turkey

Olga Rosca writes on the Financial website from Georgia about a major bank in Turkey joining an important financing facility to invest in residential energy retrofits.   Işbank joins EBRD’s home energy efficiency programme in Turkey Türkiye İş Bankası AŞ (İşbank) has joined the US$ 350 million financing facility launched by the European Bank for … Continue reading Investments in residential sector energy efficiency in Turkey →

Call for an EU buildings energy renovation strategy

The Joint Research Centre of the European Commission this week launched a new report Energy Renovation: The Trump Card for the New Start for Europe. The report highlights that a more comprehensive approach to energy renovation is instrumental for reaching the EU 2020 goals for energy savings. Furthermore there are important implications for growth and … Continue reading Call for an EU buildings energy renovation strategy →