While it may not be on everyone’s lips as the solution to our energy consumption concerns, industrial insulation has an important role to play in Europe’s energy efficiency strategy. On November 28th, the European Industrial Insulation Foundation (EIIF) organised a roundtable discussion in Brussels to solicit the views of a wide group of interested parties … Continue reading Let’s talk about industrial insulation
Quote of the week
Guy Newey writes in The Spectator from the UK about renewable costs going to double because of European targets: Reducing carbon emissions is going to cost money. Politicians should stop pretending it is going to be cheap. They should also stop pretending they can control global energy prices or predict the future cost of gas. … Continue reading Quote of the week
Innovation has many faces
Kara Gray of Columbia Gas of Massachusetts, and Cheryl Harrington of NSTAR Electric & Gas write about an innovative approach to target low-income multifamily housing on the Electric Light & Power website. Using Vision and Data to Unlock Energy Efficiency Innovation has many faces. Depending on where you stand, it can look very different. Designing … Continue reading Innovation has many faces
Spain worries about lawsuits on renewable energy
Jose Elías Rodríguez and Andrés González write for the Reuter’s news service about the changes that the Spanish government is making to its renewable energy laws in order to avoid lawsuits because of the cuts in subsidies.Spain revising renewable energy laws to avoid lawsuits - sourcesSpain's government is rewriting planned new rules on renewable energy … Continue reading Spain worries about lawsuits on renewable energy
Reinsurance cannot take chances
While the world may have many climate change deniers that are holding up effective action globally and nationally, this article by Eric Reguly of Canada’s Globe and Mail gives a detailed account of the context for the reinsurance industry. While it is a long article, it is well worth the read to get a better … Continue reading Reinsurance cannot take chances
What next?
The R&D website provides a useful article describing the energy savings potential of 3-D printing. It seems as if only yesterday we first heard of such printing and now its application is expanding rapidly. And, yes, it is great to see that they are thinking of how to make it more energy efficient. Energy savings … Continue reading What next?
Take note . . .
There are many interesting brief new reports or news items that should interest EiD readers. • New Germanwatch report: The End of EU Climate Leadership The EU is no longer the world leader on climate policies. Other major countries have caught up or even outpaced the EU, a new study conducted by Germanwatch says. Even … Continue reading Take note . . .
Power of the people
Sarah Shemkus reviews an interesting three-day conference in the Guardian that was held in the US recently. The conference was on Crowds and Climate. Harnessing the crowd to promote sustainable innovation MIT's crowds and climate conference discussed the crowd's power to champion sustainability – but is the market ready? Hundreds of academics, activists, scientists, municipal … Continue reading Power of the people
EnergyPages
Energy Efficiency in Industrial Processes (EEIP), a not-for-profit industrial energy efficiency platform based in Brussels, recently launched its new business tool, EnergyPages, the first Directory 2.0 – a community based energy efficiency marketplace. EnergyPages is an electronic telephone book for the industrial energy efficiency community in most regions of the world. It was designed to … Continue reading EnergyPages
Awareness campaign falls flat
Paul Melia writes in the Irish Independent about an energy saving campaign in Ireland that failed to meet expectations according to recent analysis. The findings are useful for EiD readers to reflect upon. Power of None – €10m energy saving campaign fails to deliver A study by the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) said … Continue reading Awareness campaign falls flat
