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
Climate change and ethics
I first met Don Brown at a climate conference many years ago and was so impressed by his scholarship. Don is Scholar In Residence and Professor Sustainability Ethics and Law, Widener University School of Law, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He argues about the ethics and justice issues related to climate change in a powerful and convincing manner. This short … Continue reading Climate change and ethics
What do we really know about energy efficiency?
The Green Building Press provides the results of a poll to better understand what consumers know about energy efficiency. Of concern is that, according to recent research, 40% of UK residents don’t understand energy efficiency measures, 90% are concerned about increasing energy prices, and two thirds admit they will struggle to pay bills this winter. … Continue reading What do we really know about energy efficiency?
Why isn’t energy efficiency sexy?
I have a t-shirt that says that energy efficiency is sexy but no one turns their head when I walk by in it. Hmmmm. Sea Rotmann and Ruth Mourik at the IEA Demand Side Management activity on behaviour are always questioning why energy efficiency is not sexy. Well, there are not too many articles that … Continue reading Why isn’t energy efficiency sexy?
Starting to see the full range of benefits from solar energy in Europe
Diana Powers writes in the New York Times about how solar energy is coming into the mainstream in Europe and that it is bringing many environmental benefits. It is good to see an American news service giving such attention to these developments in Europe. Solar Power Begins to Shine as Environmental Benefits Pay Off Amid … Continue reading Starting to see the full range of benefits from solar energy in Europe
Music maestro!
When we listened to the Beatles singing Here Comes the Sun, little did we know how important music would be to the effectiveness of our solar panels. Steve Williams writes on the Care2makeadifference website about the role of music to help solar panels. Interesting to see the research going on at Imperial College in London. … Continue reading Music maestro!
