Recharge News provides information on France’s main electricity company, EDF’s venture in the US renewable energy market. It certainly appears to haves long-term intentions and this has to be a positive note for renewable energy. Newly-named EDF Renewable Energy 'in for the long-term' in US After 10 years as a unit of EDF Energy … Continue reading France’s EDF makes renewables move in US
Changing behaviour in the work place
The Environmental Leader website provides an excellent description of the use of an energy saving tool to change employee behaviour in one of Britain’s major financial institutions. This could prove to be a valuable example to other companies. Nationwide to Use Carbon Trust’s Energy Saving Tool with 15,000 Staff Nationwide, the UK financial institution … Continue reading Changing behaviour in the work place
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Gearing up for the autumn
As our summer holidays come to an end and we are starting to focus on sustainable energy issues, some useful sites and news may provide some inspiration. EiD has been attracted to a site created by the Joint Research Centre’s Institute for the Environment and Sustainability on Life Cycle Analysis. It is intriguingly called Life … Continue reading Gearing up for the autumn
Germany’s transition to low carbon economy leaves no stone unturned
Stefan Nicola of Bloomberg’s Businessweek.com provides more information on Germany as it seeks ways to ensure the effective transition to a low carbon, no nuclear future. EiD continues to provide its readers useful articles on Germany because it is one of the most important test cases in Europe and globally to show what must and … Continue reading Germany’s transition to low carbon economy leaves no stone unturned
A four month energy challenge
This blog by Elisa Wood for RenewableEnergyWorld.com describes an innovative approach for an industrial packaging company that combines new technology with behavioural psychology. The results are quite impressive. A New Twist in the Energy Efficiency Story Blend a little new energy tech with a pinch of behavioral psychology and you’re bound to get something unexpected. … Continue reading A four month energy challenge
India and its energy transition
This blog from Simon Denyer and Rama Lakshmi in the Washington Post give EiD readers a throughout discussion of the challenges facing the country as it modernises its entire energy infrastructure. Satisfying India’s thirst for power could be nation’s biggest challenge Like China two decades ago and the United States in 1950, India stands on … Continue reading India and its energy transition
Novel way to improve energy performance of buildings
Specificationonline.co.uk has recently described an EU-funded project which has developed a new technology to improve energy performance. It is funded through Framework Programme 7 and a more complete description of the entire project follows the article. Self-learning buildings will increase their energy efficiency The University of Salford is part of a Europe-wide project to … Continue reading Novel way to improve energy performance of buildings
More summer reading that won’t disappoint
The UK’s Energy Saving Trust, the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC), and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) have recently published a report highlighting the actual day-to-day use of electricity across the nation, showing clearly what is actually happening in people’s homes. This review by Stephen Vagus in Hydrogen Fuel … Continue reading More summer reading that won’t disappoint
For the top of your summer reading?
Judith Shapiro, Director of the Global Environmental Politics MA Programs at American University, has written an important book on the environmental issues confronting China. This is a very good book review by Pilita Clark, environment correspondent for the Financial Times. China and its controversial carbon appetite This guide to Beijing’s ecological aims casts doubt … Continue reading For the top of your summer reading?
