The UK’s Association for the Conservation of Energy has produced an excellent “fact-file” comparing fuel poverty and energy efficiency in the UK to 15 other European countries with comparable levels of prosperity and heating need. It ranks these countries against six key indicators for which consistent and recent European data are available to assess the … Continue reading An ACE effort
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The oil debate battles on
Javier Blas writes in the Financial Times about how the debate peak oil has changed to a debate on peak demand as opposed to peak supply. As Blas writes, “it could presage a massive revolution, and much lower oil prices in the next two decades than currently anticipated by the energy market.” This has been … Continue reading The oil debate battles on
New reports for your spring reading
There are a few new reports that are well worth spending time reading. The first is a comparison of German and UK experience in evaluating energy efficiency programmes. The second concerns climate policy and industry, policy interaction and the external environment. The third is on developing roadmaps for a retrofit strategy. Evaluating the evaluations: … Continue reading New reports for your spring reading
The benefits of better information on energy efficiency
Meg Handley writes in USNews.com about a new report by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy on the savings that consumers could achieve if there was better information available. Consumers Could Save $1 Trillion With Better Energy Efficiency Information "The report is spot on—existing technologies and anticipated technologies could be realized without significant … Continue reading The benefits of better information on energy efficiency
Focus on buildings
There are some very interesting books that have come out recently on the energy performance of buildings. Here are some of them: 1 Simply Green This book presents an overview of all main global and some national environmental and energy assessment systems. It discusses six environmental and three purely energy-based certification systems along with fourth … Continue reading Focus on buildings
New study on health effects from windfarms
Alison Rourke writes in the Guardian about a new study in Australia that shows that more people have been getting sick in areas where environmentalists are most active. So, is there a psychological effect? Windfarm sickness spreads by word of mouth, Australian study finds Health complaints from people living around turbines shown to be … Continue reading New study on health effects from windfarms
Study on Feed-in-Tariffs in Europe
Paul Gipe provides an excellent review of a recent study by David Jacobs of Germany on the role of feed-in-tariffs for renewable energy in three of the leading users in Europe. The Evolution of Feed in Tariffs in Germany, Spain and France – A Review Renewable Energy Policy Convergence in the EU - The Evolution … Continue reading Study on Feed-in-Tariffs in Europe
New report on private green investments
The year 2013 promises long strides away from the fossil-fueled Industrial Era as illuminated by the Ethical Markets Green Transition Scoreboard® (GTS) which tracks private investments growing the green economy worldwide since 2007, finding $4.1 trillion invested or committed as of Q4 2012. The year 2012 was an inflection point for the green transition worldwide. … Continue reading New report on private green investments
Two important new reports
Estimating potential additional energy savings from upcoming revisions to existing regulations under the ecodesign and energy labelling directives, by CLASP and eceee In the new discussion paper, CLASP has identified an additional 40-70 TWh per annum by 2030 from eleven existing ecodesign and energy labelling regulations covering seven product groups. All eleven regulations are scheduled … Continue reading Two important new reports
Report shows importance of energy efficiency
Stephen Lacey writes in greentechefficiency about the important role that energy efficiency plays as an economic driver. Report: Efficiency Is a More Important Economic Driver Than Energy Supply A new analysis concludes that economic productivity is more closely tied to energy efficiency than energy production. The debate around energy in the U.S. is focused … Continue reading Report shows importance of energy efficiency
Energy in Demand - Sustainable Energy - Rod Janssen 