Sheri Koones writes on AOL’s real estate pages on the growing trend towards passive houses. While it started in Europe, the interest is growing globally. The 'Passive House' Path to Extreme Energy Efficiency With the growing cost of fuel, increasingly stringent home construction codes, and scientific evidence that we must reduce CO2 emissions, many architects, … Continue reading Assessing the benefits of passive houses
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Documenting the energy savings potential in India’s residential buildings
A new report entitled Residential Buildings in India: Energy Use Projections and Savings Potentials by the Global Buildings Performance Network (GBPN) and jointly developed with CEPT University from India provides the first comprehensive attempt to document energy saving potentials that could be achieved in India by 2050 in the residential sector. Four energy scenarios were … Continue reading Documenting the energy savings potential in India’s residential buildings
Partnership to improve commercial building energy efficiency
Stephen Lacey, from Greentech Media, writes on The Energy Collective website about an important new partnership to move into improving the energy efficiency of commercial buildings. Opower Enters Rare Partnership With FirstFuel to Expand Into Commercial Building Efficiency Opower doesn't often enter into strategic partnerships with companies that overlap with its business. The behavioral … Continue reading Partnership to improve commercial building energy efficiency
The challenges in implementing energy efficiency directives
The Czech News Agency has written in The Prague Post about the challenges for the Czech Republic to meet some of its obligations under the EU’s Energy Efficiency Directive. It would be good to get examples from other member states. Crucial data on state buildings is still missing from new registry One-fifth of the … Continue reading The challenges in implementing energy efficiency directives
Trends in building automation
The market consultants, Frost & Sullivan have reviewed the global trends in the adoption of building automation systems. Such systems have the potential to achieve significant energy efficiency improvements in buildings. Energy Efficiency Initiatives and Advanced Features to Transform the Building Automation Market Building owners across the globe are increasingly adopting building automation (BA) … Continue reading Trends in building automation
New market analysis on energy efficient buildings in Europe
The azocleantech website reviews a new report by Navigant Research on the state of play in improving energy efficiency of buildings in Europe and in assessing the cumulative spending to improve their performance. New Forecast Report on Cumulative Spending on Energy Efficient Buildings in Europe Buildings account for 40 percent of Europe’s final energy … Continue reading New market analysis on energy efficient buildings in Europe
Promoting demand response in Chicago
Karan Gupta, an EDF Climate Corps Fellow at Jones Lang Lasalle, the Chicago-based professional services and investment management company specialising in real estate, writes on The Energy Collective website about how they are using demand response to promote energy savings. Demand Response at the Core of Energy Savings for Large Office Building in Chicago … Continue reading Promoting demand response in Chicago
Support to renovate Ukraine’s buildings
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has been developing energy efficiency financing facilities in many of its countries of operation. Now Interfax Natural Gas Daily writes that the EBRD is considering a similar arrangement for Ukraine. EBRD working on Ukrainian energy efficiency funding package The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) … Continue reading Support to renovate Ukraine’s buildings
Results from a net-zero energy test house in the US
Mark Bello writes on the National Institute of Standards and Technology website about the results of a test house in the suburbs of Washington D.C. NIST Test House Exceeds Goal; Ends Year with Energy to Spare The net-zero energy test house at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in suburban Washington, D.C., … Continue reading Results from a net-zero energy test house in the US
UK’s programmes for buildings retrofits not living up to promises
Fiona Harvey writes in The Guardian about the poor results from the two programmes in the UK that are designed to help finance building retrofits. UK on track to miss carbon targets, climate change advisers warn The coalition’s flagship insulation programmes have failed to put the UK on the right track to meet its commitments … Continue reading UK’s programmes for buildings retrofits not living up to promises
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