Schneider Electric busy in India and Singapore

There are two posts on the efforts of Schneider Electric to promote energy. First, India’s Economic Times reports on the efforts of Schneider Electric to work with India’s Bureau of Energy Efficiency to promote energy efficiency. The company plans to help in technology development, innovation and deployment. Second, Eco-Business.com reports on the efforts to promote … Continue reading Schneider Electric busy in India and Singapore →

Reviewing the UK’s Green Deal

The following article on the Green Deal was provided by Joanna Nicholson. Joanna is an energy professional turned writer who has a decade of experience in the energy efficiency and renewables sector. Having worked for the Energy Saving Trust and on a variety of community energy projects since 2001, she now works as a freelance … Continue reading Reviewing the UK’s Green Deal →

Measuring up residential buildings in New York

New York City has been a leader in improving the energy performance of its buildings and now it is publishing data to compare residential buildings. This article by Mireya Navarro in the New York Times explains what appears to be one of the important legacies of Mayor Bloomberg’s time in office. A Fresh Set of … Continue reading Measuring up residential buildings in New York →

New homes in England not showing energy performance improvements

The Green Building Press provides some disturbing news about the average efficiency of new homes in England. Energy efficiency of new homes goes down not up The average energy efficiency of new homes in England has dropped from last year, official figures reveal. Figures released by the Communities and Local Government department on Friday … Continue reading New homes in England not showing energy performance improvements →

New academic paper – “The Green Deal and the Energy Company Obligation”

Jan Rosenow, Senior Consultant at Ricardo-AEA, and Nick Eyre, Environmental Change Institute at Oxford University, put together the first comprehensive academic peer-reviewed paper on the British Green Deal published in the journal ‘Energy’ of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers. The Green Deal, introduced alongside the Energy Company Obligation, marks a substantial change … Continue reading New academic paper – “The Green Deal and the Energy Company Obligation” →

New publication on modernising building codes

At her last working day at the IEA, Yamina SAHEB launched the joint IEA-UNDP report on how building energy codes can be modernised with the aim of limiting pressure on global energy supply, improving energy security, and contributing to environmental sustainability. The IEA and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) partnered to analyse current practices … Continue reading New publication on modernising building codes →

Energy use drops in Irish homes

Build.ie, Ireland’s Construction Directory, recently published the results of new data from the national energy agency on residential energy consumption. The report states that the new building regulations were an important factor. Energy Efficiency Improves In Irish Homes Energy use per household fell by 18% between 2006 and 2011 according to a new report Residential … Continue reading Energy use drops in Irish homes →

Britain’s homes under the microscope

John Kemp, a market analyst for the Reuters news service, provides an excellent article on the dynamics of energy consumption in the housing sector in Britain. It would be good to know how this compares with other European countries. Britain's quiet home energy revolution Britain's homes are in the midst of an energy-efficiency revolution, though … Continue reading Britain’s homes under the microscope →

The impact of the new generation of smart windows

RTCC (Responding to Climate Change) assesses the important energy savings that are available from new materials that are being developed to significantly increase the efficiency of windows. Smart windows could spark energy efficiency revolution Window coating can stop around 50% of heat and 70% of visible light, generating huge energy savings A window spray … Continue reading The impact of the new generation of smart windows →

Will new building standards make it harder for the small builder?

Louise Bateman writes in Green Building News about the problems small and medium-sized construction companies will face in the UK when new energy efficiency building standards come into force in 2014. Warning for construction SMEs over new energy efficiency building standards Small and medium-sized companies operating in the construction sector are being warned they could … Continue reading Will new building standards make it harder for the small builder? →