Promoting energy efficiency in older buildings in Seattle

Felicity Barringer writes in the New York Times about a programme in Seattle to help improve the energy performance of older buildings through an innovative approach to sell energy savings to the local electricity company. Making Energy Efficiency Attractive for Owners of Older Seattle Buildings A program under way at Seattle’s ambitious Bullitt Center … Continue reading Promoting energy efficiency in older buildings in Seattle →

Adding value to your home

GreenWise is one of many news services to report on new research commissioned by the UK government showing that improving the energy performance of a house can add 14 per cent or more to its value Energy efficiency upgrades could boost average home value by 14 per cent The average home in England could see … Continue reading Adding value to your home →

Come one, come all . . .

Sustainable Energy Week will soon be upon us. There are many excellent events and we all have a difficult time make a choice. Please check out the EUSEW website for events in Brussels and throughout Europe. EiD would like to recommend: June 26th from 09:00 to 13:00, E2B: Innovation in Energy Efficient Buildings and Districts … Continue reading Come one, come all . . . →

Negawatts gains acceptability in the United Kingdom

SustainableBuilding reports that the UK government is going to include “negawatts” into their energy bill. Negawatts is a term coined by the chief scientist of the Rocky Mountain Institute and environmentalist Amory Lovins in 1989, who recently spoke at the eceee summer study. Government puts ‘negawatts’ in Energy Bill The Government included the ‘negawatts not … Continue reading Negawatts gains acceptability in the United Kingdom →

Unstoppable efficiency drive spurred by EU regulations and national targets poses a dilemma for utilities

Geert De Clercq and Vera Eckert write for Reuter’s news service and published by The Guardian ask an important question about whether energy utilities look for a profitable way to help consumers save energy or whether they try to defend their traditional business model. The jury is still out but some utilities have understood it … Continue reading Unstoppable efficiency drive spurred by EU regulations and national targets poses a dilemma for utilities →

Cities in Canada also looking at sustainable energy

Larry Pynn writes in the Vancouver Sun about a new study that shows that cities would benefit by taking a sustainable energy approach. It is good to see how cities globally are playing and increasingly important role. Cities would benefit from national energy strategy based on renewable energy: Columbia Institute Canadian municipalities struggling with … Continue reading Cities in Canada also looking at sustainable energy →

City in Italy uses energy performance contracting to promote energy efficiency

Sadhbh Ní Hógáin writes in the Energy Collective about how the city of Modena is taking advantage of support from the EU to finance energy efficiency. Since joining the Covenant of Mayors in 2010, Modena has been quite active, starting with the development of a sustainable energy action plan. It will be important to watch … Continue reading City in Italy uses energy performance contracting to promote energy efficiency →

First reflections

The bi-annual eceee Summer Study is now over. Participants have gone home or have taken an extended holiday in the south of France. Most are quite tired from the myriad of panel session presentations, informal sessions, solutions workshops, plenary sessions and chats during the coffee breaks. But it is a good tiredness. The organisation and … Continue reading First reflections →

Can energy efficiency play a major role in addressing climate change?

The Breakthrough Institute argues that while energy efficiency offers a tantalising promise of a win-win for both the environment and the economy, there is a growing number of economists and energy analysts caution against overestimating their energy and carbon savings potential and that it is time to rethink the place energy efficiency has taken in … Continue reading Can energy efficiency play a major role in addressing climate change? →

Market research shows strong growth for the building automation systems market

Frost & Sullivan which provides research and market development support writes in theheraldonline.com in England about the expected growth for building automation systems market. Encouragingly, much is seen to be driven by EU energy efficiency legislation, especially the Energy Performance in Buildings Directive. Demand for Greater Energy Efficiency Drives Building Automation Systems Market, says … Continue reading Market research shows strong growth for the building automation systems market →