Business raises concerns about energy costs in UK

Many businesses are very sensitive to energy costs because for many of them, energy costs represent a high percentage of total operating costs. Tanya Powley writes in the Financial Times about the growing concerns of UK manufacturers about price developments. Concern grows among UK manufacturers at rising energy costs Concern over spiralling costs has … Continue reading Business raises concerns about energy costs in UK →

Fleets start to take action under the EU’s Energy Efficiency Directive

It is good to see how industry is waking up to the obligations under the 2012 Energy Efficiency Directive. This article from the Fleet News website shows how large fleets are learning about what those obligations entail. Large fleets targeted by EU energy efficiency legislation Energy used by company cars and vans, including the … Continue reading Fleets start to take action under the EU’s Energy Efficiency Directive →

Time to think about what the ski industry is up to

While many of us are still at the beach or dreaming about our holidays, the Associated Press writes in the Portland Press Herald that the ski industry in Vermont, for one, is making important improvements. An exchange program with Efficiency Vermont hopes to replace 3,000 older guns. Vermont ski resorts moving to energy-efficient snow … Continue reading Time to think about what the ski industry is up to →

What do you know about smart manufacturing?

The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) has recently published a new report, The Energy Savings Potential of Smart Manufacturing, is designed to show businesses leaders, utility program administrators, and energy managers how to make U.S. manufacturing more energy efficient, productive, and competitive. Ethan Rogers, who heads the Industry Programme at ACEEE, wrote the … Continue reading What do you know about smart manufacturing? →

What renewable energy can do for the mining industry

It is good to have a better understanding what sustainable energy can do for the various industrial sectors. In this post, Mark Howe writes on the Sourceable website about the potential impact of renewable energy in the mining sector. Is Renewable Energy the Future of Mining? The remote and energy-intensive nature of mining operations make … Continue reading What renewable energy can do for the mining industry →

Focus on waste heat recovery

EiD has received a valuable contribution from Marco Baresi, vice-president of Italcogen, the Confindustria association of manufacturers of CHP and waste heat recovery equipment in Italy. In reviewing a new report from the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation, he shows the importance of waste heat recovery in Europe and that the EU’s Energy Efficiency Directive … Continue reading Focus on waste heat recovery →

Lessons for SMEs

Sean Hargrave writes a valuable article in The Guardian about the lessons that small and medium-sized enterprises can learn from larger companies. Maybe some of these ideas will be discussed at the upcoming eceee industrial summer study. What SMEs can learn about efficiencies from larger companies While large companies have traditionally had advantages in delivering … Continue reading Lessons for SMEs →

A disconnect between climate change and economic havoc

Using the US report on climate change as a starting point, Don Pittis provides three good reasons on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s website about why businesses are seemingly ignoring the problem. Climate change: 3 reasons businesses aren't seeking solutions Climate change causing economic havoc, according to new U.S. Congressional report It seems a strange disconnect. … Continue reading A disconnect between climate change and economic havoc →

This week’s briefs

There are quite a few briefs this week that should be of interest to EiD readers. These include on the eceee industrial summer study, BPIE events, IEA webinars and the G7 joint statement on the energy initiative for energy security. • eceee industrial summer study Please mark it in your calendar to attend the upcoming … Continue reading This week’s briefs →

New developments in measuring the energy efficiency of the beef industry

Rachael Van Horn writes in the Woodward News (from Woodward, Oklahoma) about a new device that can help beef producers optimise their operations. Interestingly, there are only 50 of these devices worldwide. Given the size of the global beef industry, these technology breakthroughs are welcome. Device will measure energy efficiency An apparatus meant to … Continue reading New developments in measuring the energy efficiency of the beef industry →