To mark Arbor Day in the US, Gary M. Scott, chair of the Paper and Bioprocess Engineering Department at State University of New York’s College of Environmental Science and Forestry, answered five questions about the pulp and paper industry – a major consumer of trees. This was published on The Conversation website. Is the … Continue reading How sustainable is the paper industry?
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Example from Italy shows why more needs to be done to promote industrial energy efficiency in Europe
Audits were made mandatory to large industry in the EU’s 2012 Energy Efficiency Directive. Now the directive is under review and there have been many concerns that the Commission has proposed no new legislative changes to promote industrial energy efficiency. Silvia Zinetti, a sustainable energy expert based in California and a regular contributor to EiD, … Continue reading Example from Italy shows why more needs to be done to promote industrial energy efficiency in Europe
Creating a sustainable chemical industry
Even energy-intensive industries have to assess how they can be part of the sustainability drive and the energy transition. Alex Bissember, Senior Lecturer in Chemistry, School of Physical Sciences at the University of Tasmania writes on The Conversation website about recent developments in the chemical industry. If you know of similar developments, please let EiD … Continue reading Creating a sustainable chemical industry
Improving energy efficiency of industrial manufacturing processes
A new US-funded consortium will enable Yale researchers to build upon years of research into the lifecycles of metals and other resources — and to work with a wide range of partners from academia, industry, and government. Kevin Dennehy explains latest developments on the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies website. Yale to … Continue reading Improving energy efficiency of industrial manufacturing processes
Important message on industrial energy efficiency from Malta
The Times of Malta recently published an article by Joe Tanti arguing how important industry is to meeting the EU energy efficiency objectives for 2020. Importantly, Malta currently holds the rotating Presidency of the European Council. The current Energy Efficiency Directive has important measures for industry and hopefully they will be key for meeting 2020 … Continue reading Important message on industrial energy efficiency from Malta
Assessing how decarbonisation is supported by the UK’s new industrial strategy
While many EiD readers are increasingly focusing on the clean energy package from the European Commission, there are other important policy developments happening in member states. This week the UK government published its industrial strategy. Paul Noble, a principle consultant in DNV GL’s Sustainable Energy Use Team, has written his views on the strategy in … Continue reading Assessing how decarbonisation is supported by the UK’s new industrial strategy
Singapore revising policy framework to promote industrial energy efficiency
Recently, Rod wrote a column on the eceee website about the modest proposals that the European Commission has made in its “winter package” to promote more energy efficiency in Europe’s industry. It is encouraging to read on the todayonline.com website that Singapore’s government is planning to give a greater push to energy efficiency improvements in … Continue reading Singapore revising policy framework to promote industrial energy efficiency
Significant untapped potential to increase energy efficiency in Britain’s industry
This could be a story in all countries. This article by Joshua S Hill on the CleanTechnica website explains the findings of a recent study in the UK. Now we can hope that we will get more such findings from the mandatory audits that were required throughout Europe. Increased Energy Efficiency In UK Manufacturing … Continue reading Significant untapped potential to increase energy efficiency in Britain’s industry
Recognising industry’s contribution to clean energy
The European Commission has published its proposals for the contribution of clean energy in meeting the EU’s obligations for the Paris climate agreement. Published on 30 November, the “winter package” is appropriately entitled “Clean Energy for All Europeans”. The Communication proposes a binding target for energy saving for 2030 and it includes recommendations to adapt … Continue reading Recognising industry’s contribution to clean energy
“Huge variations in performance” in levels of carbon efficiency among the world’s 2,000 largest listed firms
Luke Nicholls and Alex Baldwin provide an important article on the edie.net website about the large gap between the worst and best-performing businesses on energy efficiency. This was a global study. Energy efficiency: 'Champions and dunces' exist in every industry The world's largest listed companies could save 1.4 billion tonnes of CO2 - the … Continue reading “Huge variations in performance” in levels of carbon efficiency among the world’s 2,000 largest listed firms
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