Tag: Energy Efficiency

Ontario Investing up to $900M in Energy Retrofits for Social Housing, Private Residential Apartment Buildings

Climate Change Action Plan will reduce GHGs, create jobs, support sustainable communities. Ontario is leading the fight against climate change by investing up to $900 million over four years from cap and trade...

HEINEKEN-UNIDO Partnership Supports Sustainability in Developing Markets

By 2030 the world is expected to require 40 per cent more water and 50 per cent more energy. Population growth, changing lifestyles and climate change will place increasing pressure on the...

5th Annual Expo and Energy Investment and Technology Conference

Green World Conferences are proud to host the Balkan Energy Leaders, 5th annual expo and energy investment and technology conference on 28-29 March 2017 in the Crowne Plaza hotel in Belgrade. Gathering top energy leaders...

Cornwall Feels the Force of Community Energy

Towns and villages will be helped to take control of their own energy systems as part of Cornish devolution. Cornwall Council is supporting communities to develop plans to take control of local energy...

IEA Executive Director delivers keynote address to G7 Energy Ministerial

IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol urged investment in high-quality and innovative energy infrastructure when he delivered a keynote address on the first day of the G7 Energy Ministerial 2016 meeting in Kitakyushu,...

Obama and Merkel inspired by ABB’s ground-breaking digital technology at Hanover Fair

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and US President Barack Obama were among the first to experience a ground-breaking new smart sensor from ABB during their visit to the Hanover Fair on Monday. The two...

IEA and Thailand launch Thailand Energy Information Centre in Bangkok

The International Energy Agency (IEA) and Thailand today launched a centre to consolidate high-quality, accurate and comprehensive energy information. Thailand’s Vice Minister of Energy, Nattipon Kanokchot, and IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol...

Towards Energy Union: The Commission presents sustainable energy security package

The Commission on 16th of February presented its energy security package with necessary proposals to equip the EU for global energy transition as well as to be prepared for possible energy supply...

China’s new 5-year plan is out, and it doesn’t sacrifice the environment for the economy

On Wednesday, Chinese lawmakers approved the country’s 13th Five-Year Plan, the high-level document that will guide policymaking through 2020, including the country’s approach to climate and energy policy. As the world’s second-largest...

UNIDO supports creation of Mesoamerican Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency

The General Secretariat of the Central American Integration System (SG-SICA) and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) today announced last week a strategic partnership on the creation of a Mesoamerican Centre...

IEA and UfM join forces to strengthen climate action in the Euro-Mediterranean region

The International Energy Agency (IEA) and the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) signed on 17 February in Paris a memorandum of understanding (MoU) setting out the outlines of closer co-operation between the...

EPS and KfW together to green energy, Arne Gooss, director of KfW bank in Serbia

For us, EPS is an important partner within our cooperation with Serbia. ЕPS is definitively on the right track to improve its future performance on market bases. The German development bank (KfW)...

Energy efficiency in industry will rise, study finds

Energy efficiency levels in industry are expected to improve overall up to 2050, according to a new study entitled: ‘Energy efficiency and energy saving potential in industry and on possible policy mechanisms’....

ABB launches its anniversary year with an ABB-branded Allegra train

One hundred and twenty-five years ago, Charles Brown and Walter Boveri founded BBC in Baden, Switzerland. The company developed into today’s global player ABB, with subsidiaries in 100 countries. This year ABB is...

Belgrade Has Regional Significance and the Duty To Be the Leader

Secretariat for environmental protection presented the Action plan for adaptation to climate change on 19th November 2015. This is just one of the activities that is in accordance with the ambitions and...

New development could lead to more effective light bulbs

US researchers say they have developed a technique that can significantly improve the efficiency of the traditional incandescent light bulb. These older bulbs have been phased out in many countries because they...

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