Energy efficiency

Energy-Eficient Building

Green Buildings are Key to Reducing Energy Consumption

Buildings presently account for about 40% of the world’s energy consumption, green buildings can help to reduce this consumption, writes Thabang Byl, Digital E…

Energy-Eficient Building

How ‘Net-Zero’ and ‘Passive’ Houses can Cut Carbon Emissions — and Energy Bills

From the street, you wouldn’t be able to tell a net-zero or passive house from any other recently built home.

Distributed Solar

EESL Signs Pact with Goa Govt for Decentralized Solar Power Projects

Energy Efficiency Services Ltd, a joint venture of state-run firms under the power ministry, today signed an agreement with the Goa government to implement dece…

Energy Technology

SANEDI’s Cool Roofs to Benefit Cape Town Communities in Summer

The South African Energy Development Institute (SANEDI) is rolling out 26,000m2 of cool roofing technology in Cape Town as part of the Cool Roofs and Insulation…

Wind Power Project

30 MW to be Added to Iran’s Wind Power Generation Capacity by Mar. 2021

Mohammad Satakin, who heads Iran’s Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Organization, has said that 30 MW will be added to the country’s wind power generati…

Energy Saving

Investor Aquila Capital Sets Sights on Energy Efficiency Projects

Germany's Aquila Capital plans to invest 50-70 million euros per year in energy efficiency projects, it said, hoping to benefit from a push by corporations and …

Energy-Eficient Building

Hira Industries To Build Mega Solar Plants At Its Head Office

Hira Industries’ head office and warehouse will be equipped with 460 solar panels to generate 340,000 kilowatt-hours of clean energy.

Energy-Eficient Building

DOE Announces Next-Gen Thermochromic Windows that Generate Power

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory have reported a breakthrough in developing a next-generation thermochromic w…

Energy Saving Products

SDG&E Partners with Willdan in $42 Million Efficiency Programme

US utility SDG&E has selected Willdan for the design and implementation of the Small Commercial Energy Efficiency Programme.

Energy-Eficient Building

Slovenian Parliament Unanimously Adopts Energy Efficiency Act

Energy efficiency legislation was separated from Slovenia’s umbrella energy law.

Energy Saving

Energy Efficiency – the Often ‘Forgotten’ Option in the Energy Transition

Energy efficiency measures need more investment and innovation to accelerate their implementation, DNV GL argues in its latest ‘Transition Faster’report.

Energy Saving

SA Industry Energy Efficiency Project Wins International Award

The SA Industrial Energy Efficiency Project has won the International Energy Project of the Year.

Energy-Eficient Building

EU unveils Renovation Wave Strategy to Improve Buildings’ Energy Performance

Only 1% of buildings in the EU undergo energy efficient renovation each year.

Energy-Eficient Building

EU Adopts Renovation Wave Strategy to Make Buildings Energy Efficient

Commission adopts strategy to reduce methane emissions, assesses 27 National Energy and Climate Plans.

Energy-Eficient Building

SANEDI Highlights the Benefits of Energy Efficiency

Energy efficiency practices have far-reaching financial benefits for the underprivileged as these provide daily cost savings, especially at a time when the glob…