carbon reduction Articles
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Maersk orders the world’s most energy-efficient vessel
Maersk has ordered the largest and most energy-efficient container ship in the world, and demands IMO to secure carbon-reduction deal by ...
By Vital Energi
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Carbon Action Standard
Want to know more about the UK Carbon Reduction Commitment and how Carbon Standards can help you achieve compliance? Read this full article on the Carbon Action Standard to understand how UK businesses can comply with this new carbon legislation. Author: Becky Toal, CEO Crowberry Consulting ...
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Overlap between the CRC and EU ETS may limit its effectiveness
New report claims the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme may fail to cut carbon emissions and overlap other carbon reduction ...
By Vital Energi
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Muhaka school case study
co2balance are well known for their carbon reduction projects, in particular the household energy efficient stoves. What's less well know are the range of additional projects we are involved in within our project communities in Africa. With support from corporate client Toshiba, co2balance commissioned two school kitchens during 2012. These kitchens provide an efficient method for cooking that ...
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10 measures to make buildings more energy efficient
Reducing the energy consumption of your bricks and mortar is fast becoming a no-brainer for any business, specially, with the Government setting its sights on existing buildings as a key focus in helping to meet its carbon reduction targets, and with the price of energy and carbon continuing to rise for the near future. But, while substantial money savings can be achieved from retrofitting your ...
By Vital Energi
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Why businesses should spur governments to realise carbon-related opportunities
Companies should engage government and lobby for regulation to speed up the development of low carbon solutions. On the way up to the Cancun Summit, the world’s largest organizations are reporting to the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) that they see "significant" opportunities related to climate change, and that carbon is increasingly becoming a strategic management priority. Governments ...
By Vital Energi
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Barker noted the CRC must be simplified
Climate Change minister said the CRC has helped to put energy efficiency on the boardroom agenda, but it is too complex and must be simplified. A government report published last week highlighted the lack of popularity of the Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) energy efficiency scheme among organizations registered with it. The report has its origin in a conference held on 3 March to discuss ...
By Vital Energi
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Developing global energy best practices case study
Challenge: A leading global beverage company plans to grow its business without increasing carbon emissions. This “grow-the-business, not-the-carbon” plan targets reductions in emissions by incorporating energy efficiency projects/practices and the use of innovative technologies (e.g. renewable energy) across its global manufacturing footprint. In 2009, the company engaged Antea ...
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Role of biomass questioned for clean power plan
In a May 8, 2015, letter, Senators Ed Markey (D-MA) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) requested that EPA reconsider its decision to treat biomass as having zero emissions under the proposed Clean Power Plan (Plan). The Senators point out "wood-burning power plants emit around 3,000 pounds of carbon dioxide per megawatt-hour," and would not assist in achieving the carbon reductions intended by the Plan. ...
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Why carbon reduction and energy efficiency must be combined
With all the eyes focused on carbon emissions prior to Cancun, it’s vital not to lose sight of the need to combine carbon reduction with energy efficiency. Reducing carbon emissions is generally associated with an increase in energy efficiency. But, it is possible to reduce such carbon emissions while still operating inefficient systems. A biomass boiler, for example, reduces carbon ...
By Vital Energi
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Policy uncertainty puts UK at risk of missing carbon targets
New report warns the government must set a clear policy direction to attract the investment needed for a low carbon economy. Recurrent policy uncertainty could mean the UK fails to attract the estimated £150bn of investment needed to build a low carbon infrastructure over the next 20 years. This is the conclusion published in a new survey today by the CBI and Accenture entitled: ...
By Vital Energi
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DEFRA carbon initiatives break ground
Say what you like about their propensity for acronyms, but the British have also made significant strides forward in the arena of climate change recently. To better approach the situation, they combined DEFRA and BERR within the DECC and then proceeded to make a significant step forward with the first issue of legally binding legislation within a national carbon trading scheme.There has been a ...
By Accruent
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Businesses like efficiency, but hold back
“It’s the economy, stupid,” the famous line of political strategist James Carville, seems even more relevant now than when he uttered it during Clinton’s 1992 campaign. A recent survey on executives’ attitudes shows that energy efficiency hasn’t escaped the shadow of recession, despite strong support for the resource.Johnson Controls and the International Facility Management Association asked ...
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The Association of Greater Manchester Authorities (AGMA) case study
The implementation of cost saving green technology has reduced energy spend across Greater Manchester’s public sector bodies by over £500,000 every year. Using Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) approved procurement and by implementing cross organisational communication, AGMA has been able to adopt Voltage Power Optimisaton across 90 sites. By becoming early adopters of VPO ...
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Promoting faster diffusion of energy efficiency with Type 1 projects
The Framework on Climate Change Convention provides for incremental costs for those measures that help developing countries to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. The Global Environmental Facility (GEF) was set up to fund projects to provide incremental costs. Some argue that this means that fossil-fuel efficient technologies should not be included because they are economic on their own right and ...
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Carbon cap and boom?
If we try to reduce greenhouse gases, the economy will take a hit, according to conventional wisdom. The Energy Information Administration bolstered the notion this week by reporting that energy prices would rise for the average US family by $142 in 2020 and $583 in 2030 under the House cap and trade bill passed in late June. Steven Chu, US energy secretary, tried to soften the blow by saying ...
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California Air Resources Board Votes To Re-Adopt Low Carbon Fuel Standard
On September 25, 2015, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) voted to readopt the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS), and require a ten percent reduction in carbon intensity of transportation fuels by 2020. The LCFS targets were originally frozen due to a legal challenge. To address the court's ruling, CARB solicited public testimony before readopting an updated version of the LCFS. The modified ...
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Commercialising Aviation Biofuels
Aviation currently produces 2 per cent of the world's greenhouse gas emissions. To tackle this issue the industry has set itself a target to cut emissions by 50 per cent by 2050, compared to 2005 levels. The production and use of sustainable quantities of aviation biofuels is key to meeting industry's ambitious carbon reduction targets and British Airways (BA) wants to pioneer the move towards ...
By NNFCC Ltd.
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Environmental attitudes in the UK nuclear energy industry
The relatively low carbon footprint of nuclear energy development, when compared to fossil fuel alternatives, is widely cited as one of the main factors influencing the recent policy trend in the UK. This paper examines the shift in UK nuclear energy policy in the 21st century from a position opposed to atomic energy expansion to one in its favour, focusing on the role of carbon emissions. The ...
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The European emission trading scheme and renewable energy policies: credible targets for incredible results?
This paper discusses the merits and limits of the recent European energy policy aimed at reducing carbon emissions, devoting particular attention to the European trading system of carbon permits and to the measures that the European Union has adopted to promote renewable energy sources. From the comparison of past goals and present results, it is argued that more credible targets for carbon ...
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