domestic energy consumption News
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Saving energy in social housing
Landlords should be helping their social-housing tenants improve the energy efficiency of their homes, according to research published in the International Journal of Environment and Sustainable Development. Given that warmth is commonly the greatest need for such tenant, habit the greatest barrier and money the greatest motivator improvements to heating systems and advice on how to use them most ...
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Playing at home energy savings
Inderscience Research Spot Article An approach to cutting domestic energy consumption based on playing a game – Energy Battle – can lead to household savings of up to 45% on electricity consumption and lead to better energy-saving habits, says a study published in the Journal of Design Research. Daphne Geelen, David Keyson, Stella Boess and Han Brezet of Delft University of ...
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ENGIE Invests in tiko, A Pioneer in the Development of Intelligent Energy Management Systems for the Residential Market
Focused on the control of domestic energy consumption, tiko offers solutions for managing a wide range of electrical equipment in private homes. The aggregation of all connected homes enables the creation of virtual energy plants.tiko, a Swiss startup established in 2012, has developed a unique technology for exploiting the full potential of electrical equipment (water heaters, heat pumps, solar ...
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Greenely and Stanford University Launch Mobile App to Help Decrease Electricity Usage in California
Greenely and Stanford University are launching the Greenely Go mobile application in California after a year of development in a unique collaboration aiming to demonstrate how effectively a newly developed behavioral algorithm can help decreasing households' electricity usage in California. The app utilizes energy consumption data from PG&E and is now available to download for all PG&E ...
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Keep it personal: how to encourage energy efficiency
Household energy consumption accounts for over a quarter of all energy consumption in the EU, but previous campaigns to encourage energy efficiency in the home have proved unsuccessful. Researchers now say energy efficiency campaigns would be more successful if they were personalised to individual consumers. Household energy consumption has increased steadily in Europe over the past two decades. ...
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Friendly discussions help reduce household energy use
Information policy measures aimed at reducing household energy consumption need to take a number of approaches, according to Swedish researchers. They should stress both economic and environmental motives and encourage public discussion. Campaigns that emphasise individual responsibility for cutting energy consumption can be important policy tools, such as the EU website 'How you can control ...
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EcoAlign releases report `Nudges for Energy Conservation` to highlight role of behavioral change in energy conservation programs
EcoAlign, a strategic marketing agency focused on energy and the environment, released its fifth Project Energy Code report titled, "Nudges for Energy Conservation," written by Dean Karlan, Professor of Economics, Yale University. The report notes that while many individuals have goals to save energy, in practice they often fall short of these goals. Behavioral economics can help businesses and ...
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EIA Releases Consumption and Expenditures Data from the Residential Energy Consumption Survey
U.S. households on average consumed less energy in 2020 than in 2009, according to newly released data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration's Residential Energy Consumption Survey (RECS). RECS data show that households used an average of 76.8 million British thermal units (MMBtu) of energy, including electricity, natural gas, propane, and fuel oil. That consumption is relatively ...
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EIA`s AEO2015 projects that U.S. energy imports and exports come into balance, a first since the 1950s, because of continued oil and natural gas production growth and slow growth in energy demand
The Annual Energy Outlook 2015 (AEO2015) released today by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) presents updated projections for U.S. energy markets through 2040 based on six cases (Reference, Low and High Economic Growth, Low and High Oil Price, and High Oil and Gas Resource) that reflect updated scenarios for future crude oil prices. "EIA's AEO2015 shows that the advanced ...
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EIA Releases Key State-Level Household Energy Characteristics Data
For the first time, the U.S. Energy Information Administration has released Residential Energy Consumption Survey (RECS) data for households broken down by all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The 2020 RECS results show how homes use energy for space heating and cooling, water heating, cooking, appliances, and electronics, highlighting how household energy characteristics differ across the ...
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GE helps the UK meet its goal of placing smart grid technology in every home by 2020
GE Energy smart meters are helping prove the value of a smart grid in the United Kingdom as part of a government-sponsored Energy Demand Research Project (EDRP). GE is committed to assisting the U.K. government meet an objective to have smart meters in every home by 2020. Using smart meters as information collection and reporting devices, the EDRP study tracks energy use by time of day. The ...
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Green Energy Project to Break Ground in Kersey, Pennsylvania
MEDIA ADVISORY GREEN ENERGY PROJECT TO BREAK GROUND IN KERSEY, PENNSYLVANIA NEW PROJECT COULD PRODUCE ENOUGH ENERGY TO SATISFY THE NEEDS OF 45,000 HOMES!Friday, January 12th 2007, 12.30 p.m.Veolia ES Greentree Landfill635 Toby Road, Kersey, PennsylvaniaInterview, video and photography opportunities availableWhat: Veolia Environmental Services and Beacon Landfill Gas Holdings LLC are holding a ...
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MEDIA ADVISORY: 2015 EIA Energy Conference
WHAT: The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) will hold its 2015 EIA Energy Conference on June 15 and 16, 2015. The EIA Energy Conference has become a premier forum for addressing energy issues in the United States and around the world. This event will bring together thought leaders from industry, government, and academia to discuss current and future challenges facing domestic and ...
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Can we save energy by changing our behaviour?
In 2010, European households consumed almost 13% more energy than two decades ago and generated 25 % of energy-related greenhouse gas emissions. This trend must be reversed for the EU to reach its goal of reducing primary energy consumption by 20 % by 2020. Today, the European Environment Agency (EEA) publishes a report which investigates what it takes to achieve energy savings through changing ...
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Recession and Green Technology Trend to Drive New Wave of Smart Grid Consumer Investment
FARMINGTON, Conn., May 21, 2012/PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Global Information Inc. is pleased to announce the availability of two brand new Residential Clean Energy and Smart Grid Market Research reports from Pike Research: Home Energy Management: Market Analysis and Forecasts Pike Research's new Home Energy Management market research report, In-Home Displays, Networked HEM Systems, Standalone HEM ...
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Strawbale Home in Rush, NY.
Ikan Design Consultants in collaboration with Brasley Architecture are delivering full service design for the sustainable strawbale specification home to be built in Rush, NY. Sustainable features include strawbale envelope, geothermal heating and cooling system, in floor radiant heating and cooling, energy recovery ventilator, on demand hot water systems, and PV solar panels. Project goal is to ...
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Frost & Sullivan projects smart technology to fuel double-digit growth in European HEMS and BEMS Markets
The home and building energy management systems (HEMS/BEMS) markets face push factors, such as EU Directives that support smart technology in energy monitoring and management, as well as pull factors from the demand side as technology improves and becomes more easily available. Together with rising prices of energy, these two factors will lead the HEMS and BEMS market to double-digit growth over ...
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Strawbale Home in Rush, NY
Ikan Design Consultants in collaboration with Brasley Architecture are delivering full service design for the sustainable strawbale specification home to be built in Rush, NY. Sustainable features include strawbale envelope, geothermal heating and cooling system, in floor radiant heating and cooling, energy recovery ventilator, on demand hot water systems, and PV solar panels. Project goal is to ...
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Landis+Gyr Partners with Sense to Add Next Generation Energy Management Solution to Utility IoT Platform
Landis+Gyr and Sense recently (1/16) announced a partnership that makes Sense technology available within Landis+Gyr’s Gridstream® Connect IoT platform, enabling utilities to provide a wide range of home energy management services to consumers.As part of this agreement the Sense home energy app, which monitors and measures energy used by electrical devices, will be available as an application ...
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Flint Energies and GE Help Consumers Save Energy Using New
GE Appliances (NYSE:GE) and Georgia-based Flint Energies announced today the launch of a two-year smart grid pilot to understand the potential for GE's Brillion™-enabled appliances to save consumers money and reduce peak load when combined with peak-time rebates. GE Appliances and Flint Energies will be giving 10 volunteer households in Warner Robins, Ga., GE's full ...
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