energy efficiency News
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Darden's Energy Efficiency
SOURCE: Darden Restaurants DESCRIPTION:We are taking aggressive action to reduce our direct energy use. By the end of FY2011, we were more than halfway toward our goal to reduce our per restaurant energy use by 15 percent by 2015 using 2008 as a baseline. About Darden Restaurants, Inc. Darden Restaurants, Inc., (NYSE: DRI), the world's largest full-service restaurant company, owns and operates ...
By 3BL Media
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Energy efficiency is an untapped goldmine
An archaic, insecure and vulnerable energy delivery systems fraught with risk and complexity, is enough to give the majority of those in charge the late night ...
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Energy efficiency creates jobs
BC Hydro"s electricity conservation and efficiency activities will create 193,000 jobs in the province over 30 years – an average of 6,400 jobs ...
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The Power of Energy Efficiency for Brands and Employee Engagement
Improving energy efficiency at America’s businesses is as important to brand building as it is to growing the bottom line, according to the study, reSources 2012. The report shows that while 85 percent of companies claim that electricity cost reductions are essential to staying financially competitive, almost as high a proportion – 81 percent – believe they are critical to brand building. ...
By 3BL Media
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Tanzania Energy Efficiency Workshop
On the 28th of January 2015 Clarke Energy worked with the British High Commission and UK Trade and Investment in Tanzania to deliver a workshop on energy efficiency in Dar es Salaam at the Hilton Doubletree Oyster Bay. The event was attended by a cross section of the Tanzanian business community and consisted of presentations by: Hugh Richmond, Business Development Director, Clarke Energy ...
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Department of Energy Overestimating Impact of Energy Efficiency Standards on Appliance Prices
A new report released today by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) and the Appliance Standards Awareness Project (ASAP) finds that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has been overestimating the impact that energy efficiency standards for appliances and other products have on their price tags. “Based on market data, the prices of many appliances have gone down ...
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$25m for energy efficiency projects in Ukraine
The EBRD European Bank is providing a loan facility of $25 million to Bank Forum of Ukraine. Potential clients of the bank will be local private sector companies, which should be able to receive sub-loans of up to $5 million to finance their energy efficiency and renewable energy projects. Forum is the third Ukrainian bank to join a €100 million energy efficiency framework, approved by the ...
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Energy Efficiency Award Seeks Role Models in Industry and Production
International competition on energy efficiency under the patronage of German Federal Minister of Economics Businesses are invited to submit outstanding energy efficiency projects for the international Energy Efficiency Award 2013. The competition is open to any businesses from industry and production which have successfully improved the energy efficiency of their operations. Companies have ...
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Report reveals unusual energy efficient market pattern
“Big dogs eat first” is a phrase often used to describe energy markets. That is, expect large energy consumers – usually manufacturers -- to be the first at the plate to take advantage of any economic benefits. But a recent report suggests that when it comes to energy efficiency, householders may nudge the Mastiffs out of the way. The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy found that in ...
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Energy Efficient Lighting Breakthroughs Made in Germany
Kintex International LED Expo and OLED Expo 2011 German lighting manufacturer OSRAM last week reported new efficiency levels for OLED panels (organic light emitting diodes). A result of German federal R&D funding, OSRAM received a portion of the EUR 100 million made available by 2015. This type of public-private cooperation has helped make Germany the most attractive location in ...
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CRC Energy Efficiency Summit
The CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme (CRC) is the UK's first mandatory energy savings and carbon trading scheme targeting emissions from public and private sector groups. CRC participants that fail to reduce their energy consumption and carbon emissions are expected to face significant costs associated with the purchase of carbon allowances and potential financial penalties. They also risk serious ...
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Energy efficiency plan hanging in the balance
The future of an EU action plan on energy efficiency that was due to be adopted this Wednesday, has been thrown into doubt after European commission president Jose Manuel Barroso raised last-minute concerns. The action plan is intended to set out the policies and measures required over six years to achieve the EU’s goal of reducing energy consumption 20 per cent by 2020 (EED 20/09/06). As ...
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Energy efficiency: totally worth it
With a little careful planning, you can adopt some surprisingly effective energy-efficiency measures for your newbuilds, saving a lot of money in the long run, while also greening up operations. A changing marinetech climate New regulatory guidelines in recent years have progressed innovations in marine technology. Both vessel and equipment manufacturers alike have introduced solutions that ...
By DESMI A/S
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The House backs bill to boost energy efficiency
The House gave final legislative approval Tuesday to a long-delayed bill to boost energy efficiency, sending the measure to the White House. The bill, approved on a voice vote, includes incentives to cut energy use in commercial buildings, manufacturing plants and homes. Senators approved the bill last month, also by voice vote. The measure, sponsored by Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen of New ...
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ACEEE Announces New Board Members and the Formation of a Research Advisory Board
ACEEE is pleased to announce that Janice Berman of Pacific Gas & Electric Company, Denise Fairchild of Emerald Cities Collaborative, and Clay Nesler of Johnson Controls have joined ACEEE’s Board of Directors. Ms. Berman is senior director of energy efficiency strategy for Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E). She is responsible for providing strategic leadership of ...
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The `ENERGY-EFFICIENCY-WATCH`, the new common flag for energy efficiency in Europe, calls for: “Action, not talk!”
Brussels - On the verge of the EU Spring Council, European Parliamentarians, energy efficiency related industry and NGOs presented today in the European Parliament the ENERGY-EFFICIENCYWATCH. The ENERGY-EFFICIENCY-WATCH (EEW) is the new common flag for ENERGY EFFICIENCY in and for Europe. Its goal is to ensure ambitious national energy efficiency action plans in all EU Member States. EP ...
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World Energy Efficiency Day 2021
The World Efficiency Day is celebrated each 5th March. The initiative started in Austria during the First International Meeting on Energy Efficiency when experts made the decision to tackle the existing energy crisis and create possible solutions. This day aims to concienciate people on the necessity to achieve reasonable and sustainable use of energy. Enhancing energy efficiency is based on ...
By TECAM
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€59m for energy efficiency projects in Romania
The EBRD is launching its first ever credit facility to finance energy efficiency projects by private industrial companies in Romania. Under the new framework, the Bank will make loans to the banking sector which will then provide credits to private firms. Three loans have already been signed: €20 million for the Banca Comerciala Romana (BCR), €10 million for CEC and €5 million for Banca ...
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Pew center launches energy efficiency report
Leading firms that give greater attention to energy efficiency report billions of dollars in savings and millions of tons of avoided greenhouse gas ...
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Business attitudes to energy efficiency policy options
The Carbon Trust has completed new research for the Department of Energy and Climate Change examining the attitudes of businesses in the UK to a range of potential energy efficiency policy options. The project was designed to inform the early stages of the policy development process, with a particular objective to build the evidence base on incentive policies, and to explore which types of ...
By Carbon Trust
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