energy efficiency compliance News
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Energy Efficiency a Key Compliance Strategy for States in EPA Final Clean Power Plan Rule
Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the Clean Power Plan, a rule that sets state-specific targets for carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants. As the president noted in today’s announcement, one of the most promising compliance options available for states under the rule is increasing their energy efficiency. Previous analysis by the American Council for an ...
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Inprova Energy appoints Michael Dent as Managing Director
Former Utilitywise plc board director Michael Dent has joined fast growing energy consultancy Inprova Energy as Managing Director. Dent, aged 41, has extensive senior leadership experience of the European energy markets, working for Utilitywise plc, Total Gas & Power Ltd and RWE npower. Inprova Energy is the newly branded energy division of procurement outsourcing specialist Inprova Group - ...
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Conference program announced for `CARBON TradeEx AMERICA 2010`
Koelnmesse, Inc., the Carbon Markets & Investors Association (CMIA) and the Environmental Markets Association (EMA) for Carbon TradeEx America today announced details of their conference program. The tradeshow and conference will take place from September 28-29, 2010 at the McCormick Center in Chicago. The main pillars of the program are titled 'Emerging Opportunities', 'Marketplace Insights' ...
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Inprova Energy powers up for growth
Procurement outsourcing specialist Inprova Group has launched its new energy business Inprova Energy – following its acquisitions and integration of the established energyTEAM, ENER-G Procurement, and UES Energy businesses. The newly branded business – Inprova Energy – is already one of the top ten business energy procurement and management consultancies in the UK and has a ...
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mPrest Selected as DERMS Provider for Richmond Advanced Energy Community Project
mPrest, a leading developer and provider of distributed asset orchestration and optimization software for the energy market, this week announced its mDERMS platform will be used by energy provider MCE in the Richmond Advanced Energy Community (AEC) project. The project is led by the Zero Net Energy (ZNE) Alliance and will develop and test comprehensive, scalable clean energy solutions to ...
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ACEEE Releases Tool for Including Building Codes in States’ Clean Power Plans
Today the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) released a step-by-step guide that helps states document and claim emissions reductions resulting from building energy codes as a means of complying with their obligations under the Clean Power Plan. The paper is the first in a series of guidance documents that demonstrate how a state can take advantage of energy efficiency in its ...
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New ESOS Regulations are Energy SOS for British Business
The Carbon Trust is calling on British businesses to save billions on their energy bills through implementing the most cost-effective energy efficiency opportunities identified through the new Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (ESOS). The new scheme is expected to help reduce energy bills for large enterprises by £300 million in 2016, but the Carbon Trust believes savings could be two to ...
By Carbon Trust
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Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (ESOS)
The Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (ESOS) is expected to help reduce business energy costs by a total of £1.6 billion by 2030. ESOS is a mandatory energy assessment and energy saving identification scheme for large undertakings and their corporate groups. Under the scheme, which applies throughout the UK, businesses will be required to look closely at their energy usage to identify ...
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Energy Managers must respond to ESOS sooner rather than later
Energy Managers must respond to ESOS sooner rather than later if they are to comply with the mandatory Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme. ESOS (The Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme) is a mandatory energy assessment and energy saving identification scheme for large undertakings and their corporate groups. Envantage are recommending companies affected by this scheme should consider investing ...
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Envantage are ESOS approved lead assessors
Envantage are ESOS approved lead assessors If you would like help to assess your qualification, or how to meet ESOS compliance, please contact Envantage to discuss your requirements with a member of our team. www.envantage.co.uk Tel: +44 (0) 161 448 7722 Jessica.harris@envantage.co.uk The Environment Agency has now announced the first round of approved lead assessors for the impending ...
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Guide to ESOS phase two published by Inprova Energy
Inprova Energy has published a free guide to how organisations can prepare for compliance with phase two of the UK Government's Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (ESOS). The mandatory energy assessment scheme requires 'large undertakings', such as organisations with more than 250 employees, or a turnover in excess of 50 million Euros, to measure their total energy consumption and identify energy ...
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ComEd Completes Five-Year LED Smart Streetlight Program Across 575 Northern Illinois Communities
Northern Illinois is brighter today, as ComEd has completed the installation and upgrade of all 131,600 ComEd-owned streetlights to Smart LED light fixtures. In addition to enhancing public safety as a result of clearer, brighter and more reliable light, the switch will save more than 79 gigawatt-hours of energy annually, the equivalent of removing more than 67 million pounds of carbon emissions ...
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MEPs call for withdrawal of patio heaters from the market in energy efficiency report
MEPs back the Commission's proposed Action Plan for Energy Efficiency in adopting an own-initiative report. It says both the Commission and Member States need to improve their implementation of energy-efficiency legislation. MEPs urge the Commission to establish timetables for the withdrawal from the market of all the least energy-efficient items of equipment, appliances and other energy-using ...
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Leading the renewal of American manufacturing: Ohio’s combined heat and power program
On March 9, 2012, the Ohio Public Utility Commission hosted a workshop for the Pilot Program on Combined Heat and Power, which it has launched in partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). The workshop convened industrial companies, energy experts, and state-level policymakers to discuss the role of Combined Heat and Power (CHP) technology in complying with upcoming federal ...
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New report shows wide disparities in energy efficiency programs of 50 U.S. Electric Utilities
A new report comparing the energy efficiency programs of 50 electric utility companies shows wide disparities in how much money U.S. utilities are investing in energy efficiency programs, and how successful those programs are at saving energy. Major utilities, such as National Grid subsidiaries Massachusetts Electric and Narragansett Electric, and Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E), are ...
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Fact Sheet: President Obama To Announce Historic Carbon Pollution Standards For Power Plants
Today at the White House, President Obama and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy will release the final Clean Power Plan, a historic step in the Obama Administration’s fight against climate change. We have a moral obligation to leave our children a planet that’s not polluted or damaged. The effects of climate change are already being felt across the ...
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