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04.11.2009
Businesses cashing in on energy savings
Businesses are looking to a new climate deal in Copenhagen to ensure a level playing field for industry, but in the meantime they are pledging to continue improving their energy efficiency and boosting investment in low-carbon technologies.
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02.11.2009
Europe`s Saharan solar dream edges closer to reality
Ambitious plans to generate up to 15 per cent of Europe's electricity using giant solar farms in North Africa and the Middle East moved a step forward today, with the announcement that the coalition of firms behind the proposals has formally launched a new joint venture to manage the project.
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29.10.2009
Investing in Energy Efficiency Pays
The Center for Neighborhood Technology (CNT) conducted a post-occupancy study of 25 LEED commercial projects in Illinois and just published the first round of results from their research. The Regional Green Building Case Study Project is one of the first post-occupancy studies to measure energy performance, greenhouse gases emissions, water use, transportation effects, construction and occupancy costs, health benefits, and occupancy comfort on a regional scale. Although CNT found that some LEED projects perform better than others, they also determined that investing in energy efficiency pays off.
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23.10.2009
Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Can Create 4.5 Million Jobs
Washington, D.C. United States [RenewableEnergyWorld.com] According to the American Solar Energy Society (ASES) and Management Information Services Inc. (MISI), 4.5 million jobs will be created in the United States by 2030 if the government gets serious about tackling climate change.
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22.10.2009
States Invest More in Energy Efficiency
States are backing big energy-efficiency programs, spurred by the belief that they could hold down heating and electricity bills, as well as cut greenhouse-gas emissions.
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15.10.2009
California Launches Largest Energy-Efficiency Effort in U.S. History
SAN FRANCISCO, California, October 1, 2009 (ENS) - The California Public Utilities Commission says it wants to make energy efficiency a way of life in California, and on Thursday, the commission put its money where its mouth is by approving the largest energy-efficiency program in American history.
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06.10.2009
Promoting Walkable Neighborhoods
CNT promotes location efficient neighborhoods which have walkable streets, access to transit, mixed land uses, and concentration of retail and services. These neighborhoods require less time, money, and greenhouse gas emissions for residents to meet their everyday travel requirements. Walk Score was launched in 2007 to help people find walkable places to live. Walk Score is a web tool that calculates the walkability of an address by locating nearby stores, restaurants, schools, parks, and now public transit.
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30.09.2009
Energy efficiency tops the agenda at the 2009 Clinton Global Initiative
The Clinton Global Initiative is holding its fifth annual meeting this week in New York City. The event brings together an A-list group of leaders and luminaries from the worlds of business, government, academia, science, and nongovernmental organizations. On the agenda are energy and climate change, education, global health, and economic empowerment.
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28.09.2009
Energy Efficient Mortgage Program
FHA's Energy Efficient Mortgage program (EEM) helps homebuyers or homeowners save money on utility bills by enabling them to finance the cost of adding energy efficiency features to new or existing housing as part of their FHA insured home purchase or refinancing mortgage.
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28.08.2009
Germany unveils electric mobility plan
The German federal government hasadopted a National Development Plan for Electric Mobility which it says forms acrucial element of its ecological industrial policy.
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14.08.2009
Energy Efficiency Could Save Americans US $1.2T
Massachusetts, United States [RenewableEnergyWorld.com] As the Senate gears up to consider climate and energy legislation in the coming months, a new report released last week concludes that elevating energy efficiency to a national priority could save American consumers US $1.2 trillion by 2020.
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