Author: Aristeidis Tsakiris
Workshop on High Impact Opportunities for Energy Efficiency in China
A workshop on High Impact Opportunities (HIOs) to further energy efficiency in China was organised on 13 December in Beijing. The workshop was organised by the Tsinghua University and the Energy Research Institute of NDRC, which have been engaged by the Copenhagen Centre on Energy Efficiency to jointly carry out the study on identifying high impact opportunities for further and […]
December 14th, 2016
International Conference in India to Push Demand Side Energy Efficiency
Demand side energy efficiency plays an important role in countries’ efforts for climate change mitigation, energy security, and pollution control. An international conference was held in New Delhi, India on 4-5 November to share experiences on demand side energy efficiency initiatives from different parts of the world and discuss how to speed up and scale up the efforts, especially in […]
November 14th, 2016
Call to action in Baku- implementing energy-related Sustainable Development Goals
In October, some 400 international energy experts, government officials, and representatives of the private sector gathered in Baku, Azerbaijan to discuss how to turn national climate change commitments into reality, and how to speed up the process, given the urgent need for action. Jointly organized by the Copenhagen Centre, the Seventh International Forum on Energy for Sustainable Development opened on […]
November 11th, 2016
Belgrade lays the first brick in its Building Efficiency Accelerator
On 30 October, the World Resources Institute and UNEP organized a kick-off workshop in Belgrade, Serbia to start up the city’s Building Efficiency Accelerator and District Energy in Cities initiative . Belgrade, which is one of the cities committed to SEforALL’s Global Efficiency Accelerator Platform, will receive technical support from the platform as it works to improve energy efficiency in […]
November 11th, 2016
Energy efficiency can help bridge the emissions gap, says new report
The Emissions Gap Report 2016 highlights the potential and positive effects of energy efficiency programmes.
November 10th, 2016
Getting Efficient Faster – the SEforALL Accelerators
By Mark Radka, Head, Energy Branch, UN Environment
November 9th, 2016
Global Status Report for the building sector to be launched at COP 22
The Copenhagen Centre has collaborated on a new report featuring the most up-to-date data on the global building sector’s energy consumption and GHG emissions. The preparation of the Global Status Report 2016, which will be released on November 10 on Buildings Day at COP22 in Marrakesh, was led by the Copenhagen Centre in collaboration with UNEP, International Energy Agency and Global […]
November 9th, 2016
IEA releases new flagship report on energy efficiency
The International Energy Agency (IEA) has published a new report highlighting progress made by energy efficiency policies around the world over the past year, particularly in China and other emerging economies. Energy Efficiency Market Report 2016 shows that energy intensity (the amount of energy used per unit of GDP) improved by 1.8 percent last year, indicating that the global economy needed […]
November 7th, 2016
Meet us at COP22
10 November 2016 10:15 – 10:40 Blue Zone Buildings Day – showcase on Buildings and Climate (Buildings Workstream) 11 November 2016 15:00 – 15:45 Nordic Business Pavilion, Area L (Green Zone) Side event: Unlocking District Energy Investments in Cities 12 November 2016 10:00 – 12:00 Green Zone meeting area SEforALL Energy Efficiency Accelerator meeting 14 November 2016 12:30 – 13:30 […]
November 7th, 2016
Velux engages in sustainable building with Active House Alliance
Considering that buildings currently consume around forty percent of the world’s energy and emit approximately one-third of global greenhouse gases, sustainably-constructed buildings have enormous potential for reducing emissions. In response to this challenge, the Velux Group, a Danish skylight manufacturer, has initiated a number of projects aimed at catalyzing a more sustainable building design. Velux is a founding partner of […]
November 4th, 2016