The latest Home Remodeling and Repair Index from ServiceMagic revealed that while 58 per cent of US consumers consider green options when renovating their home, 62 per cent of service professions reported that fewer than ten per cent of...
Greg Barker, Energy and Climate Change Minister, said: “This new Coalition Government wants to boost energy efficiency in business because we know that saving energy saves money. The CRC will encourage significant savings through greater...
This app is based upon the "62MZCalc.xls" Excel spreadsheet that accompanies each copy of the Standard. You can do pretty much everything in this app that you can do in the Excel spreadsheet, in addition to creating multi-system projects...
The consortium, which has extensive experience of housing, supply chain re-engineering and refurbishment, will be led by BRE (Building Research Establishment), in collaboration with EDF Energy, Peabody, PRP, Total Flow, UCL and Wates.
The...
Um Verbraucher bei der Wahl eines neuen Gerätes zu unterstützen, stellt die dena im Rahmen ihrer Initiative EnergieEffizienz unter www.stromeffizienz.de verschiedene Auswahlhilfen zur Verfügung. So können Verbraucher mit Hilfe von Checks...
Die come2CoM Projektpartner werden den Städten und Gemeinden insbesondere bei der Erstellung der Aktionspläne für nachhaltige Energie („Sustainable Energy Action Plans – SEAP“) Hilfestellung leisten, indem sie diese beispielsweise über...
Local authorities play a key role in mitigating climate change as 80 % of the population lives and works in cities, where up to 80 % of energy is consumed. The main concept of the "Covenant of Mayors" initiative, which was launched by the...
Für die einzelnen Sektoren ergeben sich im Aktionsplan für 2020 ein Anteil von 15,5 Prozent erneuerbaren Energien im Bereich Wärme/Kälte, ein Anteil von 38,6 Prozent am Strom und ein Anteil von 13,2 Prozent im Verkehr. Bei diesen...
With regard to individual sectors, the action plan stipulates shares for 2020: a 15.5 percent share for renewable energies in the heat/cooling sector, a share of 38.6 percent in electricity and a share of 13.2 percent in transport. These...
PV.rechner
Mit dem Online-Rechner der EnergieAgentur.NRW lässt sich überprüfen, ob sich die Investition in eine Photovoltaik-Anlage an einem konkreten Gebäude lohnt. Der Nutzer erhält eine Abschätzung der wirtschaftlichen...
Rund 200 Jugendliche aus ganz Deutschland nutzten die Chance, um in Berlin über die Energieversorgung von morgen zu diskutieren. Der Kongress wurde von der dena als Beitrag zum "Wissenschaftsjahr Energie" organisiert - eine Initiative, die...
Minimum standards for energy efficiency measures such as cavity wall insulation will also be set through future revisions to building regulations. These will be based on those revisions outlined in a recent consultation on the Code for...
The way it works is simple. Since April, electricity companies have had to pay, by law, for solar electricity produced by homes. This is part of Government’s programme to reduce UK carbon emissions – an enormous 27% of which come from...
The toolkit’s assessment tool uses green, yellow, and red as indicators of potential barriers—the more red that shows up in response to survey questions in the toolkit, the more difficult sustainable development may be in a jurisdiction....
Mit der nationalen Nachhaltigkeitsstrategie 2002 wurden für 21 Themenfelder nachhaltiger Entwicklung Ziele festgelegt, von denen zwölf einen direkten Umweltbezug haben. Der Grad der Zielerreichung wird alle zwei Jahre vom Statistischen...
The 2002 National Sustainability Strategy had defined sustainable development targets for 21 different sectors, twelve of which have a direct environment link. Every two years the Federal Statistical Office reviews to what extent these...
How to help improve this calculatorCreating a low-carbon economy will require the consent and participation of citizens given the scale and pace of change required. Government can play a leadership role, but transforming...
Groundbreaking ‘2050’ analysis is published alongside, including six illustrative ‘pathways’ showing that meeting the target of an 80% cut in emissions by 2050 is ambitious but achievable, and compatible with maintaining security of energy...
The Commission has therefore proposed an energy regional cooperation project under the European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument-East (ENPI-East) 2010 Regional Action Programme, which is expected to be adopted in July 2010. This...