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- Webinar & E-Learning 14 October 2021 Closing the Energy Efficiency Knowledge Gaps (Webinar) – 24.09.2021 Energy efficiency – the low hanging fruit of climate action – needs to be improved, but it requires the right mix of skills and knowledge Improving energy efficiency is widely recognised as a key element and a low hanging fruit in addressing climate change while at the same time contributing to sustainable development. Specifically, energy management represents a significant opportunity for building, transport, industrial-commercial, and other sectors to reduce their energy use while…
- Webinar & E-Learning 20 July 2021 Incorporating ESCOs in Nationally Determined Contributions (Webinar) - 07.07.2021 Since the global climate change agenda first dawned, energy efficiency has held out the promise of the most cost-efficient options to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. It practice, it has delivered poorly on that promise, as recorded evidence from practically all frameworks emerging from the climate change negotiations have shown. Why is that - and can The Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) under the Paris Agreement finally change the outlooks? Frauke Röser, founding partner of New…
- Webinar & E-Learning 7 July 2020 Examining Data Management in the Face of Climate Change (Presentation) Johanna, Kristine and Frederikke, three students from the IT University of Copenhagen, share with us their experience and findings in their collaboration with the C2E2 when carrying out their MSc thesis: "Examining Data Management in the Face of Climate Change". Through questionnaires and interviews, they investigated the existence of environmental sustainability in the data management strategy of Danish companies. They identified barriers and opportunities to enhance it in the future, given…
- Webinar & E-Learning 30 May 2020 Home Electricity Footprint (Webinar) The webinar “Home Electricity Footprint” was aimed at creating awareness about household electricity consumption and opportunities to reduce the same. It was organized in partnership with Copenhagen Centre on Energy Efficiency. The webinar was started by moderator and tone of the webinar was set by Mr. Rahul Raju Dusa, senior expert-energy efficiency UNEP DTU partnership. He spoke about the work being carried out by UNEP DTU partnership and Copenhagen Centre on Energy Efficiency and why they…
- News 5 March 2020 Historic bundling in Argentinian municipalities The Copenhagen Centre on Energy Efficiency is starting to see the fruits of its collaboration agreement with the Argentinean Network of Municipalities Against Climate Change (RAMCC). Members of RAMCC have entered into a historical agreement to jointly purchase LED luminaires to replace conventional street lighting bulbs. Thirty-two municipalities have bundled their sustainability and climate action investments in, and created a trust fund that currently holds 12 million…
- Podcast 10 September 2019 Derisking investments into green buildings Problem: Energy efficiency is becoming more and more recognised as a cost-effective mitigation measure for achieving the Paris Agreement and SDGs, however, it is considered a not very tangible, not too sexy, relatively fragmented and small-scale efforts. The question that many actors are facing in the field is to how to bring the scale to Energy Efficiency on the local, national and global level. Key message: Derisking buildings through green mortgages can help to bring scale to energy…
- Webinar & E-Learning 1 August 2019 International Educational Course on SDGs - SDG7 Gabriela Prata Dias is the current Head of the Business Models and Markets strategy at UNEP DTU Partnership and Head at the Copenhagen Centre on Energy Efficiency. Her presentation starts with a series of basic and crucial information on energy, from primary energy sources to energy uses. Following, she presents how the international climate regime frames energy efficiency, explaining what is the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals, particularly the SDG7. Building off this,…