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- Webinar & E-Learning 27 June 2022 Hydrogen & Carbon Capture. Facilitating Green Hydrogen Production and Export (Webinar) - 22.06.2022 During the webinar, Dr. Romanas Savickas made an introduction to Hydrogen development roots and history, the comparison and Hydrogen potential VS other fuels, Hydrogen properties and due to this related transportation issues and potential opportunities, Hydrogen market costs and future trends, Hydrogen strategies of different countries, Mapping global Hydrogen supply-demand, Global Hydrogen import/export potential, Discussion on facilitating Green Hydrogen production and export/import.
- Webinar & E-Learning 16 December 2020 Mainstreaming Energy Service Companies in Nationally Determined Contributions - Book Launch (Webinar) – 16.12.2020 Despite the high benefits and low cost of energy efficiency as a major solution for mitigating climate change, a large number of energy efficiency opportunities remain untapped due to multiple barriers. ESCOs, which combine technical expertise and financing, are businesses that can play an important role in boosting private investments in energy efficiency implementation and thus also climate change mitigation. However, ESCO are absent in the Nationally Determined Contributions …
- Webinar & E-Learning 30 November 2020 Applying Behavioral Insights for Cost-effective Energy Efficiency Interventions (Webinar) - 30.11.2020 Recent developments of behavioural sciences offer valuable insights on human thinking and choices. They indicate the existence of many common human biases; the context and considerations other than personal utility maximization often affect human decisions. Governments around the world are integrating these findings into the designing of their policies and measures. The advantage of gentle nudging for scaling up energy efficiency actions is its low cost and high effectiveness. This…
- Webinar & E-Learning 26 November 2020 Enhancing Energy Efficiency (EE) in Mozambique - eTraining Session 6 (Webinar) Module 2 - Existing services and commercial buildings 2.5 Energy Efficiency training – HVAC systems (Part – 2) Performance assessments of HVACs, EE measures and examples. 2.6 Energy Efficiency training – Lighting systems Cost effective solutions that improve the energy performance of lighting. 2.7 Household appliances Optional – an in-depth understanding of the user requirements necessary.
- Tools 14 May 2020 SMARTER Finance for Vulnerable Families The purchase of a new home, regardless of its energy efficiency level, is one of the lowest priorities of low income households. People with limited financial resources are often facing many other basic existential problems and their initiative to acquire new green housing is low. Moreover, most of commercial banks and other commercial financial institutions consider low income clients a high risk group for any type of loan. However, private initiative from third parties and…
- Tools 5 May 2020 Global e-Sustainability Initiative (GeSI) Assessment and modelling of ICT energy and environmental impact GeSI's tool shows energy savings, cost savings and GHG abatement potential from adopting cloud computing
- Podcast 17 October 2019 Battle for the thermostat: energy efficiency and gender Problem: There is a significant difference in perception of indoor thermal comfort between men and women, with men demonstrating a strong preference lower temperatures than women, sometimes referred to as the ‘battle of the thermostat’. Research discussed in this episode shows that there is also a notable impact on productivity and cognitive performance, with women performing better at high temperatures than at low temperatures. At the same time in most modern office space, the settings for the…
- 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…