• Webinar & E-Learning 3 March 2023 Super ESCOs (Webinar) - 22.02.2023 ESCOs have been struggling with the adapted financing component of their offer and the challenges that come with the needs of rapid payback from their clients. The Super ESCO scheme, developed a few years ago, has now been demonstrated in different shapes and forms mainly in the Middle East and in North America and may come to the rescue of ESCO market players. The Global ESCO Network’s first webinar in 2023 presents the Super ESCO concept and provides a review of the experience so far from…
• Webinar & E-Learning 7 December 2021 China’s Remarkable Success in Developing ESCOs: Current Status, Policy Drivers and Prospects (Webinar) - 17.11.2021 China accounts for around 59% of the global ESCO market. The history of the Chinese ESCO market goes back to 1998, over a decade after the appearance of ESCOs in the US and other parts of the developed world. The rapid increases in the number of ESCOs in the market and their growth in market revenue make China a remarkable success story in using ESCO business models as an important instrument for improvements to energy efficiency in industry, commer­cial and public buildings, and public…
• Webinar & E-Learning 21 July 2021 Digital Infrastructure Development for Sustainable Digital Transformation (Presentation) ITU’s Global event on Emerging Technology for Connectivity: Accelerating Digital Transformation in LDCs, LLDCs, and SIDS Session 3: Towards a sustainable digital transformation and a net-zero emission with emerging technology This session explores the role of digital transformation in accelerating the global progress towards net-zero emission in particular in least developed countries (LDCs), landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) and small islands developing countries (SIDS); an emphasis…
• 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…
• Webinar & E-Learning 22 September 2017 Applying Sustainable Procurement to Achieve Greater Energy Performance in Building Retrofits (Webinar) - 26.09.2017 Understand the opportunities to apply sustainable procurement practices to assist in achieving energy efficient buildings and low-carbon cities through: Integrated approaches to urban energy and procurement Frameworks for public investment in existing buildings Leveraging public procurement for innovation Public Private Partnerships
• Tools 24 March 2017 Integrated Design Process (IDP) library The Integrated Design Process library (IDP) library is publicly distributed on the CommONEnergy website as a free excel-based online repository available to help shopping centres owners and managers in planning malls retrofitting, providing a quick overview of the best solution-sets matching the building features and context. The structure allows easy filtering and user friendly visualisation of the collected information, add further reference buildings and related solution-sets,…
• Tools 18 April 2016 ENSPOL: Knowledge Sharing Platform ENSPOL will develop detailed guidelines, tailored to the corresponding national circumstances and, by ensuring carefully planned and well managed stakeholder engagement activities, will successfully deliver a comprehensive package of support to MS, ensuring effective knowledge transfer and capacity building in project partner countries. The project, apart from building on traditional communication methods (conferences, workshops, newsletters etc.) will also exploit the benefits from more…
• Tools 19 January 2016 Typology Approach for Building Stock Energy Assessment The TABULA WebTool has been developed within the framework of the Intelligent Energy Europe projects TABULA and EPISCOPE.The objective is to disseminate the general idea of national residential building typologies to building experts from European countries and to give them an understanding of the concrete implementation according to the TABULA concept http://www.episcope.eu/building-typology/:The division of residential building stocks in size and age classes;Data of exemplary buildings:…

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