• 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 28 September 2021 The Building Blocks of Residential Green Finance (Webinar) – 30.09.2021 The Building Blocks of Residential Green Finance – the rationale, methodology, and initial results of implementing a successful, international residential green finance program to benefit our citizens, the planet, and a climate-ready banking sector. What key trends are driving the substantial growth in the green finance market? How do homes in a bank portfolio contribute to both ambitious environmental performance and substantial financial risk reduction? What research and evidence is…
• Webinar & E-Learning 8 July 2021 Smart Cities and Communities: ESCOs as a key tool in achieving energy efficiency targets for Europe The 2021 Covenant of Mayors Investment Forum - Energy Efficiency Finance Market Place took place on 15 and 16 June. The event was jointly organised by the European Commission’s Directorates-General for Energy and Climate Action, and the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA), in close collaboration with the Covenant of Mayors initiative. This session offers a roundtable of some of the key players in the ESCO world and offers attendants first-hand…
• Webinar & E-Learning 14 April 2021 Enhancing Energy Efficiency in East Africa eTraining - Session 4 (Webinar) Module 4 - Business models and finance 4.1 Business models Types of models adopted worldwide and their examples. Selection of types that could be suitable for East African countries. 4.2 Finance How to assess the cost-effectiveness of the measures and types of financing instruments to fund energy efficiency projects in East African countries.
• 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 13 December 2020 Comprehensive solutions to Energy Poverty (Webinar) – 27.11.2020 A sustainable solution in Energy Poverty now and the future is quality housing coupled with green financing. This SMARTER webinar features different expert viewpoints from sustainable architecture, banking and social inclusion, focusing on SMARTER initiative’s actions in hybrid funding, setting up a municipal platform, financial products and case studies.
• Webinar & E-Learning 6 November 2020 Business models for energy efficiency - Energy Performance Contracting (Webinar) – 06.11.2020 Many energy efficiency opportunities are profitable, and private investment plays a key role in energy efficiency implementation. It requires technical expertise to identify and assess energy efficiency opportunities and design actions and projects. Perceived risks and lack of access to finance is another barrier to energy efficiency investment. Energy performance contracting (EPC) is one of the tested business models for effectively addressing the financial and technical barriers to energy…
• 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…

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