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- Tools 3 March 2016 Building Efficiency (BuildingOS) Optimize building performanceBy aggregating real-time data across your portfolio, the Heatmap App powerfully and visually displays scheduling inefficiencies; and the Building Drift App detects when your building startup or shut-down times change or baseload use increases. Together, these applications allow you to tune up your buildings and keep them efficient over the long term.Manage peak demandMore than 40% of utility bills are attributed to peak demand charges. BuildingOS uses machine…
- News 19 February 2016 New C2E2 Publication Showcases Best Practices in Industrial Energy Efficiency Globally, industry accounts for about 29 percent of final energy consumption and employs some 23 percent of the world’s workforce. Best Practices and Case Studies for Industrial Energy Efficiency Improvement - An Introduction for Policy Makers is a new Copenhagen Centre publication geared towards countries seeking to implement and accelerate energy efficiency in industry. Designed to support policymakers, the report includes dozens of examples of successful policies and programs, and…
- News 19 February 2016 The African Development Bank promotes SE4all’s Country Action Agendas As host of the SE4All Africa Hub, the African Development Bank (AfDB) is at the forefront in the design of national action process and strategies. The Bank provides guidance, training and feedback to countries in developing national SE4All Action Agendas and Investment Prospectuses. The AfDB directly supports the development of Action Agendas and Investment Prospectus in several countries. As of October 2015, the work has been completed in Kenya, Tanzania, and Rwanda and work is continuing in…
- News 19 February 2016 Danfoss Pledges to Cut Energy Consumption in Half by 2030 Danfoss, a world leading provider of energy efficient technologies and solutions for heating and cooling systems, is accelerating its energy efficiency efforts by introducing ambitious climate targets. Noting that most of the world’s energy consumption comes from industry and buildings, has focused its Climate Strategy 2030 on doing more with less in its own business processes, production and buildings. By 2030, the company aims to run its business using half as much energy and emitting half as…
- News 19 February 2016 Philips Commits to Becoming Carbon Neutral by 2020 at COP21 On COP21’s Energy Day (December 7, 2015), Philips pledged to play its part in reducing greenhouse gas emissions by cutting its own carbon footprint to zero by 2020. Since 2007, company has reduced its carbon footprint by 40 percent, and now aims to accelerate its emissions reductions and achieve carbon neutrality in the next five years. Philips plans to meet the goal through a multi-pronged approach aimed at driving down energy consumption in own operations by reducing energy use, logistics and…
- News 18 February 2016 Accelerating Energy Efficiency under SE4All The Paris Agreement has added urgency to the quest for a doubling of rates of energy efficiency improvement as universally agreed in the 7th Sustainable Development Goal in September at the United Nations. With zero net emissions in the global economy an inevitable outcome of the ambition of the Paris Agreement, and with NDCs mapping out a future temperature rise of more than 3 degrees, as opposed to the agreed limit of below 2 degrees, it is clear that the key to making our ambitions a reality…
- News 18 February 2016 C2E2 Establishes Secretariat for the Global Energy Efficiency Accelerator Platform A Secretariat for the Global Energy Efficiency Accelerator Platform was established has been coordinated from a new Secretariat housed in the Copenhagen Centre Since September 2015, the. While the Secretariat will take on an organisational role, a range of leading international energy efficiency organisations will offer targeted support for individual sectors such as buildings, industry, passenger vehicles, lighting, appliances, district energy, power and finance. As the flagship…
- News 16 February 2016 New Publication Released - Best Practices for Improving Industrial Energy Efficiency Copenhagen Centre on Energy Efficiency has released a new publication on Best Practices and Case Studies for Industrial Energy Efficiency Improvement. Improving energy efficiency in the industrial sector is being prioritised in many countries. Investment to improve industrial energy efficiency can deliver large energy savings, improved productivity, and reduced environmental pollution. However, in many cases information, financial, and regulatory barriers are continuing to prevent…