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- Event 10 February 2023 Super ESCOs 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…
- News 8 February 2023 The Hungarian National Association of Enterprise Developers (MVOSZ) joins the Global ESCO Network The Global ESCO Network is happy to welcome MVOSZ as the newest partner in the Network. MVOSZ is Hungary's largest non-profit enterprise development organization and support association. It was founded with the aim of assisting the Hungarian SME sector by increasing the quality of entrepreneur development services, supporting project pipeline development and initiating new projects, and promoting new technologies. Through its Hungarian Energy Efficiency Service Providers' Platform (HUNESCO),…
- Event 30 January 2023 100 Good Practices of Sustainable Energy Actions in Cities - An Overview and Recommendations for Replication (Webinar) Cities are the centres of economic activities and population in all parts of the world. From 2018 to 2021, the Copenhagen Centre on Energy Efficiency (C2E2), in its role as the SEforALL energy efficiency hub, used a standard template to systematically collect good practices of energy efficiency actions in cities and published them in Copenhagen’s Centre Knowledge Management System. The C2E2 team gathered 100 good practices through extensive online searching and desk research, aiming to provide…
- News 26 January 2023 Institutional frameworks for transparency support climate action in Dominican Republic The Dominican Republic, a small island developing state in the Caribbean, is considered to be vulnerable to the increasing effects of climate change. At the same time, the country has made good progress on integrating climate change into policy. Working on transparency and reporting for climate action, the Dominican Republic has worked with and the Initiative for Climate Action Transparency (ICAT) across multiple projects, where UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre as implementing partner has…
- Podcast 18 January 2023 Informed decision-making on portfolio decarbonisation using GHG accounting and lifecycle analysis Problem: Today’s podcast will explore the application and use of carbon footprint calculations, that is GHG accounting and lifecycle analysis, with Vanja Wylie. In today’s talk, we will discuss, among others, how to GHG accounting can inform decisions on energy efficiency. Key message: Life cycle assessment (LCA) is a systematic, standardised approach to quantifying a product's or system's potential environmental impacts. GHG Accounting is more narrow in its assessment of environmental impacts…
- News 17 January 2023 Article 6 community takes off in Zambia Carbon markets under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement can help improve the cost-effectiveness of emissions reductions and achieve countries’ climate goals and commitments. But how can the academic community help build the needed capacity for applied research to ensure the best outcomes? In December, UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre started an Article 6 “Road Show”, visiting countries in the Supporting Preparedness for Article 6 Cooperation (SPAR6C) project, to assist them in doing just that…
- Event 16 January 2023 RCREEE pavilion at COP27 : "Where are we at? Assessing Climate Technology Progress" Where are we at? Assessing Climate Technology Progress RCREEE COP27 Pavilion, Blue Zone, Area C, P75 10 November 2022, 15:00 – 16:30 EET Organizers: Regional Center for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (RCREEE) and UNEP Copenhagen Climate Center (UNEP-CCC) Description: To meet mitigation as well as adaptation objectives, along with building resilient and sustainable economies, climate technologies are key. This is particularly true for the developing countries, the most vulnerable to…
- Webinar & E-Learning 14 December 2022 The Chinese ESCO market – Trends and Barriers (Webinar) - 25.10.2022 While ESCOs are trying to get a foothold in many markets, China has been standing out for two decades as the place where ESCOs seem to thrive. Half the world’s ESCO turnover, according to IEA, stems from the Chinese market! To update us on the state and trends of the Chinese ESCO market, Jingwen Wang from the ESCO Committee of China Energy Conservation Association (EMCA) will share her perspectives on a market that has achieved remarkable results for energy efficiency through ESCOs – but still…