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- News 25 January 2021 Innovative Data-Centre Cooling Technologies in China – Liquid Cooling Solution The data centre industry is facing significant challenges in terms of energy use and sustainability, as demand for data is escalating worldwide, while the severity of climate change and urgency of climate action is increasing. A large part of the energy used in a data centre is consumed when elaborate cooling systems remove heat to keep temperatures stable. Over 40% of the total energy in data centres is consumed for cooling the IT equipment. Currently, the world’s data centres consumes about 3…
- News 21 December 2020 New research and project funding for UDP UNEP DTU Partnership ends the year on a positive note, winning several large projects in the last quarter of 2020. One of these projects is funded by the European Commission's prestigious and highly competitive H2020 programme. The 4-year EUR research project entitled "Innovative Tools for Cyber-Physical Energy Systems (InnoCyPES)" will see UDP work with DTU Elektro, as part of consortium focusing on the transformation towards fully digitalized energy systems and enabling changes in policy,…
- 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.
- News 9 December 2020 Green pandemic recovery essential to close climate action gap A green pandemic recovery could cut up to 25 per cent off predicted 2030 greenhouse gas emissions and bring the world closer to meeting the 2°C goal of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, the 2020 UNEP Emissions Gap Report finds. The annual flagship report also finds that, despite a dip in 2020 carbon dioxide emissions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the world is still heading for a devastating temperature rise in excess of 3°C this century. The Emissions Gap Report is coordinated by UNEP…
- Webinar & E-Learning 2 December 2020 Evaluación de la brecha de habilidades y conocimientos en Eficiencia Energética en el sector de la Construcción en Argentina (Webinar) - 25.11.2020 Este webinar presenta el proceso y resultados obtenidos del proyecto “Evaluación de la brecha de competencias y conocimientos en eficiencia energética en edificios (EEB)”, desarrollado en Argentina durante el último año. A través de una breve exposición, se describirán los principales hallazgos y la perspectiva de los actores, principalmente del sector educativo, pero también del gobierno y del sector privado. Asimismo, se presentarán propuestas para atender y mitigar la brecha y desarrollar…
- 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…
- News 26 November 2020 First LEDs arrive in historic bundling investment This month, LED street lights started to arrive in nine municipalities in Argentina, a result of a new bundling of investments in energy efficiency at local level throughout the country. The nine municipalities are part of the Argentinean Network of Municipalities Against Climate Change (RAMCC), which entered into a historical agreement to purchase LED luminaires to replace conventional street lighting bulbs through a trust fund in early 2020. The establishment of the trust fund and bundling of…
- 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.