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- Event 5 December 2019 BEHAVE 2020-2021 - 6th European Conference on Behaviour and Energy Efficiency Notification: To access all the functionalities needed for the Conference, please download the latest Zoom version here. Main Objectives and targeted audience To foster political support to integrate behavioural insights in energy efficiency policy making and programme designing; To facilitate the exchange of innovative ideas, field experiences, and scientific studies among researchers, practitioners, and government officials regarding the application of behavioural insights for accelerating…
- Event 26 November 2019 Data insights to foster the uptake of energy efficiency technologies in EU residential buildings (Webinar) The ambitious strategy of turning EU countries into low carbon economies assumes reducing greenhouse gas emissions to 80% below the level from 1990. This target can’t be achieved without significant changes in building energy use and installed HVAC equipment. Currently 75% of buildings in EU are energy inefficient and the actual rate of renovation is not sufficient to achieve ambitious climate change mitigation targets. One of the barriers of higher and faster distribution of low carbon…
- News 19 November 2019 Sector Dialogues Event - Workshop on governance and energy transition: challenges and opportunities The head of strategy "Business Models and Markets" at UNEP DTU Partnership and project manager of Copenhagen Centre on Energy Efficiency Gabriela Dias, participated in the "Sector Dialogues Event" in Brazil. Her presentation was about the opportunities in the energy efficiency space. Find Out More
- News 8 November 2019 Building on success: Renewed support for UNEP DTU Partnership For the past three years, UNEP DTU Partnership has worked to develop, promote and implement green and efficient district energy solutions around the world, with the support of the Bitten & Mads Clausen Foundation. Now the foundation has renewed its support to UNEP DTU Partnership's work to accelerate the deployment and investments in district energy systems. The support will help increase and develop the partnership's work on the mounting challenge of cities' growing need for energy and…
- Webinar & E-Learning 1 August 2019 International Educational Course on SDGs - SDG7 Gabriela Prata Dias is the current Head of the Business Models and Markets strategy at UNEP DTU Partnership and Head at the Copenhagen Centre on Energy Efficiency. Her presentation starts with a series of basic and crucial information on energy, from primary energy sources to energy uses. Following, she presents how the international climate regime frames energy efficiency, explaining what is the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals, particularly the SDG7. Building off this,…
- News 18 July 2019 Partnerships for climate action: Adaptation on your phone Increased uncertainty in rainfall patterns are distorting farming cycles, lowering yields and can create a vicious cycle of hunger and poverty in the Ghanan agricultural sector. In a sector with more than 90 % smallholder farmers, access to information on adaptation to the changing climate is not only of crucial importance to production, but also to the survival of the families living of the land. High level of mobile phone ownership created an opportunity for Viamo (previously VOTO…
- News 28 June 2019 New manual for financing energy efficiency Energy efficiency is considered the "low-hanging fruit" of reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the energy sector. It is a highly effective and economic way to reduce emissions, but global investment is critical. A new manual provides an overview of innovative financing mechanisms and business models, including case studies from around the world. The manual was written by BASE (Basel Agency for Sustainable Energy), with experts from the UNEP DTU Partnership Copenhagen Centre on Energy…
- News 18 June 2019 UNEP DTU Partnership hosts new network, unleashing the ESCO potential Last week saw the launch of the new 'Global ESCO Network' at the G20 meeting in Tokyo. A network that aims to unleash the potential that Energy Service Companies (ESCOs) have to deliver some of the best returns on green investments, reduce energy consumption and combat excess greenhouse gas emissions. The ESCO concept of using energy savings to pay for the cost of equipment and infrastructure that creates those savings is a business model directly responding to climate change. ESCOs thus…