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- News 5 March 2020 Historic bundling in Argentinian municipalities The Copenhagen Centre on Energy Efficiency is starting to see the fruits of its collaboration agreement with the Argentinean Network of Municipalities Against Climate Change (RAMCC). Members of RAMCC have entered into a historical agreement to jointly purchase LED luminaires to replace conventional street lighting bulbs. Thirty-two municipalities have bundled their sustainability and climate action investments in, and created a trust fund that currently holds 12 million…
- Podcast 6 February 2020 Embodied carbon in construction materials - the new concern for architects Problem: Production of the currently preferred construction materials for the building industry is one of the largest sources of carbon emissions globally Key message: As buildings become increasingly energy efficient in most parts of the world, the production of the construction materials mostly used - concrete, steel and glass - become the buildings' most severe climate impact. To reduce this climate impact a rethink of the materials that go into construction is necessary.
- Project 23 January 2020 Smart Cities Accelerator (SCA) SCA focuses on facilitating knowledge sharing and the development of demonstration projects that can create more sustainable solutions within the municipal energy supply system from energy production to energy consumption.Smart Cities Accelerator (SCA) is financed by the EU programme Interreg-ØKS, that supports cross-regional collaboration in Europe. Climate challenges such as global warming, air pollution and pressure on natural resources has resulted in a number of political objectives at…
- Webinar & E-Learning 19 December 2019 Data insights to foster the uptake of energy efficiency technologies in EU residential buildings (Webinar) – 04.12.2019 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 13 December 2019 C2E2 supports Kenya Ministry of Energy develop the country's 1st National Energy Efficiency and Conservation Strategy C2E2 expert and a C2E2-funded local consultant participated in the 3-day retreat of the Technical Committee to provide suggestions on the exposure draft of the National Energy Efficiency and Conservation Strategy. Supporting the development of NEECS is part of the C2E2’s efforts to implement the MoU with the Kenya's Ministry of Energy. The Ministry, which coordinates the NEECS development, hopes gear up the country’s energy efficiency actions. The TC members include representatives from…
- Webinar & E-Learning 13 December 2019 Introduction to the Building Efficiency Targeting Tool for Energy Retrofits (Webinar) This webinar was hosted by the Building Efficiency Accelerator on Monday, November 25, 2019. This session serves as an introduction to the Building Efficiency Targeting Tool for Energy Retrofits (BETTER) and possible applications in city buildings across the world. BETTER is a public access, data-driven tool that provides building owners and managers visibility into the energy performance of their buildings and portfolios. By inputting basic building characteristics and utility bill data,…
- Podcast 29 November 2019 Geographic Information System (GIS) applications for scaling up energy efficiency Problem: Geographic Information Systems or Geographic Information Science (GIS) has the potential to be more and more used in energy planning processes. From studies on energy access to grid analytics, researchers and practitioners in the field of sustainable energy have started to recognise to potential of this system. Nevertheless, energy efficiency studies and applications are not as present and, consequently, GIS remains still an abstract concept. However, the deployment of GIS for 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…