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- Podcast 10 September 2019 Derisking investments into green buildings Problem: Energy efficiency is becoming more and more recognised as a cost-effective mitigation measure for achieving the Paris Agreement and SDGs, however, it is considered a not very tangible, not too sexy, relatively fragmented and small-scale efforts. The question that many actors are facing in the field is to how to bring the scale to Energy Efficiency on the local, national and global level. Key message: Derisking buildings through green mortgages can help to bring scale to energy…
- Webinar & E-Learning 6 September 2019 MRV for District Energy Systems (Webinar) – 06.09.2019 District heating and district cooling, also known as district energy systems, is a crucial technical solution for clean and liveable cities. The UN Environment, together with many other partners, is providing technical support to a dozen countries in their efforts for district energy development. How to measure and report the energy, climate change mitigation, and other social and economic benefits of these projects is a common challenge faced by many countries and cities. This webinar will…
- 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,…
- Webinar & E-Learning 3 October 2018 Blockchain and sustainable energy in development and cooperation (Webinar) - 16.10.2018 The webinar will showcase the use of blockchain technologies in development and cooperation projects with a focus on sustainable energy (SDG#7). Speakers will present how alternative finance can leverage public-private partnerships on renewable energy projects in Moldova, how a community is empowered through peer-to-peer energy trading in Thailand, and how blockchain-based applications can bring societal benefits and support the achievement of SDG#7.
- Webinar & E-Learning 20 July 2018 Sistemas urbanos de calefacción y refrigeración eficientes – Energía distrital en América del Sur (Webinar) - 01.08.2018 La actual situación energética en los países de la América del Sur necesita un cambio radical: aumentar el uso de fuentes de energía renovables y tener un uso más eficiente de la energía, también alineándose con los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible 7, 8 y 13. Una de las soluciones más interesante (y necesaria) es el desarrollo de sistemas urbanos eficientes para calefacción y refrigeración, a través de proyectos de energía distrital. Durante este seminario Web, los panelistas presentaran los…
- Webinar & E-Learning 18 October 2017 Clean Energy for All Europeans Package: Does the Commission Modelling Assign the Right Role to Energy Efficiency and to Renewables? (Webinar) - 19.10.2017 The Clean Energy for all Europeans package is the first opportunity for Europe to align its domestic energy and climate targets with the ratified Paris Climate Agreement and the ratified Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). However, the Commission’s modelling methodology and results do not reflect well the ratified international agreements and significantly overestimate the cost of energy transition. A recent discussion paper by Agora Energiewende highlights areas of improvement of…
- Webinar & E-Learning 7 July 2017 How the Building Efficiency Accelerator can assist you in connecting with investors (Webinar) - 04.07.2017 The goal of this webinar is to help cities develop building efficiency projects and programs that can successfully attract investment. The webinar describes what a strong project development process looks like and how the Building Efficiency Accelerator can assist cities in this process. The webinar provides clear recommendations and resources on a methodology to present a strong investment proposal to third-party financiers. It covers topics including how to use the data collection templates…
- Webinar & E-Learning 3 May 2017 Options for Incentivizing Voluntary, Above-code Construction (Webinar) - 10.05.2017 This BEA webinar, open to BEA cities and partners, as well as the general public aims to help cities identify incentive types that may work to spur above-code development in their local context. Building on the first webinar from this working group that featured the ‘what and why’ of above-code construction, this webinar looks in greater detail at different policy options intended to stimulate green building in the private sector, and in some cases, the public sector…