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- News 14 June 2017 Energy Efficiency Partnerships - Tbilisi, Georgia As the global energy efficiency hub of Sustainable Energy for All, the Copenhagen Centre on Energy Efficiency acts to connect aspiring countries, cities and districts with the technology, service and finance providers who can convert their ambition into agreed policies, funded projects and real results. These direct engagements can then be used to provide a model of coordination that can be replicated elsewhere. While the Copenhagen Centre has a wide range of collaborators who can assist with…
- Tools 8 June 2017 CommONEnergy Economic Assessment Tool The economic assessment tool allows estimating the energy saving potential and economic benefits of retrofitting shopping centers. The tool targets managers and owners and allows entering relevant information about their centre. It provides quick information on the energy consumption and options to reduce energy demand, CO2-emissions, environmental impacts and provides an economic assessment of the investments. It can be applied for shopping centres located in the EU and Norway…
- News 5 June 2017 New publications on enhancing energy efficiency in India and China Copenhagen Centre on Energy Efficency has released two new publications, Enhancing Energy Efficiency in India: Assessment of sectoral potentials and Enhancing Energy efficiency in China: Assessment of sectoral potentials, which are part of the China and India Energy Efficiency report series that emerged from the High Impact Opportunities studies supported by the UNEP DTU Partnership in China and India. Energy efficiency delivers not only reductions in energy consumption and…
- News 5 June 2017 New publications on enhancing energy efficiency in India and China Copenhagen Centre on Energy Efficency has released two new publications, Enhancing Energy Efficiency in India: Assessment of sectoral potentials and Enhancing Energy efficiency in China: Assessment of sectoral potentials, which are part of the China and India Energy Efficiency report series that emerged from the High Impact Opportunities studies supported by the UNEP DTU Partnership in China and India. Energy efficiency delivers not only reductions in energy consumption and…
- Webinar & E-Learning 1 June 2017 Energy Efficiency Actions in Georgia and Tbilisi (Webinar) - 01.06.2017 The Copenhagen Centre on Energy Efficiency is hosting a no-cost webinar series ‘Think globally, act locally’ in order to explore how energy efficiency policies and actions are linked together at the global, national and local levels of decision-making and how potentially local actions can drive policy and market transformation at the higher levels of governance. Each webinar will start with the global level discussion on the trends and development in the field of energy efficiency followed by…
- Webinar & E-Learning 29 May 2017 Energy and Emissions: Mapping the Impacts (Webinar) - 23.05.2017 This BEA webinar is demonstrating how to measure the potential sustainability impacts of city policies and projects. Speakers are discussing how to find the estimated emissions reductions from policies intended for, or unrelated to, climate mitigation. Linkages between emissions impacts and other factors, such as city health and cost savings are being discussed and mapped. Examples from city case studies and the buildings sector are being discussed with opportunities for participants…
- News 7 May 2017 Ghana takes significant mitigation actions to reduce emissions Since March 2012, the UNEP DTU implemented Facilitating Implementation and Readiness for Mitigation (FIRM) project has been helping Ghana identify appropriate mitigation actions and incorporate them into their national sustainable development plans. And now, the country’s efforts to move towards a green future are bearing fruit. With the assistance and support of the FIRM project, Ghana was able to develop not only a Low Carbon Development (LCD) plan, a national blueprint for developing low…
- News 4 May 2017 Cementing a public-private partnership for sustainable energy in Indonesia Can two environmental problems add up to one economically attractive solution? This is the question that the ADMIRE project, a collaboration between UNOPS and UNEP DTU, is attempting to answer through an innovative public-private program that turns Indonesia’s waste into an efficient fuel for the country’s cement industry. As the world’s fourth most populous country, Indonesia produces a huge amount of municipal waste, much of which is not disposed of properly. A large…