• Tools 23 November 2016 Better Places for People: Toolkit The World Green Building Council's 2014 report, Health, Wellbeing and Productivity in Offices, included toolkits designed to help businesses measure the impact of their environments and assess the potential for improvement. More toolkits will be added as the project progresses.
• News 14 November 2016 International Conference in India to Push Demand Side Energy Efficiency Demand side energy efficiency plays an important role in countries' efforts for climate change mitigation, energy security, and pollution control. An international conference was held in New Delhi, India on 4-5 November to share experiences on demand side energy efficiency initiatives from different parts of the world and discuss how to speed up and scale up the efforts, especially in India. Representatives from Armenia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Nepal, Pakistan, and…
• Webinar & E-Learning 14 November 2016 Renovating Buildings with Cost-Effective Reductions in Energy and Carbon Emissions – Findings from IEA EBC Annex 56 (Webinar) - 08.11.2016 This webinar provides a chance to learn about the investigation and findings from the International Energy Agency (IEA) Energy in Buildings and Community (EBC) Annex 56 project. Topics include investigating how far it is possible to go with energy conservation and efficiency measures, and when to start using renewable energy produced on site for the cost-effective renovation of the existing building stock with a nearly-zero energy and emissions target. The Webinar participants will discuss: …
• Webinar & E-Learning 14 November 2016 Sustainable Procurement of Buildings: Project Design and Delivery Systems (Webinar) - 02.11.2016 This webinar will provide an overview of how to design and deliver successful sustainable procurement of building efficiency performance measures. Topics will include a local authority perspective on effective public procurement strategies for construction, and a private sector perspective on integrating building efficiency performance measures into responses to tenders (solicitations for services) and the role of voluntary certification programs, such as LEED, within procurement regulations…
• Webinar & E-Learning 11 November 2016 Lessons from 18 months of BEA engagement in Mexico City (Webinar) - 19.10.2016 This BEA partnership webinar describes the process of BEA engagement in Mexico City from March 2015 to now. Mexico City has put in place first-of-their-kind construction regulations that incorporate energy performance as their BEA policy, and will audit and retrofit several public sector buildings as their BEA project. It will provide perspectives from Mexico City, the private sector, and the lead local partner in this engagement. Speakers will reflect on what has been achieved so far, what…
• News 11 November 2016 Call to action in Baku- implementing energy-related Sustainable Development Goals In October, some 400 international energy experts, government officials, and representatives of the private sector gathered in Baku, Azerbaijan to discuss how to turn national climate change commitments into reality, and how to speed up the process, given the urgent need for action. Jointly organized by the Copenhagen Centre, the Seventh International Forum on Energy for Sustainable Development opened on October 18 for four days of plenary sessions, group workshops and site visits, all geared…
• News 11 November 2016 Belgrade lays the first brick in its Building Efficiency Accelerator On 30 October, the World Resources Institute and UNEP organized a kick-off workshop in Belgrade, Serbia to start up the city’s Building Efficiency Accelerator and District Energy in Cities initiative . Belgrade, which is one of the cities committed to SEforALL’s Global Efficiency Accelerator Platform, will receive technical support from the platform as it works to improve energy efficiency in buildings and district energy systems The municipal government was highly visible at the event, with…
• News 10 November 2016 Energy efficiency can help bridge the emissions gap, says new report Even if the ambitious goals of the Paris and Kigali agreements are achieved, we will still be far from reaching the 2030 emission levels required to avert disaster, according to the recently released Emissions Gap Report (EGR) for 2016.  The report, which will be presented at COP22 in Marrakesh, estimates the 2030 emissions gap as being 12 to 14 gigatonnes above levels needed to limit global warming to 2oC.  In other words, even if the Paris commitments are fully implemented…

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