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- News 9 November 2016 Getting Efficient Faster - the SEforALL Accelerators Energy efficiency has come of age. What used to be a dry technical topic debated only by engineers and sometimes economists now finds a place in the speeches of heads of state. There is a growing and deeper appreciation that using energy more efficiently and more productively is a good thing for people and the planet both. Whether the motivation is fighting climate change, having cleaner air, saving money, or improving energy security, more and more people understand that wasting energy makes…
- News 9 November 2016 Global Status Report for the building sector to be launched at COP 22 The Copenhagen Centre has collaborated on a new report featuring the most up-to-date data on the global building sector’s energy consumption and GHG emissions. The preparation of the Global Status Report 2016, which will be released on November 10 on Buildings Day at COP22 in Marrakesh, was led by the Copenhagen Centre in collaboration with UNEP, International Energy Agency and Global Buildings Performance Network, under the umbrella of Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction. The…
- News 7 November 2016 Meet us at COP22 10 November 2016 10:15 - 10:40 Blue Zone Buildings Day - showcase on Buildings and Climate (Buildings Workstream) 11 November 2016 15:00 - 15:45 Nordic Business Pavilion, Area L (Green Zone) Side event: Unlocking District Energy Investments in Cities 12 November 2016 10:00 - 12:00 Green Zone meeting area SEforALL Energy Efficiency Accelerator meeting 14 November 2016 12:30 - 13:30 Nordic Business Pavilion, Area L (Green Zone) Nordic Built City Solutions 14 November 2016 13:30 - 15:00 EU…
- News 4 November 2016 Velux engages in sustainable building with Active House Alliance Considering that buildings currently consume around forty percent of the world’s energy and emit approximately one-third of global greenhouse gases, sustainably-constructed buildings have enormous potential for reducing emissions. In response to this challenge, the Velux Group, a Danish skylight manufacturer, has initiated a number of projects aimed at catalyzing a more sustainable building design. Velux is a founding partner of the Active House Alliance, an international coalition that…
- News 4 November 2016 Integrating energy efficiency into 10YFP — C2E2 contributes to on-site workshop The Copenhagen Centre on Energy Efficiency (C2E2) provided detailed guidance on making energy efficiency an integrated part of global work on sustainable production and consumption. At a workshop on 8-9 September, C2E2 experts presented a study on the potential, benefits, opportunities, and concrete examples and practices of mainstreaming energy efficiency in the 10-year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Production and Consumption (10YFP). It is a UN action-oriented cornerstone initiative…
- News 3 November 2016 Emissions Gap Report 2016 released London, 3 November 2016 – The world must urgently and dramatically increase its ambition to cut roughly a further quarter off predicted 2030 global greenhouse emissions and have any chance of minimizing dangerous climate change, UN Environment said today as it released its annual Emissions Gap report. Made public the day before the Paris Agreement comes into force, the report finds that 2030 emissions are expected to reach 54 to 56 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent – far above the level…
- News 2 November 2016 New working paper a toolbox for building energy efficiency An overview of 50 energy-efficiency tools and information sources for buildings is the core of a new working paper produced by the Copenhagen Centre and World Resource Institute. Produced under the umbrella of SEforALL’s Building Efficiency Accelerator, Tools for Energy Efficiency in Buildings: A Guide for Policy Makers and Experts not only summarizes the tools but also maps them, linking them to different stages in the policy-development cycle. Designed to help local policy-makers,…
- News 14 October 2016 Meet us at Culture Night 2016 in UN City UNEP DTU Partnership is participating in this year's Culture Night event in UN City. The Culture Night takes place in Copenhagen every year, where a variety of different public and private institutions will open their doors and invite the public inside from 6PM-10PM. This year, UNEP DTU Partnership will join the nine other agencies in UN City and guide guests on a trip to the six regions of the world: Sub-Saharan Africa, the MIddle-East and North Africa, North-America, South America, Asia…