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- News 18 February 2016 C2E2 Establishes Secretariat for the Global Energy Efficiency Accelerator Platform A Secretariat for the Global Energy Efficiency Accelerator Platform was established has been coordinated from a new Secretariat housed in the Copenhagen Centre Since September 2015, the. While the Secretariat will take on an organisational role, a range of leading international energy efficiency organisations will offer targeted support for individual sectors such as buildings, industry, passenger vehicles, lighting, appliances, district energy, power and finance. As the flagship…
- Tools 19 January 2016 Typology Approach for Building Stock Energy Assessment The TABULA WebTool has been developed within the framework of the Intelligent Energy Europe projects TABULA and EPISCOPE.The objective is to disseminate the general idea of national residential building typologies to building experts from European countries and to give them an understanding of the concrete implementation according to the TABULA concept http://www.episcope.eu/building-typology/:The division of residential building stocks in size and age classes;Data of exemplary buildings:…
- Tools 19 January 2016 Policies to Enforce the TRAnsition to Nearly Zero Energy buildings in the EU-27 ContextEuropean legislation such as the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) and the Renewable Energy Directive (RED) require member states to develop ambitious policies in the building sector. The intelligent design of integrated policy packages supporting nearly zero-energy buildings (NZEB) and renewable heating and cooling (RES-H/C) will be crucial for achieving ambitious energy and CO2 savings in the building sector. In particular, this holds for the refurbishment of existing…
- News 13 January 2016 C2E2 attends workshop on energy efficiency opportunities in China Beijing, 5 January: A one-day workshop in Beijing, organized as part of a research project funded by the Copenhagen Centre on Energy Efficiency, brought together leading experts and officials from key Chinese ministries to identify high impact opportunities for energy efficiency in the country and policies and measures to realise these opportunities. At the workshop, the C2E2 representative explained the organization's role as the energy efficiency hub for the UN Sustainable Energy for ALL …
- News 15 December 2015 Solutions COP21 - Energy Efficiency- Why Should We Bother Solutions COP21 from the Paris Climate Summit brings a panel discussion on Energy Efficiency: Why Should we bother? John Christensen, Director, UNEP DTU Partnership discusses the role of Copenhagen Centre of Energy Efficiency and the Global Energy Efficiency Accelerator Platform to address the growing need to address Energy Efficiency in cities across the world. Watch the discussion here. Plateau TV Le Bourget - Energy Efficiency: Why...by solutionscop21 Plateau TV Le Bourget - Energy…
- News 30 November 2015 UDP and Kongressen host a Conference at UN City Nov 26, 2015: As COP21 in Paris is approaching, UNEP DTU Partnership and Kongressen hosted a conference in UN City this afternoon to discuss how to solve the problems caused by global warming, expectations from the Paris meeting and Denmarks role in addressing the climate challenge. Among those present were Head of UNEP DTU Partnership, John Christensen, former Minister for Climate, Energy and Buildings, Martin Lidegaard, and Senior Chief Consultant on Climate and Energy at Dansk Industri, Lars…
- News 25 November 2015 C2E2 hosts Global Workshop for speeding up energy efficiency Earlier this month, the Copenhagen Centre on Energy Efficiency (C2E2) hosted a gathering of government, finance institutions, researchers and other experts to mobilize energy efficiency initiatives in both the public and private sectors. Entitled the Global Workshop to Accelerate Energy Efficiency: Challenges, Opportunities and Roadmaps, the event was held from November 9 to 12 at UN City in Copenhagen. At the inaugural session, presentations were geared toward identifying and making use of …
- News 25 November 2015 UDP provides support for countries preparing National Contributions for COP21 While the outcomes are still uncertain, one thing is sure about the upcoming COP21 in Paris: it will not be business as usual. For the first time in UNFCCC history, both developed and developing countries are publically contributing specific national plans to address climate change. These plans, submitted in the form of Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs), indicate that governments across the globe have understood what is at stake, and are willing to cooperate to fight the…