Earlier this week the European Parliament approved plans to extend the existing energy performance labelling scheme for household appliances and set a 2020 deadline for low-energy buildings.
Electronics giant HP has unveiled a design for a system using 10,000 dairy cows to power a medium-sized 1 MW data centre.
The Welsh Assembly Government yesterday announced a £30 million scheme to improve the energy efficiency of homes in some of the region’s poorest communities.
British Gas’ first green skills training centre, which was first announced last summer, has officially opened its doors in Tredegar, South Wales.
The UK’s new Coalition Government late yesterday unveiled the details of their historic agreement, including their “joint ambitions” for a low-carbon and eco-friendly ecomony.
The US Environmental Protection Agency last week hailed four companies for improving the energy efficiency of their facilities as part of the Energy Star Challenge for Industry.
The US House of Representatives yesterday passed the bipartisan HOME STAR bill, which aims to establish a $6 billion rebate program to encourage consumers to buy energy-efficient appliances and undertake energy efficiency home refurbishments.
An Italian building organisation has become the first to implement the LEED green building rating system in an agreement signed yesterday.
In the first contest of its type, 14 US commercial buildings are competing in an Environmental Protection Agency sponsored energy efficiency ‘weight’ competition.
The US industrial sector is to invest $13 million from the Department of Energy plus a further $5 million in private funding to improve the energy efficiency of manufacturing.