http://www.energyefficiencynews.comAfion Media LtdUK amends building regulations to improve energy efficiency<p>The UK Government has issued amended building regulations, which will come into force in October this year, to improve the energy efficiency of new and refurbished homes.</p>
http://www.energyefficiencynews.com/building-and-design/i/2893/
2010-03-15T00:00:00-00:00Building, design, construction, refurbishment, regulation and control, UK policy, Building regulations, heating and ventilation,Carbon Trust to raise £350 million fund to transform commercial properties<p>The UK’s Carbon Trust is joining forces with fund manager Threadneedle and developer Stanhope to raise £350 million for the refurbishment of commercial properties.</p>
http://www.energyefficiencynews.com/building-and-design/i/2894/
2010-03-15T00:00:00-00:00Building, construction, refurbishment, commercial property, non-domestic buildings, The Carbon Trust, Threadneedle, Stanhope, Threadneedle Low-Carbon Workplace Trust, energy efficiency,Sounds cool: how to reduce air conditioning energy needs<p>US researchers are developing a new cooling technology based on thermoacoustics that could double the efficiency of air conditioning and reduce US electricity use by 13% a year.</p>
http://www.energyefficiencynews.com/building-and-design/i/2890/
2010-03-12T00:00:00-00:00Heating and cooling, research and development, thermoacoustic refrigeration, Palo Alto Research Centre, PARC, Xerox Corporation,US energy efficiency initiatives will create 333,000 jobs in 2010<p>The US Administration’s recently announced residential and commercial retrofit programmes and boosts to energy efficient manufacturing will create 333,000 jobs this year, according to the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy.</p>
http://www.energyefficiencynews.com/building-and-design/i/2881/
2010-03-10T00:00:00-00:00US policy, energy efficiency, manufacturing, refurbishment, retrofit, construction, insulation, heating & ventilation, windows, American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, ACEEE, HOME STAR, BUILDING STAR,E.ON and Self Energy launch energy saving ‘no gain, no fee’ service<p>One of the ‘big six’ UK energy suppliers E.ON is launching a ‘no gain, no fee’ service to help businesses save energy and reduce emissions.</p>
http://www.energyefficiencynews.com/building-and-design/i/2882/
2010-03-10T00:00:00-00:00E.ON Self Energy UK, maintenance, energy efficiency, energy saving, regulations and control, Energy Performance Guarantee, EPG, renewables, micorgeneration, Carbon Reduction Commitment Energy Efficiency Scheme, CRC,UK overhauls rules for ‘green’ planning and unveils new eco-towns<p>UK Housing and Planning Minister John Healey yesterday announced an overhaul of ‘green’ planning rules and a second wave of eco-towns.</p>
http://www.energyefficiencynews.com/building-and-design/i/2883/
2010-03-10T00:00:00-00:00UK policy, planning, design, construction, eco-towns, planning policy statements on Climate Change, Natural Environment, Coastal Change,LED streetlights perform best overall, say engineers<p>LED streetlights perform best overall in terms of energy efficiency, lifetime, environmental impact and costs, according to the first comprehensive analysis by US engineers.</p>
http://www.energyefficiencynews.com/building-and-design/i/2876/
2010-03-09T00:00:00-00:00Lighting, light-emitting diodes, LEDs, high-pressure sodium lamps, HPS, metal halide lamps, gas-based induction bulb, streetlights, research and development, University of Pittsburgh, lifecycle analysis, energy efficiency, consumption,US Government backs energy-saving windows<p>The US Department of Energy announced last week that it is to back a Minnesota-based company making energy-saving windows with a $72 million loan.</p>
http://www.energyefficiencynews.com/building-and-design/i/2871/
2010-03-08T00:00:00-00:00US policy, Department of Energy, loan, smart materials, windows, heating and ventilation, SAGE Electrochromics, SageGlass, electrochromic windows, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, LBNL, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, NREL,Sustainable buildings honoured by BREEAM Awards<p>Sixteen of the most sustainable buildings were honoured last week at Ecobuild in London as part of the BREEAM Awards 2010.</p>
http://www.energyefficiencynews.com/building-and-design/i/2872/
2010-03-08T00:00:00-00:00Design, construction, sustainable buildings, BREEAM Awards, water management, materials,New York Governor promises $40 million to improve energy efficiency<p>New York Governor David A. Paterson yesterday announced a $40 million investment to improve the energy efficiency of the state’s schools, universities and colleges, hospitals and not-for-profit agencies.</p>
http://www.energyefficiencynews.com/building-and-design/i/2869/
2010-03-05T00:00:00-00:00US policy, New York, energy efficiency, public sector, buildings, lighting, heating & ventilation, refurbishment, microgeneration, transport, road, fuels,