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9 November 2009
The European Commission and the US Environmental Protection Agency have agreed yesterday to adopt new ambitious specifications for displays under the EU-US Energy Star Programme. The new criteria are effective as of today, and are expected to trigger about 9 TWh electricity savings during the next five years in the EU which is comparable to [...]
Category: Energy, Energy savings
Electrolux, Enel, Indesit and Telecom Italia: Energy@Home smart energy management
2 November 2009
Electrolux, Enel, Indesit and Telecom Italia have signed an agreement to study and develop innovative services based on communications between the next generation Electrolux and Indesit appliances, Enel’s remote management infrastructure – which allows remote control and management of power consumption – and the fixed and mobile broadband infrastructure of Telecom Italia.
The purpose of [...]
Category: Energy, Energy savings
Commission adopts four ecodesign regulations that will save the equivalent power consumption of Austria and Sweden
24 July 2009
The European Commission adopted today four ecodesign regulations to improve the energy efficiency of industrial motors, circulators, televisions, refrigerators and freezers. The regulations lay down energy efficiency requirements which will save about 190 TWh per year by 2020, which is comparable to the combined annual electricity consumption of Sweden and Austria.
“This package is a milestone [...]
Category: Energy savings, Politics
The European Commission launches the Best ICT for Energy Efficiency Project Award
22 July 2009
The competition is open to any publicly funded research and technological development projects. Both National and Regional funded projects as well as European funded projects are eligible.
The competition aims to promote innovation in ICT which will contribute to substantial and measurable improvements in energy efficiency, and which have the potential to provide visible and convincing [...]
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Energy Star: Commission and the US reinforce the energy efficiency standards for office equipment
20 June 2009
The European Commission and the US Environmental Protection Agency have agreed to make new ambitious specifications for computers, copiers and printers under the EU-US Energy Star Programme. The new criteria are effective from 1 July, and are expected to trigger 22 TWh electricity savings during the next four to six years in the EU which [...]
Category: Energy, Energy savings, Politics
Smart Meters Empower Swedish Consumers to Better Manage Energy Use
27 May 2009
To provide consumers with information to better manage utility costs, Gothenburg Energy has ordered and will deploy 90,000 GE smart meters.
The project will meet a Swedish government mandate, which requires all utilities to have an advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) in place by June 1, 2009. The new meters will provide the utility with realtime data [...]
Category: Energy, Energy savings
Shell Eco Marathon 2009 (advertisement)
26 May 2009
Category: Energy, Energy savings, Mobility
Second International Report on Energy Efficiency in Buildings published
3 May 2009
As World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) releases its second Report on Energy Efficiency in Buildings, GDF SUEZ is reaffirming its commitment in favour of energy savings and energy efficiency.
The report, to which GDF SUEZ contributed alongside 13 major international corporations , shows that energy use in buildings could be 60% at the [...]
Category: Energy, Energy savings
Popularity of energy efficient lamps rises
26 April 2009
In 2008 Dutch retailers sold 15 percent more energy efficient lamps of the so called ‘house label lamps’ than in 2007. This resulted in the sale of 11.5 million house label lamps. The house label constitutes 60% of the total sales of energy efficient lamps, so show figures of the Dutch Board for Retail (RND). [...]
Category: Energy, Energy savings
EU Member States support proposals to improve the energy performance of several products
3 April 2009
EU Member States supported new rules to improve the energy performance of several products at the Ecodesign and Energy Labelling Regulatory Committee meeting. The package sets mandatory energy performance requirements and creates an upgraded energy labelling system for televisions and ‘white goods’. These new measures are expected to cut the EU’s electricity consumption by 51 [...]
Category: Energy, Energy savings
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