Ha Giang province has reserves of major mineral resources, attracting many businesses to invest in mining and mineral processing. This industry brings great economic efficiency, increases revenues and contributes to poverty alleviation, job creation, and income improvement for local people.

Powered by solar energy, Dokk1 is a modern structure designed by schmidt hammer lassen and built as part of the Urban Mediaspace project in Aarhus, Denmark.

The US is investing $55 million (£34.65m) in combined heat and power (CHP) and biomass projects.

£5 million of funding will be invested in energy efficient LED lighting throughout the UK.

The DDFlyTrain research project, conducted by Ricardo, Artemis Intelligent Power (a group company of Mitsubishi Heavy) and Bombardier Transportation, (earlier post) has projects a fuel savings of around 10% based on the use of high speed flywheel brake recovery technology retrofitted to Diesel Multiple Unit (DMU) rolling stock. This order of saving means that the technology has a potential return on investment (ROI) of inside five years.

In Germany's capital, where recycling is an art form and organic markets are sprouting up everywhere, saving energy is becoming serious business. It's something city authorities want to encourage.

Vietnam was leading in this area, while its ASEAN counterparts still lagged behind in renewable generation capacity.

The findings from a survey in 300 hotels, buildings in the southern region, conducted by HCM city Center of Energy Conservation show that the top energy consuming factor is the air-conditioning system (65%), followed by hot water system, accounting for over 15% of the total energy consumption.

In the period 2015-2016, the Project Management Unit reveals that LCEE will continue to realize the planned activities. In particular, the Project Management Unit will consider and identify the selection criteria for technology demonstration and determine on the solutions, technologies for investments into energy efficiency.

Researchers at Columbia University are working on an energy source that may alway be destined for the small scale, but it could prove to be incredibly reliable: water vapor.

Located in Amsterdam, The Edge is considered to be the most sustainable building in the world - it’s been awarded the highest score ever recorded under BREEAM’s new construction certification scheme.

The Powerhouse Kjørbo in Oslo, Norway was nominated in 2014 for the Norwegian Technology Award for its outstanding energy performance.

Volvo Group achieved its goal of reduced energy consumption in the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Better Buildings, Better Plants Challenge five years earlier than anticipated, the company announced.

The US Energy Department has announced a new centre to boost private sector investment in projects aimed at tackling climate change.

On June 15, 2015 the Women's Union of Nha Be organized training for 100 communicators on energy savings in households.

Based on the survey findings at 300 hotels, buildings in the south conducted by the Energy Conservation Center of HCM City, the frontline consumers of energy is the air-conditioning system (65% ), followed by water heating system ranked with over 15% of the total energy consumption.

On June 18, in Hanoi, Vietnam Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Danish Ministry of Climate, Energy and Building signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on strengthening the mutual cooperation in the field of industry and renewable energy for energy conservation.

The implementation and operation of the EnMS led to a greater understanding of the importance of operational control of significant energy users and how they can lead to sustained performance improvements.

On the basis of the data provided by Colusa Miliket, after the intro¬duction of the Energy Managemnt System measures, it was possible to see 12% savings in energy consumption.

Energy consumption of 107.09 kWh and 29.6 kg of foil oil per production of 1,000 litres of beer in 2012 have also improved to 105.7 kWh and 28.96 kg of fuel oil respectively per 1,000 litres of beer in 2013. This has effectively increased the bottom line of the organisation.