Apart from improving energy efficiency through investment in more efficient equipment and processes, there is also significant potential to achieve energy savings by improving energy management practices.

Small and medium sized Enterprises (SMEs) in Vietnam account for 40% of total energy consumption in the industrial sector. The potentiality for energy efficiency is large, but local policies to promote savings for the sectors of brick, ceramics and food processing are not really showing the effects.

One goal of Holland’s Home Energy Retrofit Pilot Program is discovering what energy savings are possible in Holland’s housing stock. Another is figuring out an efficiently plan that would make possible home retrofits for hundreds of houses a year.

One of the largest cancer treatment centres in Europe is to save thousands of pounds following a review of its energy management system.

One of the largest cancer treatment centres in Europe is to save thousands of pounds following a review of its energy management system.

An energy management system developed by Bayer uses a structured and systematic approach to help users harness potential energy savings that have already been identified. This is made possible by adapting energy usage to specific production and working conditions.

Philips Lighting just announced that they were selected to conduct a massive overhaul of over 5,000 streetlights in Poland’s historic “floating garden” city of Szczecin. The city plans to replace over half its streetlights with LEDs. All told, the LEDs will provide energy savings of 70 percent, and reduce the city’s costs by EUR 360,000 each year.

West Sacramento-based Raley's is rolling out a cleaning and sanitation program designed to save millions of gallons of water and dramatically lower its energy costs.

It is estimated that sustainable lighting could result in initial energy savings of 50-80 percent and lower annual CO2 emissions by 3,000 – 4,000 tons. Retrofitting will be equivalent to savings of $1.2 – $1.7 million per year in energy costs.

According to the Hanoi Energy Conservation Centre (Hanoi ECC), building blocks were one of the central objects to be subject to energy saving measures in the city in 2014. Thanks to the solutions including counselling, support, building blocks in the city have saved 535.3 TOEs and reduced 2,118 tons of CO2 emissions.

“Presence,” being tested in Hawaii, is yielding surprising energy savings–9 percent to 10 percent –by motivating people to change their energy use behavior.

Researchers at Temple University have shown that a strong electric field applied to a section of pipeline can smooth oil flow and yield significant pump energy savings in oil transport. Tests on a section of the Keystone pipeline found that the same flow rate could be achieved with a 75 percent reduction of pump power from 2.8 megawatts to 0.7 megawatts,

A 10-minute shower uses about five liters of water, which is approximately 90 percent less than in a conventional shower. The water that flows into the floor drain is collected, purified and pumped back to the shower nozzle. Because the water is already heated the energy savings can amount to 80 percent.

Hanoi People's Committee issued Decision No. 884/QD-UBND approving the Implementation Plan of the National Target Program on energy efficiency and savings (VNEEP) in 2015.

Window treatments are not simply for decoration or privacy. Use light colored blinds, shades or drapes to block the sun's rays from heating up the house during the summer, especially on south and west facing windows, and to help keep out cold air in the winter.

A conventional thermostat regulates house heating at one temperature. Setting the temperature lower can save energy when you are out of the house or sleeping, but you may find the temperature uncomfortable while you wait for the house to heat up again.

Kingston General Hospital in Ontario spent $10 million and five years upgrading the hospital’s energy systems and the project is already saving large amounts of energy. Projects combined have netted them over $800,000 in energy and water savings and reduced our carbon footprint by over 14 percent

To ‘green’ schools and increase student awareness of energy savings and renewable energy, Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee has implemented green school model at Luong The Vinh primary school.

With the 2020 target of improving energy efficiency by 20%, energy savings are clearly top of mind for consumers and businesses alike. As is a growing desire for impeccable design, efficiency and productivity savings in the workplace. There is a clear demand for energy-efficient solutions, particularly in commercial spaces. In light of this, there are some tips that can help reduce energy costs and bring other benefits too.

According to Dodgingtown’s Green Committee Chairman Kirk Blanchard, following a successful and economically advantageous changeover from an oil- to gas-fired boiler, Chief Steve Murphy charged the committee with upgrading electrical lighting fixtures and bulbs to achieve even more energy savings.