To help curb the consumption and keep your cottage green, follow these simple energy-efficiency upgrades from Sally Morse, director of creative services for window treatment manufacturer Hunter Douglas.

Back in 2008, Illinois raised its energy efficiency standards, rewarding electricity ratepayers who, for example, used energy-efficient light bulbs or better insulated their factories. As result since then, all consumers have saved more than $1 billion.

The British dairy industry has made significant progress in reducing energy consumption in dairy production through energy saving measures.

As part of the administration’s effort to cut energy waste in the nation’s buildings and double energy productivity by 2030, the Energy Department today announced $4 million to develop and demonstrate new energy efficiency solutions for the nation’s homes.

NRDC’s Ralph Cavanagh looks at the roots of the energy efficiency successes in New England and the Pacific Northwest.

To implement the energy efficiency program, Binh Thuan Industrial Promotion Extension Centre in collaboration with Red Sun Energy JSC recommended the advantages of LED TUBE lighting products, while offering the co-investment program to Hai Nam Company Limited.

Franklin Energy Services, LLC, a leading national energy efficiency program implementation firm, is pleased to announce the 2015 recipients of the first annual Energy Efficiency Experts of Tomorrow scholarship program.

The German Energy Agency-dena has launched the new project: “Check-in Energy Efficiency: A dena Pilot Project for Energy Optimisation in Hotels & Accommodation”

Congress on Tuesday passed a bill focused on improving energy efficiency in buildings and water heaters, a move celebrated by both parties for breaking longstanding partisan gridlock.

Much of the discussion around energy efficiency tends to center on replacing inefficient devices with newer, more efficient components.

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.

The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported on January 14 that the United States steel industry has achieved a new milestone in energy efficiency by reducing its energy intensity per ton of steel shipped by approximately 33 percent since 1990.

Consumer advocates are pushing California to enact tough new energy efficiency rules for computer monitors.The Consumer Federation of America said computer monitors waste millions of dollars worth of electricity and the situation can be corrected.

During April 4-21, 2015 the Department of Industry and Trade in collaboration with EVN Hanoi examines the use of energy in 92 key enterprises in 12 districts of Hanoi to assess the level of energy consumption and the observance of the Law on Economical and Efficient Use of Energy.

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.

The Deutsche Energie-Agentur (DENA) – the German Energy Agency – and the Rhineland-Palatinate Energy Agency launched a series of events in Bad Kreuznach today to help representatives of municipal administrations systematically develop and implement energy efficiency measures.

The Yukon government is announcing a new addition to its popular suite of energy incentive programs, aimed at improving energy use in multi-family dwellings and commercial buildings.

An energy efficiency expert is looking for three Cornish businesses keen to tap into the benefits of a free biomass boilers.

“Better Buildings Challenge partners are improving their communities by cutting energy waste and reducing greenhouse gas emissions,” said Dr. David Danielson, Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.

The EU Cityfied project aims to develop a strategy that will adapt European cities into smart cities by improving energy efficiency.