At least $100 million will be used to begin to retrofit city housing projects with energy-efficient upgrades, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Thursday.

Affordable housing residents will be encouraged to use a specially devised game for smartphones and tablets linked to smart meters as part of a partnership initiative designed to reduce energy and CO2 consumption in their homes.

On April 10th, the Workshop on “Policy and Financing of Energy Efficiency in Vietnam” under the Low Carbon Transition in Energy Efficiency Project (LCEE) was held.

Hundreds of vulnerable people in Scotland will have warmer homes, thanks to a £103 million fund. It includes a £14 million initiative, which offers homeowners interest-free loans of up to £10,000 for energy efficiency measures.

A bakery, a fruit and vegetable processing company and a vehicle-servicing firm were among 15 Romanian organisations recognised for promoting energy efficiency.

Millions of homes across the UK have not had energy efficiency upgrades, according to a new report.

The World Bank and the Government of India have signed an agreement for a $43 million (£29m) grant to boost energy efficiency in the country.

The Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources is expanding a program that provides energy efficiency grants to farmers.

Most home cooks have standard go-to methods for cooking certain dishes, but it’s good to take a step back to consider how much energy goes into preparing the food on your table and whether there’s a better, more efficient way of doing it.

The walls built of energy panels mean savings in heating costs, LED lights cut electricity consumption and an automatic system keeps water consumption under control.

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.

To help the country’s policy makers improve energy efficiency and demand side management, the International Energy Agency this week led expert sessions in Kiev on both analysis and implementation of energy-saving activities.

The California Energy Commission on Thursday proposed energy efficiency standards for computers and monitors that it says will save consumers hundreds of millions of dollars every year.

International Paper does exactly that, generating 72 percent of its energy from forest residuals. The company has also been working to improve energy efficiency, with a goal of a 15 percent reduction in purchased energy by 2020. An investment of $290 million has led to a reduction of 9 trillion BTUs per year.

The new proposals are to create a single energy market to help the EU lower prices, improve interconnectivity, move towards a lower carbon future, increase energy efficiency and counteract Russia’s ‘monopoly’ on gas supplies to the continent.

DECC is providing another £70 million to fund energy efficiency improvements in households across England and Wales.

In an effort to achieve more results from the National Target Program on Energy Conservation and Efficiency, in 2015, the program will focus on solutions to in-depth communication and stronger support for enterprises to bring about the best effects in energy efficiency.

A national programme for doctors to prescribe energy efficient measures for fuel poor patients suffering from diseases as a result of cold homes has been unveiled.

It’s certainly not well known, but it’s true. Over the past several years HVAC capabilities for business and office buildings have advanced. In fact, performance improvements in overall energy efficiency can be as much as 15% to 25% better than just decade ago, thanks to control technologies.

These savings would also ensure carbon emission (CO2) reductions of 8.7-17.6 million tonnes a year, according the study, ‘Research to Assess the Barriers and Drivers to Energy Efficiency in Small and Medium Sized Enterprises’.