The Business Energy Challenge (BEC) awards celebrate private sector firms who have made the biggest difference to their energy consumption by switching to cleaner and more energy efficient technologies.

The scheme allowed householders to make their homes more energy efficient by installing technologies such as solar panels or loft insulation. This was done through loans with no upfront cost which were repaid through energy bills.

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.

The US has signed an agreement with Edison Electric Institute (EEI) to speed up the deployment of plug-in electric vehicle technologies.

Morocco is receiving €80 million (£50.4m) to boost sustainability in the country.It aims to promote energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies, raise awareness, reduce operating costs and improve competitiveness, states the EBRD.

ThyssenKrupp will this week debut dozens of automobile technologies that will help car manufacturers make cars more energy efficient and lightweight, with weight savings of up to 60 percent and cost reductions of up to 10 percent.

At Entech Hanoi in 2015, besides the advanced technologies and products of overseas and local businesses, there are also various models on display, unique in ideas about the use of energy, invented by university students.

The social housing sector has been at the forefront of the adoption of different types of energy efficiency technologies and water-saving features as it has generally been building new homes to higher levels of the Code for Sustainable homes.

In support of White House's ambitious performance goals, GSA’s Green Proving Ground (GPG) program recently published the results of three evaluations of technologies with the potential to cost-effectively reduce the energy and water use of our federal buildings.

The Department of Science and Technology of HCM City recently held a workshop on "Solutions to Urban Waste Disposal - Research into Technology and Feasibility" to assess the situation and propose feasible solutions and technologies for making use of a huge energy from waste and urban waste disposal.

In order to verify effectiveness of related technologies and provide a model of a smart community, numerous smart community demonstration projects have been conducted across Japan.

Irving A. Backman, recognized champion of environmentally friendly technologies and alternative energy, and Chairman of Integrated Systems International, LLC (aka ISI Energy Controls) in celebration of Earth Day 2015 announces breakthrough technology for users of High Intensity Discharge (HID) lighting units.

The Scottish Government is to launch a new scheme to tackle fuel poverty in the country.The £224 million initiative will help householders by installing technologies such as insulation and heating.

A UK energy and water consultancy has bought an energy software firm. Utilitywise announced today it has bought t-mac Technologies Ltd in a bid to expand the services it offers to customer needs.

Costa has opened what it claims is the first “zero energy” coffee shop building in the UK. Dubbed the ‘Eco Pod’, the store at Wrekin Retail Park in Telford boasts a number of energy efficient and sustainable technologies.

Since 2008, the Japanese Space Agency (JAXA) has been working hard to develop technologies to transmit electricity wirelessly.

A windfarm in Scotland is set to provide the cheapest electricity ever produced by an offshore wind farm by using two recently launched technologies, developer Mainstream Renewable Power said.

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.

With demand response, grid operators use technologies to reduce the peak demand, thereby avoiding the need to build or maintain these expensive power plants.

VCA also says that the project combines Passivhaus principles with renewable energy technologies to reduce energy usage by 50 percent.