Last month, we reported how clean tech company Pavegen had installed six people-powered kinetic energy tiles in the middle of a corridor in SNCF’s Innovation & Research office in Paris in order to illuminate the corridor’s LED strip lighting.

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.

Starting this summer, property owners in Ventura will be able to make energy-saving and water-efficiency improvements and pay them off over time through their property tax bills.

The DOE has published a proposal to create energyefficiency standards for both commercial and industrial clean water pumps ranging in size from 1-200 horsepower.

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

Canadian city of 600,000 people is the latest to announce it will use only green energy for electricity, transportation, heating and air conditioning within 20 years.

Designing an energy-efficient home or building is no longer simply a great idea, but is becoming mandatory in some of the United States.

Nearly half (48%) of UK consumers are willing to pay more towards investment in renewable energy and tackling climate change.

The grant will help Wokingham Borough Council replace 7,500 aging street lights with LED lanterns, and install a further 6,300 LEDs on existing lights.

“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.

Andijan city hosted a seminar “Increasing efficiency of energy resources use at the industrial enterprises” for representatives of mass media. The seminar was organized by the World Bank Country Office in Uzbekistan and Ministry of Economy of Uzbekistan.

Ductless air conditioning is ideal for cooling a home or a room which is not equipped with the traditional HVAC ductwork.

Green works not only facilitate the efficient use of energy, and save resources, but also contribute to protecting the environment and human health.

Fairfield University in Connecticut has employed many measures to reduce energy, and its Associate Vice President of Facilities David Frassinelli offers the following ideas for how other colleges and universities can do the same.

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

The City of Toronto’s Home Energy Loan Program (HELP) is now available to homeowners in all areas of the city. Since its official launch in January 2014, the program had been offered previously in select, pilot neighbourhoods.

This study may help reduce energy consumption in smart phones, tablets and laptops by ten times, which could lead to a similar reduction in charging frequency of the batteries suitable for those devices.

Flywheel plant being built in Ireland with potentially unlimited storage capability could solve the problem of clean energy supply shortfalls when there is insufficient sun or wind.

SOUTH AFRICA’S Amalgamated Beverage Industries (ABI), Africa’s biggest bottler and producer of Coca-Cola products, has greatly reduced water- and energy-use in a five-year efficiency drive.