On May 6, in Binh Duong, a workshop on Green Investment Facility (GIF) was conducted for SMEs in Binh Duong. The workshop attracted the participation of many businesses in the province. This is part of a series of workshops to be held in 10 targeted provinces of the Low Carbon Transition in Energy Efficiency Project (LCEE).

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

By using a company’s new material called Thermosaver, it keeps insulation and reduces the thickness of the pipe by two thirds. Using it for 1km piping, the plant can save up to 100K megawatt for one year.

As speculated by experts and scientists, energy savings will contribute substantially to promoting a green economy for sustainable development. Therefore, the economical and efficient use of energy is of utmost urgency at the moment.

Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD) on their first joint patent with International Business Machines (IBM) Corporation have been awarded by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

EnTouch Controls, an energy management company, announced a new energy management system called EnTouch 360° with the potential energy saving of 15%.

ABB’s ENVILINE energy management solutions offer up to 30 percent energy savings for direct current (DC) rail transportation. This innovative and holistic technology is presented at the 60thUITP event in Geneva.

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.

Urban rail systems in Europe have already achieved a target to reduce their energy consumption by 10 per cent by 2020.

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

HalcyonTM wireless lighting saves more energy than standard LEDs by automatically turning off unneeded lights and reporting your energy use.

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.

Oerlikon Leybold Vacuum exhibits food processing vacuum solutions at the CFIA Rennes, France and the ANUGA Foodtec, Germany. Oerlikon Leybold Vacuum is supplying the Food Processing Industry with advanced vacuum solutions

Renewing the hammers and screen on a mill reduced the energy used per kilogram of grain by 3% and increased milling rate (kg/m) by 5%. Feed grist size distribution was improved. On one of the farms the fan in the hammer mill was replaced following the test, resulting in a marked increase in throughput.

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.