The automotive industry dreams of the utopian “green factory”, with lower energy consumption and subsequently reduced energy costs.

Ha Giang Provincial People's Committee issued a Plan for energy saving and efficiency in the province for the period of 2013 - 2015. The plan states that in 2015, the province is to achieve a total savings of 6% of the province's electricity consumption as in the forecast on electricity demand, reflected in Master Plan for Power Development of Ha Giang in the phase 2011 - 2015.

Faced with climate change causing serious consequences, energy saving has become more urgent than ever. In Da Lat city (Lam Dong province), energy saving has become a mass movement, not only popular in the manufacturing enterprises and households but also spreading to all the public offices.

The transformation from a traditional kiln to tunnel kiln is considered to be the direction to solve problems for the brick kiln owners in Vinh Long on fuel costs, energy savings, and production efficiency.

Only a few days earlier the World Energy Council’s Iranian national member committee had partnered with the Iranian Government for another efficiency dedicated event: the 7th International Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency and Energy Saving Exhibition in Tehran.

Albania’s residential sector uses more than half the country’s electricity supply, representing a huge opportunity to reduce energy consumption and address energy deficits.

This elegant-looking Climatic Table can regulate indoor temperatures by storing heat and increases energy savings by up to 60% for heating and 30% for cooling.

To deploy Phase II of the National Target Program on economical and efficient use of energy, Can Tho has put energy saving program into regular activities of social life.

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.