A German company has built five new solar plants and connected them to the UK’s National Grid. They have a total capacity of 62.5MW – enough to power around 20,000 homes.

During two days of April 11-12, the final round of 2015 Honda ''Eco Mileage Challenge" (Honda EMC) took place in the National Conference Center (Hanoi).

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.

Breezes Muirhead will soon be home to Darwin’s largest installation of solar panels in a single suburb thanks to a partnership between developer Defence Housing Australia (DHA) Country Solar NT.

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.

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.

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.

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

The new Fuel Poverty Strategy states that future governments will now be required by law to tackle fuel poverty by making the coldest homes in England more energy efficient.

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.

“Saving energy is saving money,” said Thomas John, RSC’s Technical Assistant, who led the session for group of 35 housewives from the city.

The project is expected to save the Army Materiel Command depot nearly 14.8 million kilowatt-hours of electricity each year -- enough energy to power more than 1,360 homes on average, and an environmental benefit of cutting an estimated 72 million pounds of carbon dioxide each year, which is equivalent to removing more than 6,300 cars from the road.

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.

Buildings account for 40% of the total energy consumption worldwide. Research from the US Building Science shows that people’s homes and commercial buildings use about 2/5 of primary energy sources made from coal and oil.

Solar power almost doubled in the last year, with 650,000 installations ranging from solar farms to panels on homes, figures showed.

The annual Consumer Electronics Show took place earlier this past month to much anticipation. Yet, apart from drones roaming about the displays with GoPros strapped to them, there wasn’t much overt buzz about the energy-saving gadgets. However, if you knew where to look, there were actually lots of innovative products showcasing how you could save you both time and energy around your home. Here are a few that really stood out to us.

Two groups of builders want to claim title of "greenest" home in the Yukon. A Whitehorse man whose hobby is building homes is aiming to build the most energy efficient house in the Yukon.

It was a lightbulb moment for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday as he launched a scheme to spread LED bulbs throughout homes in Delhi.

The recently revamped government Green Deal has been an encouraging step forward which will offer free cash for homeowners in need of double glazing or wall and loft insulation.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency launched our Energy Star Home Advisor – an online tool to help consumers save money and improve their homes’ energy efficiency through recommended home-improvement projects.