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.

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.

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.

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 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.

More than 23,000 energy efficiency measures have been installed in rural homes in the UK in the last six months. That’s an almost 3000% increase between April and September this year, according to new statistics from DECC.

The German Government has revealed a new national plan to save more energy for homes and businesses across the country.

John Colucci, vice president of sales and marketing at Westchester Modular Homes, says the up-charge is minimal. He claims that a modular home may cost 3 to 5 percent more for a house that is 50 to 60 percent more efficient than the typical home.

Nearly eight in 10 renters say landlords should not be allowed to let out properties that have very poor levels of energy efficiency as a majority of them find it hard to heat their homes properly.

Nineteen teams of students from the United States and Europe unveiled their designs for solar-powered, energy-efficient homes at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Solar Decathlon 2013, which began on October 3rd, 2013 in Irvine, California.

The quality of homes and other existing buildings in Europe may be improved thanks to the ENEDI (Energy in Building) Group of the UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country, an autonomous community of northern Spain.

Americans are increasingly installing wind turbines near their homes, farms and businesses to generate their own energy, concludes a new report released today.

In most homes, no appliance uses more electricity than the refrigerator, and this simple habit can save you 7% on operating costs. It's a no-brainer.