A report delivered by Finance Minister Yiannis Varoufakis on the Greek economy’s prospects and possible revisions in various sectors has stressed the importance of energy efficiency.

The first near zero-energy hall in Finland for commercial and office premises has been completed at Häme University of Applied Sciences (HAMK) in Hämeenlinna.

When we think of renewable energy and energy efficiency, large-scale projects often come to mind.

Still, production has barely declined, a testament to the rapid gains that oil producers are making in coaxing ever more oil from older wells and the few new wells they are still drilling — and doing both while investing far less money.

Two years ago, with support from the U.S. Department of State, the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) and U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) joined forces to address precisely such problems through a new initiative called the U.S.-Africa Clean Energy Finance Initiative (ACEF).

One South Dakota-made pressure washer holds a unique place in the market with a patented energy-efficient design.

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.

A patented passive cooling system for computer processors that’s undergoing optimisation at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) could save U.S. consumers more than €5.6 billion per year in energy costs associated with running their computer cooling fans.

In order to verify effectiveness of related technologies and provide a model of a smart community, numerous smart community demonstration projects have been conducted across Japan.

MwangaBora solar lamps, created by Evans Wadongo, provide low-cost lighting for villagers, saving their health and money, and helping reduce global emissions from kerosine use.

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

In a bid to promote green energy, engineering students from a technical high school college in Mexico have designed a motorcycle that runs on self-generated energy.

CET’s Green Business Department helps businesses throughout the state save money and go green through energy conservation, renewable energy, and waste reduction assistance.

Providing cheap and clean power for the areas’ population, the small power plants are stimulating income-generation activities and helping reduce poverty in the country..

Three city colleges are on schedule to save more than $1 million in annual energy costs through an initiative started four years ago, according to a news release from the College of the Holy Cross.

A £96m project will promote cleaner and more efficient energy in Morocco. The Clean and Efficient Energy Project will be co-financed by a US$125 million (£80m) World Bank loan and a US$23.95 million (£16m) loan.

Rackspace has opened one of the UK’s greenest data centres, cutting operating energy by nearly 80 per cent

UK provider of commercial PayGo solar systems, Azuri Technology, has announced that it plans to partner with Oasis African Resources to provide 100,000 off-grid homes in Ghana with pay-as-you-go solar power over the next 2 years.

A project to replace 3.89 million street lamp bulbs with energy-efficient ones is expected to save Egypt 1.5 billion Egyptian pounds, the electricity minister said on Thursday.

UK DIY store Wickes saved more than £500,000 on its energy bill last year after training its staff to cut energy usage.

To implement the energy efficiency program, Binh Thuan Industrial Promotion Extension Centre in collaboration with Red Sun Energy JSC recommended the advantages of LED TUBE lighting products, while offering the co-investment program to Hai Nam Company Limited.

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.

The US has funded $1.5 million (£1m) to tackle air pollution in the city of Oregon. The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) will use the funding to remove air pollution from diesel-fuelled activities around its Port in Portland.

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.

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.

Scotland could fail to meet its renewable heat target unless it stops using gas-fired boilers.That’s according to Scottish Renewables, which claims progress in the sector has been slow, with just 3% of heat coming from renewable sources.