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.

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

On April 10th, the Workshop on “Policy and Financing of Energy Efficiency in Vietnam” under the Low Carbon Transition in Energy Efficiency Project (LCEE) was held.

Hungarian architect Matyas Gutai believes that water is the perfect material for keeping a house at a comfortable temperature.

Algae may indeed be a potential source of biofuel, but it can also find use in things like nutritional supplements and cosmetics.

Resources and energy specialists WorleyParsons has successfully closed out two key renewable energy projects, with a third still underway, and a fourth close to completion.

Experts of LCEE Project Mission worked with the Provincial Department of Industry & Trade, Can Tho Energy Conservation Center and the representatives of locally based banks in the area to reach the potential enterprises in food processing industry.

The LCEE Project has successfully organized the Workshop on the Green Investment Facility to support SMEs in the food processing industry in Can Tho. The Project officers provided instructions to companies involved in the project to complete the loan application dossiers.

LCEE Project introduced the technology of continuous kiln to brick and ceramic business owners in Vinh Long. This technology helps businesses save up to 50% energy and reduce pollution by 80%.

The Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources is expanding a program that provides energy efficiency grants to farmers.

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.

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.

To help the country’s policy makers improve energy efficiency and demand side management, the International Energy Agency this week led expert sessions in Kiev on both analysis and implementation of energy-saving activities.

Main routes in Ardrossan including Eglinton Road have already seen the first energy-efficient street lights installed.

Speaking at the meeting, Mr. Jen Lorentzen appreciated the positive and active cooperation of the Ministry of Industry and Trade in its deployment of the LCEE project to small and medium enterprises in three sectors: brick, ceramics and food processing.

As one of the first businesses to voluntarily participate in energy labeling roadmap of Vietnam, JSC Daikin Air Conditioning (Vietnam) conducted energy labeling for their products prior to the time required.

The indoor tennis courts at the Pickering Recreation Complex recently received a major lighting retrofit expected to reduce operating costs for the City.

The European Commission has launched a €100 million (£72.3m) pot for projects aimed at connecting energy networks across the EU.

For more than 1 year of energy labeling for household appliances, the energy labeled consumer products are becoming increasingly popular and trusted by clients in making their choices.

Inertech is delivering innovative energy solutions for data centers, which use a free cooling cycle and make it possible to cut cooling energy consumption by up to 90% and water usage by up to 80%, depending on local conditions.

The pumps have been developed by geotechnical specialists at Glasgow Caledonian university who were tasked with finding methods to extract heat from the waste water, which averages temperatures of 10-14ºC.

The best heaters on the market use a combination of convection and radiant heat. These space heaters are referred to as panel heaters. They blend approximately 80% of the convection technology with 20% of radiant. They are highly energy efficient and warm larger spaces quickly and quietly.

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 10-minute shower uses about five liters of water, which is approximately 90 percent less than in a conventional shower. The water that flows into the floor drain is collected, purified and pumped back to the shower nozzle. Because the water is already heated the energy savings can amount to 80 percent.

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.