The Energy Department today announced $600,000 in funding to help American universities to establish stronger partnerships with industry and business in the area of building efficiency, supporting the Obama Administration’s goal of doubling energy productivity by 2030 and developing the nation’s clean energy workforce.

Central Vermont Medical Center in Berlin has taken the lead among Berlin hospitals for its energy efficiency efforts.

The European Investment Bank (EIB) is funding €325 million (£227.5m) to improve the electricity grid in Spain.

A London-based bank is investing €48.5 million (£33.95m) in a wind project in Montenegro.

As scientists continue to hunt for a material that will make it possible to pack more transistors on a chip, new research from McGill University and Université de Montréal adds to evidence that black phosphorus could emerge as a strong candidate.

On a highway near Den Bosch, The Netherlands, a new form of solar technology is being tested on what is usually a mundane piece of infrastructure: a noise barrier.

The "world’s first underground urban farm" is set to start selling herbs and salads grown 33 m (108 ft) below the streets of London.

The editors of R&D Magazine have named the Energy Department’s Energy Systems Integration Facility (ESIF) as the 2014 Laboratory of the Year.

Dairy Australia has completed a thorough assessment of the impact of Smarter Energy Use on Australian Dairy Farms a nationwide project developed with funds provided from the Australian Government Department of Industry and Science Energy Efficiency Information Grants program.

Today, energy is central to our quality of life, and it is a crucial factor for economic growth and employment. In Thailand, the demand for energy is constantly rising.

Energy efficiency opportunities abound, the research tells us.

Let's say you just moved into a new home and you've been waiting all spring to finally sit out in your sunroom and look at something other than snow. However, you've noticed lately that it gets really hot and you want to reduce the room's temperature. Here are a few reasons temperatures increase:

He aims to have around 800 New Routemasters on London’s streets, which are expected to reduce carbon emissions by more than 27,000 tonnes per year.

Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation recently introduced a material that enables the walls of buildings (and other structures) to generate electricity.

The rating system will have three energy bands: The highest efficiency level is denoted by three ticks and the lowest by a single tick. This is to help buyers make more informed decisions when purchasing lamps, says NEA.

Riverside Church has a storied past that includes appearances by Nelson Mandela, the Rev. Martin Luther King and former President Clinton. Now, thanks to a modernization of its heating and cooling systems, the church has a more energy-efficient future.

In the meantime, CEE researchers have come up with a new tool to help our research and, in the long run, to help multifamily building owners and managers operate more efficiently.

CloudLightning aims to develop a power-efficient cloud computing infrastructure that will simplify access to cloud resources.

A London based bank is lending $20 million (£12m) to help build Turkey’s largest geothermal power plant.

A four-month trial of a train powered by a traction inverter incorporating silicon carbide (SiC) devices, has demonstrated a 40% reduction in power consumption compared to a similar train using conventional circuitry.

Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) have been in place in the UK since 2008. But have we made maximum use of them in promoting energy efficiency? In the Netherlands they’re taking a radical new approach – by sending every home in the country a document with their A to G home energy rating.

Google plans to increase its energy efficiency by converting the infrastructure of Alabama's Widows Creek Power Plant into a new data center, the company announced in June.

In Germany and South Africa, researchers and industry are cooperating in a 'solar melting of aluminium in a directly radiated rotary kiln' (SOLAM ) project to develop a method by which aluminium foundries could use solar energy to melt the metal, states the German Aerospace Centre.

The owner of London business district Canary Wharf has announced plans to introduce solar-powered benches which will allow passers-by to charge their phone and digitally discover the local area.

A second tidal energy scheme could be coming to the Severn estuary as plans have been unveiled for a 30MW tidal energy fence to be constructed in the Bristol Channel.

Seoul has launched a campaign to paint its city roofs with thermal-barrier paint to boost energy efficiency.