A promising and growing trend in program design for energy efficiency finance is on-bill financing. This financial mechanism is in many ways uniquely positioned to reduce first-cost barriers in several building markets, some of which have traditionally been underserved by energy efficiency finance.

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration projects energy consumption only through 2035. This is probably intelligent–crystal balls start to get a little hazy once you get past 25 years out.

The severe economic slowdown and increased energy efficiency in Britain means widely feared power blackouts between 2015 and 2020 will be avoided, new research predicts.

Predicting how much our energy will cost is critical but not in the least bit easy. UKERC are working on it and have revealed their preliminary findings to the Guardian

Just six energy companies EDF, E.ON, Centrica, SSE, Scottish Power and npower control 99 per cent of our domestic energy market but show only minor interest in renewables

Victoria’s leading sustainability bodies should focus more on recycling and energy efficiency instead of renewable energy, a major review recommends.

The review says some programs had cost more than $1000 for every tonne of carbon reduced.

The amount of the energy efficiency loan starts from 20,000 USD and the maximum margin is 500,000 USD. Loans are available for up to 60 months and complicity of the borrower is not needed.The energy efficiency loan has other advantages as well. The borrower has the opportunity to get an energy audit and consultations from professionals free of charge.

Le Groupe suisse ABB a réalisé une infographie sur l'efficacité énergétique dans le monde industriel, où il explique notamment la place que prennent les moteurs électriques industriels dans la consommation d'électricité mondiale et les mesures qui pourraient être prises pour réduire de 60% la consommation de ces moteurs.

The Ecotricity wind turbine could generate close to 5 million units of energy annually. It joins two other wind turbines that have been operational since May 2004.

Le gouvernement confie à l'ADEME la mission d’aider les communes de moins de 2 000 habitants à rénover leur éclairage public. Cette mesure dotée de 20 M€ de subventions et présentée par Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet, ministre de l’Écologie, du Développement durable, des Transports et du Logement, en décembre 2011 lors de la Table ronde nationale pour l’efficacité énergétique, permettra de réduire de 50 % la consommation d’électricité des villes concernées, de diminuer la pollution lumineuse et la pointe d’électricité à la tombée de la nuit.

For the most part, solar panels can safely be ignored and simply keep turning your meter backwards. But thanks to some local squirrels, I realized the perils of not regularly monitoring solar panels' output.

THE COST of owning or operating an onshore wind project of 5 MW or more in England has just risen by a minimum of £5000 a year, or £100,000–125,000 over the average 20–25 year lifespan of an onshore wind farm. Why? At the instigation of the industry itself.

"Triad Energy turns energy usage into captivating infographics on a wall-mounted display so that you can see at a glance how much energy you are using, how close you are to the target you have set yourself and how it compares with other similar size households nearby," said Ms Pozzey, who is now studying for a Masters of Applied Science (Research) at QUT.

Norway set a renewable energy target for 2020 of 67.5 percent of its domestic production. The Norwegian Energy and Petroleum Ministry said that means the country needs to increase its renewable energy portfolio around 9 percent per year

In our previous article we have introduced the term and idea of Community Renewable Energy, CRE, when we introduced the concept of Renewable Green Energy Community, RGEC.  It was mentioned that one of the characteristics of a RGEC is that it has a Community Renewable Energy infrastructure to cover the needs of the community to an as much great extend as possible.

The Energy Efficiency Information Grants Program will assist industry associations and non-profit organisations provide practical, tailored energy efficiency information to SMEs and community organisations. The objective of the Energy Efficiency Information Grants Program is to empower SMEs and community organisations to make informed decisions about energy efficiency.