Helping to save our future by creative public building construction

kristyTrendspotting

TheOptimisticFuturist March 4, 2012 Saving our future using creative building techniques Taxpayers own lots of governmental , educational and non-profit buildings in this country. Studies show that nearly 1/3 of all energy used in public buildings is wasted. [i] We are not talking small dollars here -for example, in most …

New Analysis Tool Allows Users to Determine the Energy Efficiency Options Appropriate to their Communities

kristyResource Efficiency

Today ACEEE releases a new user-oriented tool to assist local policymakers and stakeholders in advancing appropriate energy efficiency policies within their community. The Local Energy Efficiency Policy Calculator (LEEP-C) allows users to enter characteristics about their community, learn about and customize policy options, draw on a database of energy and …

Energy Efficiency Watch – Nearly Zero Energy Buildings. Call for papers 5 Oct

kristyResource Efficiency

Energy Efficiency Watch – Nearly Zero Energy Buildings • Call for Papers & Speakers Due 5 October • Call “WSED next!” for young researchers For further information please check the conference website www.wsed.at/call Dear energy efficiency friend, It is our great pleasure to invite you to the conference “Energy Efficiency …

Science for Environment Policy issue 253: A service form the European Commission

Ethical MarketsEarth Systems Science

IN THIS ISSUE  The importance of boundaries in international river management  The management of international rivers is subject to two main types of boundary: the physical boundary of the river itself and the socio-political boundaries of the nations and regions that surround it. A new study has compared the impacts …