Maynilad to cut costs with energy-efficient water pumping stations

Philippine water concessionaire Maynilad Water Services Inc. is looking at energy savings of around 2.8 million kilowatt-hours with the installation of energy efficient equipment at their pumping stations. According to news portal InterAksyon.com, Maynilad has released a statement saying that it is installing variable frequency drives in its 13 pumping stations and 14 online boosters. V.F.D.s are...

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Revolutionizing energy efficiency through the green deal promise

The U.K. government has soft launched the Green Deal, in a bid to enhance energy efficiency for businesses and individuals alike. It removes the daunting requirement of paying for services upfront and lets you pay as you save money on your energy bills. Many people are still waiting to see if this deal is a success or not, as critics have accused it of being underprepared and lacking in detail. However, the government...

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Singapore mandates energy efficiency measures for industry

Singapore is introducing mandatory energy management requirements for large energy-consuming companies in the industry sector in an effort to improve the country’s energy efficiency and competitiveness. The new requirements came into force on April 22 under the Energy Conservation Act. They will cover 170 companies which operate about 200 energy intensive premises. The requirements define large energy users as entities...

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U.S. could be 50% energy efficient -report

The Alliance to Save Energy Commission on National Energy Efficiency Policy, together with the United States Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory, has unveiled a number of recommendations to help the U.S. double its energy efficiency by 2030. According to the report, doubling the nation’s energy productivity through cost-effective technologies and practices could generate over a...

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Energy-efficient P.N.N.L. technology gets fund to keep army cool

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is the recipient of nearly $2.8 million in grants to develop an energy-efficient cooling system for the U.S. Army. The lab will get the funds over the course of three years from the Department of Defense, Navy and the Energy Department’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy. Partnering with Oregon State University and Power Partners, Inc. of Athens,...

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Fireflies inspire better energy-efficient lighting

The soft twinkling of fireflies in the night sky may awaken thoughts of romance in poets and lovers, but for an international group of scientists, it could spur the creation of a better light-emitting diode. Fireflies’ lanterns, the bioluminescent organs on their abdomens, light up to help the insects attract both mates and prey. By studying the internal structure of these organs, a team of researchers from Belgium, France and...

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NY State to improve energy efficiency of federal buildings by 20% through 2020

New York State agencies are directed to increase the energy efficiency of their buildings by 20 percent in the next seven years. Governor Andrew Cuomo issued an executive order to this effect on the last Friday of 2012, along with launching of the Build Smart NY initiative. Build Smart NY is a strategic implementation plan that will draw on state building energy data to prioritize projects that will provide the most energy savings...

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Philips calls for greater energy efficiency efforts during Doha climate talks

Energy efficiency - through technologies such as L.E.D. lighting - is the most effective means of lowering costs, improving competitiveness and significantly reducing carbon footprints, according a report by renewable energy consultancy Ecofys and the multinational electronics company Philips. Speaking at Climate Change Conference in Doha, Philips urged the governments, businesses and society to...

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Study finds gross imbalance between energy technology, efficiency funding

A recent scientific study found that efficient end-use technologies are most likely to prevent carbon emissions and provide higher social returns – and yet, when it comes to funding, they tend to get ignored. According to the study, creating more energy-efficient cars, buildings and household appliances are as effective low-carbon efforts, if not more so. The study comes from the Tyndall Center for Climate...

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More efficient electric motors driving emission cutbacks

Electric motors, those devices that convert electrical energy to mechanical energy, are our basic tools for many essential activities in our daily lives. Your alarm clock, which woke you up, uses an electric motor. The elevator that brings you up and down your building has it. The electric motor’s importance reverberates throughout the industrial sector – from HVAC systems, to fans and pumps, to the hard drives and servers of computer systems.

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