Columns
January 2021
Vlasios Oikonomou, IEECP, Jean-Sébastien Broc, IEECP:
Let cost-effectiveness guide recovery funding to national efficiency programs
December 2020
Samuel Thomas, RAP, Filippos Anagnostopoulos, IEECP:
Time for energy efficiency to be valued as a grid resource
Brook Riley, Rockwool International, Adrian Joyce, EuroACE:
EU Taxonomy proposals clash with Renovation Wave
Rod Janssen, Independent consultant:
New IEA Energy Efficiency 2020 report signals reversals for First Fuel
October 2020
Fiona Brocklehurst, Ballarat Consulting:
UK product policy: now we can do anything, what should we do next?
Earlier Columns
Andrew Warren, British Energy Efficiency Federation:
China's coal power extension means more vested interests against decarbonisation
Antoine Levesque, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and Technical University:
Halving buildings demand with lifestyle changes and technologies
Jigar Shah, George Washington University’s Environmental and Energy Management Institute:
Sound investments to decarbonize the world’s industries
Katharina Wohlfarth, Fraunhofer ISI:
Evidence links productivity, other company benefits to efficiency
Brook Riley, Rockwool International:
EU Efficiency Directive undermined by Member State accounting tricks
Nils Borg, European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy:
Should Europe care about appliance efficiency in Africa?
Marine Faber, Buildings Performance Institute Europe (BPIE):
People-centric renovations deliver major health, performance and energy benefits
Sarah Keay-Bright, SKB International Energy & Environment Consulting:
Energy Charter reforms – Recognising DSM as an investable energy resource
Peter Sweatman, Climate Strategy & Partners:
Improving delivery and distribution systems for efficiency investment
Marine Faber, Buildings Performance Institute Europe (BPIE):
How health and well-being in green offices will benefit businesses
Joe Ritchie, International Energy Agency, Brian Motherway, International Energy Agency (IEA):
Realising the global potential of energy efficiency – the very first fuel
Nils Borg, European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy:
The most important report issued this century. Full stop.
Nils Borg, European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy:
Efficient air-conditioners or the sensation of a cooler breeze?
Edith Bayer, Regulatory Assistance Project (RAP):
On the Road to “Efficiency First” in the Energy Union – Are we there yet?
Jan Rosenow, Regulatory Assistance Project (RAP), Andreas Jahn, Regulatory Assistance Project (RAP):
Does “Efficiency First” mean “Renewables Last”?
Jan Rosenow, Regulatory Assistance Project (RAP):
Energy efficiency loopholes risk to Paris Agreement
Evan Mills, US Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory:
Beware kerosene subsidies: An obstacle to energy efficiency and development
Rod Janssen, Independent consultant, Louise Sunderland, Independent consultant:
One measure can’t be all things to all people
Clare Taylor, Sustainable Energy Investment Forums:
Money talks: financing Europe’s low carbon transition
Andrew Warren, British Energy Efficiency Federation:
If the UK is leaving the EU, can it really work to weaken EU energy efficiency rules?
Agneta Persson, WSP Sweden:
Energy Efficiency — Required for all Agenda 2030 Sustainable Development Goals
Nils Borg, European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy:
Remembering Art – and what buying a fax machine can teach you
Ruth Mourik, DuneWorks:
The smarter our environment becomes, the dumber we get – but it’s not too late
Andrew Warren, British Energy Efficiency Federation:
Absurd accountancy rules deter energy saving investments
Andrew Warren, British Energy Efficiency Federation:
How UKIP's dubious toaster traumas will lead to higher bills and emissions for everyone
Nils Borg, European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy:
Policy matters – and so does product policy
Nils Borg, European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy:
Targets and ambitions: Comparing apples and oranges?
Andrew Warren, British Energy Efficiency Federation:
The importance of open homes to promote energy efficiency
Richard Cowart and Jan Rosenow, Regulatory Assistance Project (RAP):
We need a lorry-load of savings; the UK government delivers a hatchback
Peter Sweatman, Climate Strategy & Partners:
How to drive new investments in energy efficiency in the G20?
Brian Motherway, International Energy Agency (IEA):
Energy efficiency should be more boring – and more exciting!
Nigel Jollands & Violeta Kogalniceanu, :
Developing energy efficiency policy in the Western Balkans – lessons from ground
Brook Riley, Rockwool International:
Commission’s climate department blocking steeper emissions cuts
Agneta Persson, WSP Sweden:
Seeing is believing – that’s why we need to improve our visualisation skills!
Nils Borg, European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy:
Beautiful roadmaps, but do they get us where we want to go?
Jigar Shah, George Washington University’s Environmental and Energy Management Institute:
How to boost heavy industry's energy efficiency
Rod Janssen, Independent consultant:
Is the energy efficiency community ready for a global climate agreement?
Hans Nilsson, Fourfact:
Hello Edison – the European Energy Union may save your original business model!
Jigar Shah, George Washington University’s Environmental and Energy Management Institute:
Green cities and industry key to sustainable future
Jigar Shah, George Washington University’s Environmental and Energy Management Institute:
Beyond the Cliché
Sea Rotmann, Operating Agent HTR Task (DSM TCP by IEA):
On the difficulty of designing good EE policy - Part 2
