Columns

February 2019

Ruth Mourik, DuneWorks:
Shame our kids or change the system?

Caroline Milne, Joule Assets Inc.:
What if all energy efficiency projects were financed?

January 2019

Peter Sweatman, Climate Strategy & Partners:
Improving delivery and distribution systems for efficiency investment

December 2018

Alan Meier, LBNL:
Climate Change, Garage Door Openers, and Home Energy

Marine Faber, Building Performance Institute Europe (BPIE):
How health and well-being in green offices will benefit businesses

November 2018

Steven Fawkes, EnergyPro:
Time to change our game: cost saving is not enough

Adrian Joyce, EuroACE:
Efficiency or economy? We can have both… or neither

Hans Nilsson, Fourfact:
Not with a bang but with a yawn

Rod Janssen, Independent consultant:
Houston, we have a problem . . .

Joe Ritchie, International Energy Agency, Brian Motherway, International Energy Agency (IEA):
Realising the global potential of energy efficiency – the very first fuel

Hans Nilsson, Fourfact:
It is better to be roughly right than precisely wrong

Ruth Mourik, DuneWorks:
Reflections on the use of storytelling

Nils Borg, European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy:
The most important report issued this century. Full stop.

Andrew Warren, British Energy Efficiency Federation:
How do we charge for environmental damage?

Erwin Cornelis, TRACTEBEL Engie:
Energy efficiency as an example for water efficiency policies

Nils Borg, European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy:
Efficient air-conditioners or the sensation of a cooler breeze?

Brook Riley, Rockwool International:
How modelling can make or break climate policy

Fiona Hall, Senior Adviser:
Energy Efficiency Directive – a good deal or not?

Rod Janssen, Independent consultant:
Industrial Efficiency 2018 – taking stock

Ruth Mourik, DuneWorks:
Leave no one behind!?

Ruth Mourik, DuneWorks:
Leave no one behind!?

Rod Janssen, Independent consultant:
Why improved energy efficiency?

Alan Meier, LBNL:
When appliances use no energy and self-disassemble when they retire

Hans Nilsson, Fourfact:
Facts do not speak!

Rod Janssen, Independent consultant:
Time to land a punch?

Hans Nilsson, Fourfact:
The final liberation of Adam Smith

Edith Bayer, Regulatory Assistance Project (RAP):
On the Road to “Efficiency First” in the Energy Union – Are we there yet?

Rod Janssen, Independent consultant:
Raising the priority for industrial energy efficiency

Hans Nilsson, Fourfact:
Living in the energy hurricane

Jan Rosenow, Regulatory Assistance Project (RAP), Andreas Jahn, Regulatory Assistance Project (RAP):
Does “Efficiency First” mean “Renewables Last”?

Yamina Saheb, OpenExp:
It’s time for an Airbus for energy renovation!

Fiona Hall, Senior Adviser:
Energy efficiency and growth, the Chinese way

Ruth Mourik, DuneWorks:
I am proud you work for a cleaning company, Mom!

Yamina Saheb, OpenExp:
Financing energy renovation: we need to re-think our approach

Jan Rosenow, Regulatory Assistance Project (RAP):
Energy efficiency loopholes risk to Paris Agreement

Hans Nilsson, Fourfact:
Moonwalking – the new US policy

Rod Janssen, Independent consultant:
Starting at the local level

Evan Mills, US Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory:
Beware kerosene subsidies: An obstacle to energy efficiency and development

Hans Nilsson, Fourfact:
eceee is the liberator of minds

Ruth Mourik, DuneWorks:
Free our minds!

Rod Janssen, Independent consultant, Louise Sunderland, Independent consultant:
One measure can’t be all things to all people

Brook Riley, Rockwool International:
Money talks. So do ambitious energy efficiency goals

Yamina Saheb, OpenExp:
Why “Smart Finance for Smart Buildings” won’t be enough to renovate Europe

Hans Nilsson, Fourfact:
What’s in a name?

Mahesh Ramanujam, Green Business Certification Inc. (GBCI:
Green buildings – A global vision

Brook Riley, Rockwool International:
Show me the money! Financing energy efficiency

Brian Motherway, International Energy Agency (IEA):
The future is brightness as a service

Hans Nilsson, Fourfact:
The phantom of the economy

Andrew Warren, British Energy Efficiency Federation:
Why is Theresa May ignoring the 'first fuel'?

Clare Taylor, Sustainable Energy Investment Forums:
Money talks: financing Europe’s low carbon transition

Rod Janssen, Independent consultant:
The Brussels Winter Package whirlwind

Yamina Saheb, OpenExp:
Energy renovation: It’s time we get serious about it!

Adrian Joyce, EuroACE:
Renovation boosts property prices. Here's why.

Hans Nilsson, Fourfact:
When preparing a war it would be a good idea to have an army

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

Louise Sunderland, Independent consultant:
What does the Winter Package do for building renovation?

Hans Nilsson, Fourfact:
Admit it - we are lousy making business

Rod Janssen, Independent consultant:
Now is the time for industry to take the lead

Steven Nadel, ACEEE:
What do the 2016 U.S. election results mean for energy efficiency?

Hans Nilsson, Fourfact:
To step out in front of a moving train

Ruth Mourik, DuneWorks:
The smarter our environment becomes, the dumber we get – but it’s not too late

Alan Meier, LBNL:
Is natural gas becoming less appealing?

Andrew Warren, British Energy Efficiency Federation:
Absurd accountancy rules deter energy saving investments

Brian Motherway, International Energy Agency (IEA):
Energy efficiency goes global

Brook Riley, Rockwool International:
What energy efficiency can do for EU

Hans Nilsson, Fourfact:
Thank you Mr Trump!

Andrew Warren, British Energy Efficiency Federation:
How UKIP's dubious toaster traumas will lead to higher bills and emissions for everyone

Rod Janssen, Independent consultant:
Are you ready?

Nils Borg, European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy:
Policy matters – and so does product policy

Hans Nilsson, Fourfact:
Tired of peeling onions?

Rod Janssen, Independent consultant:
Reflections on eceee’s recent industrial energy conference

Yamina Saheb, OpenExp:
40% savings target: Yes, you can and, President Juncker, yes you must!

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

Chris Hamans, :
After VW's dieselgate: EU's EPBD-gate

Hans Nilsson, Fourfact:
Who is not a sceptic?

Richard Cowart and Jan Rosenow, Regulatory Assistance Project (RAP):
We need a lorry-load of savings; the UK government delivers a hatchback

Yamina Saheb, OpenExp:
Brexit: A wake-up call for a citizens’ energy transition!

Fiona Brocklehurst Jeremy Tait, :
After Brexit, will UK product policy ‘Remain’?

Brian Motherway, International Energy Agency (IEA):
Who is energy efficiency for?

Rod Janssen, Independent consultant:
These questions need an answer

Benoit Lebot, IPEEC:
G20 is now serious about energy efficiency

Hans Nilsson, Fourfact:
Dessine-moi un mouton!

Peter Sweatman, Climate Strategy & Partners:
How to drive new investments in energy efficiency in the G20?

Yamina Saheb, OpenExp:
Could consumers tip the balance of the EU energy transition?

Brook Riley, Rockwool International:
Lies, damn lies and statistics

Rod Janssen, Independent consultant:
Raising our game

Ruth Mourik, DuneWorks:
Solutions to non-existing problems

Brian Motherway, International Energy Agency (IEA):
Energy efficiency should be more boring – and more exciting!

Yamina Saheb, OpenExp:
EU Climate and Energy policies at risk of ‘’la pensée unique’’

Brook Riley, Rockwool International:
Winning a higher 2030 efficiency target

Alan Meier, LBNL:
Our apartment in Tokyo

Hans Nilsson, Fourfact:
Buy an alarm bell for the sleeping giant!

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!

Yamina Saheb, OpenExp:
The road the EU should not be taking

Rod Janssen, Independent consultant:
Mixed signals

Hans Nilsson, Fourfact:
Is the smart grid concept too stupid?

Jonathan Jutsen, energetics:
Energy in the knowledge economy

Nils Borg, European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy:
Beautiful roadmaps, but do they get us where we want to go?

Hans Nilsson, Fourfact:
Good bye rebound – Hello Multiple Benefits

Jigar Shah, Institute for Industrial Productivity:
How to boost heavy industry's energy efficiency

Hans Nilsson, Fourfact:
Fundamentally rethinking

Brook Riley, Rockwool International:
Don't cap efficiency, Commission

Alan Meier, LBNL:
Circumvention through the years

Rod Janssen, Independent consultant:
Is the energy efficiency community ready for a global climate agreement?

Brook Riley, Rockwool International:
First victory in the battle of the discount rates

Andrew Warren, British Energy Efficiency Federation:
Is the Pope right regarding the EU ETS?

Alan Meier, LBNL:
Surviving the Internet of Annoying Things

Brook Riley, Rockwool International:
Battle of the discount rates

Hans Nilsson, Fourfact:
Hello Edison – the European Energy Union may save your original business model!

Jigar Shah, Institute for Industrial Productivity:
Green cities and industry key to sustainable future

Jigar Shah, Institute for Industrial Productivity:
Beyond the Cliché

Rod Janssen, Independent consultant:
Raising our game

Hans Nilsson, Fourfact:
In search of a magic wand: The Economist on energy and technology

Peter Bach, eceee President:
Why not share more of the big European opportunity?

Rod Janssen, Independent consultant:
Chilling statistics on fuel poverty

Hans Nilsson, Fourfact:
The economic man – a scary Cyclops or a useful idiot?

Andrew Warren, British Energy Efficiency Federation:
Energy consumption falls as affluence rises

John Llewellyn, Llewellyn Consulting:
Formula 1: a case study in incentives

Hans Nilsson, Fourfact:
Dependency seems addictive

Brook Riley, Rockwool International:
Commission 'fixes' data to rubbish 2030 efficiency scenarios

Philip Sellwood, UK Energy Saving Trust:
Improving energy efficiency standards across Europe

Hans Nilsson, Fourfact:
There is a reason to be disappointed

Brook Riley, Rockwool International:
Who's pulling the strings on EU climate and energy policy?

Brook Riley, Rockwool International:
Barroso’s credibility at stake on 2030 dossier

Hans Nilsson, Fourfact:
If I had a hammer

Peter Bach, eceee President:
We need a binding target for energy demand in 2030

Brook Riley, Rockwool International:
EU Commission under German industry's thumb?

Rod Janssen, Independent consultant:
Out of our comfort zone

Eoin Lees, Eoin Lees Energy:
UK Energy Efficiency Obligations and how not to manage a transition

Erica Hope and Brook Riley, :
EU Commission Courting Disaster on 2030 Dossier

Rob Kool, :
Smart meter, not so smart people

Brook Riley, Rockwool International:
Poetic justice on the Energy Efficiency Directive

Hans Nilsson, Fourfact:
There is no such thing as unconventional hydrocarbons!

Erica Hope and Brook Riley, :
It's the economy, stupid

Sea Rotmann, :
On the difficulty of designing good EE policy - Part 2

Erica Hope and Brook Riley, :
EU Commission to debate 2030 targets

Erica Hope and Brook Riley, :
Forward thinking: EU 2030 climate and energy policy

Erica Hope and Brook Riley, :
Member states condemn UK efficiency opt-out

Evan Mills, US Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory:
The greening of insurance

Hans Nilsson, Fourfact:
A bell untolled

Rob Kool, :
A new global energy landscape is emerging

Hans Nilsson, Fourfact:
Energy Efficiency is not difficult – it is only complicated

Rod Janssen, Independent consultant:
The changing policy landscape

Erica Hope and Brook Riley, :
Governments fall into own trap with EU EED

Sea Rotmann, :
On the difficulty of designing good energy efficiency policy

Erica Hope and Brook Riley, :
What gut feelings did to the EU EED

Erica Hope and Brook Riley, :
Many still have their heads in the sand

Erica Hope and Brook Riley, :
Council must rethink its position on EED

Sea Rotmann, :
Are we citizens or consumers?

Erica Hope and Brook Riley, :
UK calls for 30% emissions target, but...

Erica Hope and Brook Riley, :
EED accounting tricks vol 2

Erica Hope and Brook Riley, :
EED accounting tricks vol 1

Hans Nilsson, Fourfact:
The enemy within

Sea Rotmann, :
Why change behaviours?

Alan Meier, LBNL:
Deconstructing folk labels for energy savings

Rod Janssen, Independent consultant:
Energy efficiency creates jobs

Rob Kool, :
Gambling on good policies

Rob Kool, :
Durban: What now?

Eoin Lees, Eoin Lees Energy:
Do EEOs work – part 2?

Rod Janssen, Independent consultant:
Time to listen

Alan Meier, LBNL:
The bumpy road to net-zero energy

Andrew Warren, British Energy Efficiency Federation:
Why China's emissions won't continue rising

Rob Kool, :
eceee should be a populated movement

Hans Nilsson, Fourfact:
Where is our Prince Charming?

Eoin Lees, Eoin Lees Energy:
Do Energy Efficiency Obligations Work?

Hans Nilsson, Fourfact:
Inertia in big business

Rod Janssen, Independent consultant:
Music, maestro! Energy efficiency in syncopated time

Hans Nilsson, Fourfact:
Failing the stress tests

Rod Janssen, Independent consultant:
Recipe for change

Walt Patterson, :
Managing energy wrong

Alan Meier, LBNL:
Electricity up in smoke...

Rod Janssen, Independent consultant:
Hope springs eternal

Hans Nilsson, Fourfact:
Energy efficiency: time for a new approach

Sunita Narain, Centre for Science and Environment:
Green buildings: how to redesign

Alan Meier, LBNL:
Preserving the good name of LEDs

Andrew Warren, British Energy Efficiency Federation:
Scots lead the way to Copenhagen

Sunita Narain, Centre for Science and Environment:
Bad for the climate

Gérard Magnin, Energie-Cités:
The Convenant of Mayors: an initiative without precedent in Europe

Rod Janssen, Independent consultant:
To the point: The EPBD countdown

Rob Kool, :
Energy Efficiency Watch - holiday reading

Hans Nilsson, Fourfact:
More power to "Brussels"

Alan Meier, LBNL:
Now we know the value of Energy Star

Rod Janssen, Independent consultant:
Buildings – for our future

Alan Meier, LBNL:
Useful information or privacy invasion

Philip Sellwood, UK Energy Saving Trust:
Consumers need more clarity, not less

Fiona Hall, Senior Adviser:
Buildings are key to meeting our targets

Hans Nilsson, Fourfact:
Russian gas – more expensive than the bill shows

Rod Janssen, Independent consultant:
Confessions of a Sinner

Sunita Narain, Centre for Science and Environment:
Change must be championed

Hans Nilsson, Fourfact:
Losership instead of leadership

Rod Janssen, Independent consultant:
Delivering energy efficiency: We’re still trying

Steven Nadel, ACEEE:
Fair winds from the other side of the Atlantic

Hans Nilsson, Fourfact:
20 % missing: A case for Hercule Poirot?

Sunita Narain, Centre for Science and Environment:
Bali: the mother of all no-deals

Harry Verhaar, Philips Lighting:
Why we need to get rid of incandescent bulbs

Hans Nilsson, Fourfact:
Energy efficiency: Past the tipping point?

Hans Nilsson, Fourfact:
Business magazine heroes today – losers of the future?

John Llewellyn, Llewellyn Consulting:
A burning issue, 50 years on

Hans Nilsson, Fourfact:
A quiet week in Brussels

Evan Mills, US Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory:
Let there be light!

Andris Piebalgs, European Commissioner for Energy:
We need a new culture of energy