Enigin News

March 2010

Enigin News - UKs CRC Scheme Starts April 1 - Are UK Businesses Ready?

THE CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme is the UK’s new legally binding climate change and energy saving scheme that aims to reduce the energy consumption in commercial buildings. Compliance failures, such as incorrect reporting, pose the greatest risk to both reputation and the bottom line for participant organisations. Research shows two thirds ...

Wednesday 31st March 2010 | Read full article

Enigin News - Encouraging African SMEs to become Competitive through Energy Efficiency

The European Union is taking a lead in supporting the promotion of energy efficiency both at home and abroad and are currently in Gaborone, Botswana, promoting energy efficiency. Head of Delegation of the European Union to Botswana and the SADC region, Mr Paul Malin echoed these sentiments at a regional workshop ...

Wednesday 31st March 2010 | Read full article

Enigin News - A Bright Future for Intelligent Energy Efficiency Solutions

THE global research firm, Cleantech, has released comprehensive analysis of energy efficiency innovations in commercial buildings. The report, titled “As Energy Efficiency Booms, Buildings Get a Brain”, has been produced through extensive research and interviews with leading businesses, investors and industry influencers.   Sheeraz Haji, president of Cleantech Group states,   “Commercial office buildings consume ...

Tuesday 30th March 2010 | Read full article

Enigin News - "Malaysia still a long way from being energy efficient" - Gelber

Efforts by Malaysia to adopt energy efficiency measures are fairly limited as energy in the country is still cheap.  Greenest Person on the Planet 2008 award winner, Matthias Gelber said on Sunday: "Malaysians are having it easy as their energy rates are subsidised by the Government.  “The challenge now is how the Malaysian ...

Monday 29th March 2010 | Read full article

Enigin News - Ukraine and Japan Cooperate on Energy Saving

Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine, Serhii Tihipko's has released details of cooperation between Ukraine and Japan to develop energy savings and alternative power sources.   Tadashi Idzava, Japan's Ambassador to Ukraine, confirmed Japan's interest in cooperating with the Eastern European country with “green investments. Tihipko released a statement, saying that Ukraine wanted to ...

Sunday 28th March 2010 | Read full article

Enigin News - Ermenkov wants Energy Efficency Focus in Bulgaria

TASKO Ermenkov, the executive director of the Bulgarian Energy Efficiency Agency (EEA), stated during the European Day of Energy Efficiency 2010: “Energy efficiency is not fashionable and is not end in itself, but it brings improvement in the quality of people’s lives, “The present assessment shows the energy consumption in Bulgaria is ...

Friday 26th March 2010 | Read full article

Enigin News - European Call for Energy Efficiency Aid for SMEs

Small and medium-sized firms need financial help to recruit experts to apply for loans for energy efficiency projects, industry representatives said at a workshop in Brussels on Wednesday. SMEs do not have sufficient resources to do so at the moment, they said. Guido Lena of small business association Ueapme told delegates ...

Thursday 25th March 2010 | Read full article

Enigin News - Earth Hour - Saturday 8:30pm

Saturday at 8.30pm locally but all around the globe people will recognise the World Wildlife Fund’s (WWF) Earth Hour 2010 by turning off lights and other appliances for one hour, it is a global call to action to every individual, every business and every community. A call to stand up, ...

Thursday 25th March 2010 | Read full article

Enigin News - Energy Efficiency to be the Focus for North Carolina

A report focused on North Carolina in the U.S. has been published by the Washington D.C based, non-profit American Council for an Energy-Efficiency Economy (ACEEE). The report highlights the potential for the fastest growing state in the nation to save its residents and businesses billions of dollars over the next ...

Wednesday 24th March 2010 | Read full article

Enigin News - U.S. Cities with the Most Energy Efficient Buildings

THE U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a list of U.S. metropolitan areas with the largest number of energy efficient buildings that earned EPA’s Energy Star in 2009. The list is headed by Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., San Francisco, Denver, Chicago, Houston, Lakeland, Dallas-Fort Worth, Atlanta and New York. Energy efficiency ...

Wednesday 24th March 2010 | Read full article

Enigin News - World Bank: $3 Trillion Energy Efficiency Investment Needed

According to a report from the World Bank entitled: Lights Out? The Energy Outlook in Eastern Europe and the Central Asia, the region as a whole will face an energy crunch unless investments of more than $3 trillion are made over the next 20 years. “The demand for primary energy in ...

Tuesday 23rd March 2010 | Read full article

Enigin News - Local Authority Aims to Save Millions through Energy Efficiency

Bury, a medium sized town in Greater Manchester, North West England, is aiming to save millions through energy efficiency. Bury's local authority has unveiled plans to divert greater attention to cheap energy usage and sustainability. Bury Council said it plans to reduce its carbon emissions by 35 per cent by 2014 ...

Tuesday 23rd March 2010 | Read full article

Enigin News - Venezuela Cuts Power to Over 80 Companies

RESTAURANTS, liquor stores, hotels, gyms, car dealerships and a yacht club are on the list of 81 companies in the Venezuelan capital Caracas that will have their power cut on Monday for failing to bring consumption down 20 percent, the state utility said. Even the local unit of Sony Corp will ...

Monday 22nd March 2010 | Read full article

Enigin News - India Launches Initiatives Promoting Energy Efficiency

India's energy demand will increase at a tremendous rate in the future and with the problems of carbon emissions, poor quality of domestic resources and no easy access to foreign energy resources, the Indian government must take energy efficiency and conservation seriously and bring in stricter regulations in order to ...

Sunday 21st March 2010 | Read full article

Enigin News - WBCSD Report on Energy Efficiency in Buildings

In Geneva yesterday, March 18, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) released their report on energy efficiency in buildings, which reveals how energy use in buildings can be cut by 60 percent by 2050 – essential to meeting global climate change targets – but this will require immediate ...

Friday 19th March 2010 | Read full article

Enigin News - London Picked For Energy Efficiency Retrofit Programme

LONDON has been designated as a Low Carbon Economic Area (LCEA) by the UK Government to lead the country’s efforts to improve the energy efficiency of buildings. London is the seventh UK region to be given the LCEA status and interestingly they will focus on retrofitting energy efficiency measures into older ...

Friday 19th March 2010 | Read full article

Enigin News - South Africa to get Mandatory Energy Efficiency Standards

Businesses in South Africa can expect mandatory energy efficiency standards, for both fuel and buildings, in a new domestic climate change policy being drawn up, environmental lawyer and consultant Andrew Gilder told a conference in Johannesburg yesterday. Regulations in South Africa for mandatory emissions monitoring and reporting would also be developed ...

Thursday 18th March 2010 | Read full article

Enigin News - French Help Chinese Enterprises to Save Energy With Funds

China's Ministry of Finance (MOF) announced Tuesday it has signed an agreement with the French Development Agency (AFD) under which the AFD will provide 120 million Euros in loans to support energy-efficiency and emissions cuts projects in China. The credit loans would be operated in China through three Chinese commercial banks ...

Thursday 18th March 2010 | Read full article

Enigin News - Australian Study Reveals Benefits Of Energy Efficiency

Improving energy efficiency, is a cost efficient answer for Australia to cut greenhouse gasses. Australia’s non-profit organisation ClimateWorks will release research today that estimates the cost of cutting the country’s carbon emissions to 25% on 2000 levels by 2020 could be as low as $1.8 billion, $185 (US $170) per household. ClimateWorks ...

Wednesday 17th March 2010 | Read full article

Enigin News - IFC & Philippine Bank Combine To Expand Energy Efficiency

The International Finance Corp. (IFC), the private-sector arm of the World Bank, has partnered with Philippine bank Banco de Oro (BDO) in expanding into energy efficiency. In a statement, IFC said the partnership with BDO allows them to encourage more investments into energy efficiency that will also help the Philippines manage ...

Tuesday 16th March 2010 | Read full article

Enigin News - Cost Main Driver for Energy Efficiency

There are plenty of businesses that are concerned about the environment and reducing their carbon footprint - they wish to contribute towards making the future safer for their children and grand children - but that doesn’t reach the heart of businesses. A recent UK survey of nearly 300 small to medium ...

Tuesday 16th March 2010 | Read full article

Enigin News - Energy Saving Not Just For Earth Hour But For life

Energy saving is about to come into a global sharp focus, as in just 11 days time the WWF (World Wildlife Fund) holds it Earth Day 2010 - Mar 27, at 8.30pm. The Earth Day campaign first came to public attention in March 2007, when Sydney, Australia, took the radical step ...

Tuesday 16th March 2010 | Read full article

Enigin News - Retrofitting Initiative For Commercial Buildings

Non-domestic buildings In the UK currently account for around 18% of the country’s emissions, with most of the buildings over 10 years old and unlikely to be compliant with current or future efficiency standards. Hence, the UK’s Carbon Trust is looking to raise £350 million for the refurbishment of commercial ...

Monday 15th March 2010 | Read full article

Enigin News - Venezuela Power Crisis Continues

 Venezuela is undergoing its worst-ever power crisis, leading President Hugo Chavez to declare a national emergency. The worsening situation has lead the government to impose drastic rationing, and penalties for those who fail to cut energy consumption by 20 percent.  The population of Caracas are having to do whatever they can to ...

Monday 15th March 2010 | Read full article

Enigin News - Energy Saving Solution for The Ups & Downs

The UK’s Guardian newspaper runs several blogs and this week Dave Hill’s blog had an interesting post after he received an email from a regular reader.   The email describes an experience he, the reader, had on Wednesday evening this week in one of London’s Underground stations: At Victoria Station tonight at 8.00pm ...

Friday 12th March 2010 | Read full article

Enigin News - Energy Efficiency Means a Hot Bath & a Cold Beer

"Nobody really wants to buy electricity, but they sure want a hot bath and cold beer. "Efficiency is about wasting less to make sure that you have the hot bath and the cold beer." These words were spoken by Harvey Sachs, of the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, during CERAWeek ...

Friday 12th March 2010 | Read full article

Enigin Could Start Measuring Rosenfelds!

Many people struggle to understand and visualise how much energy saving they have made, hence there is a proposal for a new unit of energy measurment, that may help. For Enigin this would mean an addition to their powerful Eniscope real-time energy monitor, which produces graphical data on energy use and ...

Thursday 11th March 2010 | Read full article

Enigin News - China Emphasises Stricter Energy Conservation

Xie Zhenhua, vice minister of the National Development and Reform Commission, reveled on Wednesday that the Chinese government will adopt stricter measures to boost energy conservation during 2010 to attain the goal set by a new five-year plan. "It's the last and decisive year for us to realise the goals set ...

Thursday 11th March 2010 | Read full article

Enigin News- Maryland Club To Save 40% Thanks To Enigin Distributor

The Laurel Boys and Girls Club (LBGC) in Maryland U.S., are working hard to not only provide recreational and enrichment activities for youths and communities but they are also caring for the planet. The Club in partnership with Enigin Distributor Maryland Green Power Co, are launching a program to reduce ...

Wednesday 10th March 2010 | Read full article

Enigin News - Singapore Industry Must Monitor & Manage Energy Use

Singapore has announced steps the country will be taking to improve energy-efficiency in the industrial and commercial sector. Energy-hungry companies will be required to monitor their energy usage, appoint an energy manager and draw up plans to improve efficiency. This new regulation was announced by the Environment and Water Resources Minister, ...

Wednesday 10th March 2010 | Read full article

Enigin News - Energy Efficiency Favoured for Funding

Commercial money is tight, but not quite as tight when projects involve increasing energy efficiency. Some innovative financing techniques are emerging to allow customers to make improvements without incurring initial out-of-pocket costs. Energy efficiency has emerged as the most palpable and least controversial way to make environmental changes, although the time ...

Tuesday 9th March 2010 | Read full article

Enigin News - New York Announces $40 Million Spending on Energy Efficiency

New York Governor David A. Paterson unveiled an investment of $40 million to tackle energy efficiency in the Empire State’s schools, universities, colleges, hospitals and not-for-profit agencies. The 118 projects lined up are expected to see a $13.5 million annual reduction in energy and operating costs, which will provide a full ...

Tuesday 9th March 2010 | Read full article

Enigin News - Retrofit Buildings for 23% Energy Savings and 17% ROI

Gordon Holness, president of ASHRAE in his recent presentations cited the McKingsley Report, which indicates that if the U.S. were to spend $170 billion on the retrofit of existing buildings it would save, on average, 23 percent of all building energy use and get a 17 percent return on investment. Enigin ...

Monday 8th March 2010 | Read full article

Enigin News - Australian Industry Could Save Over $700 Million

Enigin Distributors in Australia can help Australian industry see and then pick up the money lying in front of them in the street. The Sydney Morning Herald reported that claims that even small greenhouse gas targets will hurt big industry have been undermined by an Australian government report that revealed basic ...

Monday 8th March 2010 | Read full article

Enigin News - Six Times More Businesses Affected By New Legislation

According to the Financial Times the UK government has underestimated by up to six times the number of businesses affected by the new CRC Energy Efficiency (Carbon Reduction Campaign) greenhouse gas emissions legislation, with the scheme due to start on April 1. For more than a year government ministers stated that ...

Friday 5th March 2010 | Read full article

Enigin News - San Francisco $3 Million Boost for Energy Efficiency

Mayor Newsom has announced that San Francisco has secured $2.9 million in federal funds to compensate the cost of commercial energy efficiency programs. New funding will add incentives already offered with the GreenFinanceSF program. The program will be launching in early April, once the grant is in place, then applicants ...

Thursday 4th March 2010 | Read full article

Enigin News - China Faces Energy Saving Dilemma

Like many countries in the developing world, China faces a series of fundamental dilemmas related to energy and electricity use.   Growing consumption of energy and services not only bolsters the Chinese economy, but also exposes it to volatile prices and potential disruptions in supply.    Providing electricity to rural villages alleviates energy ...

Thursday 4th March 2010 | Read full article

Enigin News - Local Government Act on Energy & Emissions

Municipalities are big energy users - they run all sorts of energy hungry facilities and services, from street and public lighting through to large leisure centres. Due to this diversity of energy use local authorities need to become more energy efficient to meet emission targets and reduce costs to local tax ...

Thursday 4th March 2010 | Read full article

Enigin News - Health Trust Recognises Need for Energy Saving

A National Health Service (NHS) Trust in Coventry in the East Midlands in the UK have launched an energy saving campaign. The Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust – which runs the areas mental health services, is aiming to cut its carbon emissions by 10 per cent enabling it to meet ...

Wednesday 3rd March 2010 | Read full article

Enigin News - Hong Kong Government Funding Available For Energy Efficiency

Hong Kong’s Secretary for the Environment Edward Yau revealed that the HK Government is carrying out a climate change consultancy study and that they already have funds for energy efficiency improvements. Measures that are already being implemented include the provision of $450 million under the Environment & Conservation Fund to roll ...

Wednesday 3rd March 2010 | Read full article

Enigin News - U.S. Reports Show Energy Efficiency Saves Now

The American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy expects there to be a $250 billion market for efficiency upgrades in the commercial and industrial sector over the next decade. How individual organisations implement energy efficiency is a priority but also a headache for many, Enigin PLC’s structure of global distributors allow ...

Tuesday 2nd March 2010 | Read full article

When Energy Saving Policies Flounder - Try The Enigin Way

Governments should be in the best position to drive through with energy saving and carbon reductions, but their best laid plans do not always work (no surprise there). China and Venezuela have both seen reversals, though the latter was a little ambitious. The two accounts show that well thought out and ...

Tuesday 2nd March 2010 | Read full article

Enigin News - Big Money Savings For Businesses Via Energy Saving Scheme

“There’s just one month to go until the start of the CRC (Carbon Reduction Commitment) which will see large public and private sector organisations cutting emissions as well as saving money on fuel bills. This is a real opportunity for business and industry to take a leadership role in tackling ...

Monday 1st March 2010 | Read full article

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