Heat pumps unlock the path to building decarbonisation
Heat pumps provide energy-efficient heating and cooling and are one of the most effective technologies available to decarbonise buildings.
Technology / Energy efficiency
Energy efficiency
Canada: The best country for energy-efficient data centres
As increasing numbers of countries aim for net-zero emissions through digitalisation. An index from the New Statesman Media Group reveals Canada to be the top country in which to build low-energy data centres.
After the Ten Point Plan: Next steps to net zero
The UK government’s Ten Point Plan for a green industrial revolution sketches out a map to a net-zero economy, but much still needs to be filled in.
Clean energy investors are betting on Biden
US clean energy stocks appear to have priced in a Biden win. But with policy details hazy and progress uncertain, the sector isn’t home and dry.
Digital consumers can make renewables targets reality
Smart meters are often dismissed as a gimmick but without them targets like the one announced by Boris Johnson this month will be unachievable.
The bigger the better: Dimming lighting’s climate impact
Switching off one light bulb at a time won't significantly reduce emissions. Signify's Harry Verhaar makes the case for energy-efficient lighting at scale.
Community energy: power to the people
Are energy cooperatives key to reducing emissions, or just “antisocial rich people trying to disconnect from the grid”?
