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Performance Benchmarking: Analysis Of Retail and Office Properties’ Electricity Consumption
Imag by Stig AndersenAn extract from Chapter Five of The Sustainable Energy Resource Handbook Volume 2. INTRODUCTIONRising Electricity Costs in South Africa have placed tremendous focus on the ability for landlords of commercial property to reduce operating costs, with the view to remain competitive on the basis of profitability and rental income security.… Read more...
Eskom launches ‘open innovation’ pilot to tackle key problems
Image by Aparna EPower utility Eskom has initiated an ‘open innovation’ pilot project in an effort to assess whether some of its most vexing challenges – from safety, to water and demand management – might be able to be solved through ideas generated with support of companies and individuals outside of the State-owned… Read more...
Development Bank creates $57m renewable energy fund
Image by Hans SplinterThe African Development Bank (AfDB) has established a $57 million fund for renewable energy projects across the continent, the bank's chief sector specialist said on Tuesday.The Denmark-backed Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa joins two other similar green energy funds in the region worth $6 billion, being run by the AfDB… Read more...
Radiation Fears After Japan Blast
Image by Visual Artist Frank BonillaRadiation from Japan's quake-stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant has reached harmful levels, the government says.The warning comes after the plant was rocked by a third blast which appears to have damaged one of the reactors' containment systems for the first time.If it is breached, there are fears of more serious… Read more...
World Carbon Dioxide Emissions Data By Country: China Speeds Ahead Of The Rest
Image by Vitorio BenedettiWorld carbon emissions by country data is out. See how the US has gone down in CO2 production - and who has gone up.World carbon dioxide emissions are one way of measuring a country's economic growth too.And the latest figures - published by the respected Energy Information Administration - show… Read more...