News from February 2010
Enigin Can Help Organisations Fulfill Public Demand
Energy efficiency is winning over public opinion and they will support those that make efforts to become energy efficient. In a recent poll conducted by the Environmental Defense Fund and NRG energy, respondents indicate that they are most interested in energy efficiency: 47% in particular stating that the number one environmental ...
Friday 26th February 2010 | Read full article
Enigin News - Medvedev Wants Incentives For Russian Energy Efficiency
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev stated that amendments in the Russian environmental laws should be aligned with energy efficiency matters, at a meeting with Russian Minister of Natural Resources Yuri Trutnev. Medvedev explained that these amendments in environmental legislation should be accompanied by measures to encourage businesses to invest in energy saving ...
Thursday 25th February 2010 | Read full article
Enigin News - Energy Saving Leads To $60,000 For Hospital
It is a year since President Obama's Recovery Act and the US health secretary, Kathleen Sebelius, has highlighted a federal project to increase energy efficiency at a Shriners Hospital that will eventually save more than $60,000 per year. The Erie Shriners Hospital, Erie, Pennsylvania, received funding under American Recovery and ...
Wednesday 24th February 2010 | Read full article
Enigin News - Thai Industries To Get Low Cost Energy Efficiency Loans
"Since energy use is rising, there is demand for improved energy efficiency. However, we need some capital to invest in these systems," said Rungruang Saipawan, director of The Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) Institute of Industrial Energy. Funding for the project previously came from the state's Energy Conservation Fund (ECF), but ...
Wednesday 24th February 2010 | Read full article
Enigin News - Korean Hospital Has Poor Energy Record
The Korea Times reports that one of the country’s largest hospitals is not very energy efficient and appears to need educating regarding energy saving solutions. As far as energy is concerned, Samsung Medical Center uses the most among the nation's 10 major hospitals, which are mainly situated in Seoul and the ...
Wednesday 24th February 2010 | Read full article
Energy Efficiency Solution Providers in South America see a boost
Energy efficiency solution providers are set to see a boost from a new focus on energy efficiency in Latin America, according to a BNamericas.com Energy Intelligence Series on energy efficiency across the continent. The report says there will be an increase in demand for efficient lighting technologies, industrial electric motors and ...
Tuesday 23rd February 2010 | Read full article
Enigin News - Energy Savings Greater Than Expected
“The energy savings realised at our first Austin store location has been even greater than what we had originally expected,” said Edward Costa, Vice President of Construction for Office Depot. These comments were made after the US based office supply and services company revealed the results from their prototype energy ...
Monday 22nd February 2010 | Read full article
Enigin Update - Reducing Emissions Legislation Can Save You Money
Legislation to force organisations to become energy efficient may be unpopular, but in reality it can save the organisation a lot of money. As a case in point the UK, like many countries, is implementing schemes to compel commerce, industry and even the public sector to become energy efficient and reduce ...
Monday 22nd February 2010 | Read full article
Enigin News - Power Saving Is Vital For Philippines
Philippines Department of Energy (DOE) Assistant Secretary Mario Marasigan shared energy-saving measures while addressing the Power Stakeholders Meeting at the Grand Regal Hotel in Davao City, Philippines, over the weekend. It was highlighted that aside from ensuring power supply, saving power is being counted as a vital measure to take particularly ...
Sunday 21st February 2010 | Read full article
Enigin News - India Needs Help To Become Energy Efficient
Shockingly only 32% of Indians profess to know anything about climate change, so said Ansgar Sickert, Managing Director of Fraport India and Council Member of the European Business Group (EBG) in India. He is shocked by Indian’s ignorance of climate change compared with that of 75% in Brazil, 59% in ...
Sunday 21st February 2010 | Read full article
Enigin News - Make Energy Saving Decisions Based On Data
It is wise to consider where energy savings can be made, but beware as it can be all too easy to make changes and not fully understand the costs involved. Take the UK city of Coventry for instance; they could save up to 40% on energy bills thanks to new energy ...
Friday 19th February 2010 | Read full article
Enigin Update - Don't Save The Cheerleader & Save The World
Professional baseball in South Korea is planning to go green by installing electricity-saving equipment to reduce energy use, but that is not all. With a nod back to a popular television program - that suggested saving the cheerleader would save the world - the opposite could be said to be true ...
Thursday 18th February 2010 | Read full article
Enigin News - Energy Conservation "State Of Emergency" In Jordan
The Kingdom of Jordan is beginning to crank up the pressure to become energy efficient. Encouraging environmental investments in the Kingdom and reducing energy consumption are among the Environment Minister Hazem Malhas’ top priorities for 2010. Malhas declared "a state of emergency" with regard to Jordan’s energy consumption, underscoring that all ...
Wednesday 17th February 2010 | Read full article
Enigin News - The Greenest Electricity Is The Electricity Never Generated!
Israeli Minister of National Infrastructures Uzi Landau said during the Eilat-Eilot International Renewable Energy Conference & Exhibition: " Israel has decided to cut its energy consumption by 20% by 2020 under a business-as-usual scenario, which is an ambitious target, but needs a big budget.” The Israeli Globes website reports that Landau said ...
Wednesday 17th February 2010 | Read full article
Enigin News - Asia Needs Energy Efficiency Technology
Asia's aggressive emission targets and legislation around carbon and power use are expected to drive demand for energy efficiency products and services. Although the climate talks at Copenhagen and commitments from around the region to slash emissions did not reach all the aims that were envisioned it still can help unlock ...
Tuesday 16th February 2010 | Read full article
Enigin News - "Energy efficiency is a win-win."
"Energy efficiency is a win-win. Globally, it could provide around one quarter of the emissions cuts necessary to halt global warming, and save businesses and households hundreds of billions of dollars per year in energy costs. What's more, these measures are relatively cheap, quick and easy to implement," said Steve ...
Tuesday 16th February 2010 | Read full article
Enigin News - How To Get Business To Eat The Veggies!
In Boulder, Colorado in the U.S. the City Council is taking pro-active measures to get the businesses and citizens to become energy efficient – although there are plenty of initiatives the council found plenty of apathy when it come to actually doing something. Convincing business owners to tackle even the tiniest ...
Monday 15th February 2010 | Read full article
Enigin News - An iPod Or Going Green?
The Burlington Free Press reported on a conference in Vermont where Adam Kustin of the Shelton Group advised against using "Green" when considering energy efficiencies - and most of us would rather hold on to our iPods than have a "greener" environment, by the same token we do not like ...
Sunday 14th February 2010 | Read full article
Enigin News - Energy Efficiency Can Power Economy
Energy efficiency is doing more to power the economy in the US than any other fuel mainstay, says Alliance to Save Energy President Kateri Callahan, who is visiting Israel for the Eilat-Eilot Renewable Energy Conference as a guest of the Israel Energy Forum. When policymakers look at the basket of renewable ...
Sunday 14th February 2010 | Read full article
Enigin News -'M'illumino di meno' - I'm using less light
Being Friday we thought we would bring you some “lighter” news. Today is 'M'illumino di meno' in Italy. The term translates as "I'm Using Less Light" and is an initiative started in 2005 by a radio programme in Rome called Caterpillar and is designed to focus attention on energy saving/wastage. During this truly ...
Thursday 11th February 2010 | Read full article
Enigin News - U.S. Grants For Energy Efficiency Plus Job Creation
The US government’s commitment towards environmental issues has been put in the spot light this week. The PEERS Group (Program for Energy Efficiency Through Responsible Stimulus), is a grassroots initiative that seeks matching government funds for existing state and utility energy efficiency rebates, the PEERS Committee is headed by the interNational ...
Thursday 11th February 2010 | Read full article
South Korea Government Want Lighting Efficiency
The South Korean government announced today that it will spend $47 million this year to increase the use of energy efficient lighting products, aimed at helping South Korea cut back on greenhouse gas emissions. The funds will promote use of light-emitting diode (LED)-based lighting products, power transformers and inverters, according ...
Wednesday 10th February 2010 | Read full article
Energy Efficiency Is The Way To Go
Increasingly authorities are realising that energy efficiency is the way ahead to get control on demands for energy and rising generation costs. This realisation was reached by the North West States in the United States. The Northwest Power and Conservation Council unanimously adopted a regional energy plan on Wednesday that avoids any ...
Wednesday 10th February 2010 | Read full article
Haggis, Supermarkets, The Bottom Line & Enigin
The Financial Times reports on an Edinburgh haggis maker is and has been shouting about his green credentials, this has allowed the family run business employing 50 people to not only withstand the downturn but to come through it in better shape because their actions were not just about saving ...
Tuesday 9th February 2010 | Read full article
Save Billions With Enigin's Eniscope
Small and medium sized business just in the United Kingdom could be losing as much as £3 billion in 2010 as a result of inefficient equipment and energy wastage. The same pattern applies to most industrialised countries around the globe but innovative technology can help. The UK’s Carbon Trust reckons out-of-date ...
Monday 8th February 2010 | Read full article
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