At the IEA’s 9th Annual Global Conference on Energy Efficiency in Nairobi, speakers called for a renewed focus on energy efficiency in Africa, highlighting urbanisation's dual role as a challenge and opportunity, and stressing the need for solutions that address social and technical aspects.
Traditional bricks used in construction release high levels of greenhouse gases. A new study suggests using eco-friendly bricks made from recycled materials like fly ash and waste wood.
The Olympic House in Lausanne, Switzerland, headquarters of the International Olympic Committee, recently achieved LEED Platinum v4.1 certification, demonstrating its commitment to sustainability.
Understanding energy dynamics and building performance is crucial for sustainability, with innovations in resilient technologies and policy imperatives driving reductions in energy consumption, particularly in cooling systems, to mitigate climate impact and achieve long-term goals.
The project focuses on developing, testing, and rolling out the IN-PLAN practice – a long-lasting support structure enabling local and regional authorities to effectively implement their sustainable energy, climate, and spatial plans.
The new CoolLIFE project aims to provide a user-friendly and open-source tool, which will be able to map the space cooling demand of Europe’s buildings and up to the continent level. The project will also set up a “knowledge hub”, an online repository of fair and quality-controlled sources to address the lack of data on space cooling.