Events

Main Objectives and targeted audience To foster political support to integrate behavioural insights in energy efficiency policy making and programme designing; To facilitate the exchange of innovative ideas, field experiences, and scientific studies among researchers, practitioners, and government officials regarding the application of behavioural insights for accelerating and upscaling energy efficiency improvement; To disseminate good practices and latest knowledge on […]

2019 has been a pivotal year for climate change awareness, where corporate organizations are now racing not only to join the fight against climate change, but also to avoid shrinking profits or funding restrictions as consumers and investors alike demand green-friendly sustainable businesses. “The SDG goals represent a call for action by all countries to preserve sustainability of the planet. […]

Intended for mayors, technical teams and municipal officials of Latin American cities and municipalities. Dual objective Firstly, to provide a streamlined and structured orientation on how to prepare a comprehensive Strategic Energy Efficiency Plan for cities and municipalities. Second, provide guidance on the technical, operational and financial aspects related to the project bundling approach, which could greatly facilitate the implementation […]

July 2, 2020, 11 AM – 12:45 PM CEST As the role of data centre keeps increasing, so will concerns over its huge energy use, increased energy cost, associated impacts on climate change and more corporate social responsibility pressures. In recent years, the data center industry has made excellent progress in enhancing energy efficiency and adopting renewable energy sources. However, […]

EU Taxonomy & Green Finance Initiatives for Residential projects Date: 25 June, 2020 Start: 2.30pm GMT / 3.30pm CEST / 4.30pm EEST Duration: 1½ hours Access link: https://www.gotomeet.me/c2e2/smarter-finance-for-families No need to register. The link will be activated the day of the event. Our SMARTER discussion features Sean Kidney, the co-founder and CEO of the Climate Bonds Initiative, an international NGO working […]

Today, nearly half of the global population has internet access through computers, tablets, and mobile phones. Digital technologies make our society more connected, reliable, efficient and intelligent. However while digitalization has opened up unbelievable opportunities for individuals and organizations, it also puts a heavy price on carbon emissions. How much carbon footprint does the information and communications technology (ICT) sector […]

We hereby invite you to a side event exploring ESCOs effectiveness in unleashing investments for energy efficiency, and their role in achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement by realizing national and sub‐national governments’ energy efficiency potential. The event is co‐organised by: The Global ESCO Network The Spanish National Research Centre on Energy Environment and Technology, CIEMAT Chile’s National ESCO […]

The ambitious strategy of turning EU countries into low carbon economies assumes reducing greenhouse gas emissions to 80% below the level from 1990. This target can’t be achieved without significant changes in building energy use and installed HVAC equipment. Currently 75% of buildings in EU are energy inefficient and the actual rate of renovation is not sufficient to achieve ambitious […]

Under the auspices of the Union for the Mediterranean, this event will gather the national experts who are members of the UfM REEE Platform Working Group on energy efficiency (EE) in Appliances established in January 2019 (at the annual meeting of the UfM Energy platforms), and of the meetMED taskforce on EE in Appliances. The sessions will have a specific […]

Datacenters have an important role to play in digital transformation. Today’s datacenters have the potential to become a dynamic change agent within smart urban systems. The growth of inefficient datacentre brings irreversible economic and environmental ramifications to the society. Currently, the world’s datacentres consumed 3% of global electricity with a growth project to 20% by 2025. These power hungry datacentres […]