Towards the end of its six-month EU presidency, in late December 2019, Finland offered the same free gift to all EU member states it had already given to folk at home: a basic online course in…

Industry is starting to get some answers Since the oil crises in the 1970s, industry has been treated specially, although not always in ways that led to important improvements in energy performance.…

The level of investment in energy efficiency required to meet climate and energy security targets is significantly higher than both the current levels, and the levels that can be financed by public…

The recently released annual IEA update on energy efficiency trends is grim reading. It sets out cold evidence of the concern we all share that the Covid-19 crisis has significantly damaged energy…

People only accept change when they are faced with necessity, and only recognise necessity when a crisis is upon them. -Jean Monnet. French political economist and diplomat who was one of the founding…

Energy efficiency investments are the most cost-effective way to reduce the EU’s reliance, and expenditure, on energy imports costing over €400 billion a year. Today, this makes energy efficiency…

This interview with Professor Hussam Jouhara, Scientific Technical Director of the iWAYS project, explores the development of the Heat Pipe Condensing Economiser (HPCE). Jouhara discusses the…

Implementing smart retrofitting frameworks in the process industry towards its operation with variable, biobased and circular feedstock The 26 th and 27 th November 2019 mark the official launch of…

It has been a while since I have had a chance to write a blog because I have been very busy working with our JV partner EESL as well as on other projects. In November I made my first ever visit to…

The trend report discusses the concept of a circular economy, where waste is turned into resources and products are reused and repaired. StartUs Insights uses their Big Data and AI-powered Discovery…