(from Steve Baab, DNV GL) I think everyone will agree that 2016 was a year full of surprises and many people are looking forward to putting it behind us. However, 2016 was a good year for energy…

On September 12-14, 2018, San Francisco hosted the Global Climate Action Summit. The operative word is on “action.” At the summit, the Joint Statement of the Supporting Institutions of the Climate…

Turkey is creating the foundation for an effective industrial energy efficiency strategy Energy efficiency is a stated priority for both its energy and climate change policies in Turkey. Being a…

Four reasons why financial institutions should be active in energy efficiency This is the first in a series of blogs based on and picking up key elements in the EEFIG Underwriting Toolkit which was…

ICP (Investor Confidence Project Europe) delivers a standardised framework for developing energy efficiency projects to reduce uncertainty for clients and investors – to help grow the number of…

First published here We know that there is a massive potential for cost effective energy efficiency in nearly all, well all in fact, sectors and situations. Study after study in many countries and…

Just open any news service these days and you are confronted with more evidence that we have no choice but to significantly do more to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions. Daily we are reading about…

We need your technical knowledge: Help us “unlock” access to financing for industry, street lighting and district energy The Investor Confidence Project was brought to Europe to develop a system to…

ICP (Investor Confidence Project Europe) delivers a standardised framework for developing energy efficiency projects to reduce uncertainty for clients and investors – to help grow the number of…

In an earlier blog I referred to leadership as the missing element in the drive towards net zero. Now we are seeing leadership on the issue emerging, both nationally – in some countries a lot more…