Tryllium Staff

EU funding to boost energy efficiency in low income households

A proposal from the European Commission (EC) would allow member states to co-finance the installation of energy efficiency measures in the lowest income households. Current legislation only allows limited use of the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) for housing. The new proposal would open up the ERDF to energy efficiency and renewable energy projects for all types of low-income […]

Scotland hopes to be ‘Saudi Arabia’ of renewable marine energy

By Tryllium Staff

Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond has officially launched the £10 million Saltire Prize challenge to develop a renewable marine technology that could unleash the region’s potential. “Scotland has one quarter of Europe’s tidal power potential; the Pentland Firth is our Saudi Arabia of renewable marine energy,” said Salmond. The prize will be awarded to the team that […]

Hawaii signs up to electric car network

By Tryllium Staff

The Governor of Hawaii Linda Lingle has signed a deal with Better Place to add the state to the growing list of countries and regions developing an electric cars infrastructure. Better Place has similar agreements in place with California, Israel, Denmark, Portugal and Japan to establish a charging network and introduce mass-market electric cars. Hawaii currently spends $7 billion […]

Npower launches smart grid trial

By Tryllium Staff

Grid management technology developed by RLtec is being trialled by electricity generator npower to improve the efficiency of electricity usage and reduce emissions. Under the terms of contract between the two companies, npower will fit ‘dynamic demand’ technology to appliances such as white goods of customers taking part in the trial. The technology allows appliances to adjust their electricity […]

Energy efficient cement could radically cut emissions

By Tryllium Staff

The cement industry, which currently accounts for 8% of global emissions, could radically reduce its climate impact be implementing energy efficiency measures, according to a report from the World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF). The production of 1 tonne of cement currently leads to emissions of up to 0.95 tonnes of CO2. The growth in the production and use […]

New LEED guidelines give more weight to efficiency

By Tryllium Staff

The US Green Building Council (USGBC) has approved new guidelines for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) for commercial, which will be introduced in 2009. The new version of the building certification programme, LEED 2009, will give more weight to factors that affect energy efficiency and greenhouse gas emissions. Extra points will also been given to […]