The European Commission has proposed to revise the EU financial framework to source the €5 billion required by the Economic Recovery Plan (IP/08/1771) for trans-European energy interconnections and broadband infrastructure investment. The money will help improve energy supply security and boost the number of faster internet connections in the EU-27. The proposal uses part [...]
Infectious diseases, carbon dioxide management, natural disasters warning, space observation: there are among the top priorities areas where 10 new Pan-European Research Infrastructures will be set up. The European Commission is supporting this commitment as a key step in building the European Research Area and addressing the most important needs of society. This new wave [...]
While the European Council discusses the Energy- Climate change package and the international community is meeting in Poznan, for the United Nations Climate Change Conference, this MEMO presents examples of EU-funded research projects which will help fight climate change and reduce CO2 emissions. What’s the EU funded research contribution to environmental research? The European [...]
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The Commission has adopted today the ecodesign regulation to reduce standby energy consumption of all household and office products. The regulation lays down energy efficiency requirements which will cut the standby electricity consumption by almost 75% by 2020. "The adoption of this first measure under the Ecodesign Directive[1] concludes the Commission’s year of energy [...]
Image by Getty Images via Daylife Tip 1: Replace normal light bulb with an Energy Star bulb. If every U.S. home replaced just one light bulb with an Energy Star bulb, we’d save enough energy to light 3 million homes for a year! Tip 2: Grow Your Veggies. During the war (that’s WWII), the [...]
How could we show the true unit cost of energy per watt for the end customer? This exercise could become extraordinarily complicated. I would suggest to keep things simple and to keep an apples-to-apples comparison, that we break it down this way, as the sum of: 1. The cost of manufacturing the energy producing item [...]
Companies that are evaluating their environmental impact and are doing something about it started to emerge. These eco-capitalist pioneers started using recycled materials in their packaging, even if at a higher cost than buying new packaging. So, I believe the top eco & sustainability idea is finding new/creative ways to re-use already manufactured items. I [...]
