Research / #emissions
Green Buildings
Driving transformation to energy efficient buildings: Policies and actions, 2nd edition
The UN Sustainable Energy for All initiative aims to double the global rate of improvement in energy efficiency by 2030. Efficient buildings are vital to achieving sustainable development because they …
Policy & Finance
Policy’s dramatic impact on green buildings: The global hotspots
Energy security, and environmental and livability concerns drive government policy on green-building technologies but eventually cost and affordability determine the extent and pace of adoption, according to Lux Research. The …
Carbon & Climate
Measurement for Management: CDP Cities 2012 Global Report
Annual climate change reporting is catching on among cities. CDP hosts disclosure from 73 cities and local governments this year--up from 48 last year--from all corners of the globe, including …
Policy & Finance
The Little Green Data Book 2012
The Little Green Data Book is a pocket-sized ready reference on key environmental data for over 200 economies. Key indicators are organized under the headings of agriculture, forestry, biodiversity, energy, …
Carbon & Climate
Life cycle assessments of energy technologies
LCA Harmonization
As China's service economy grows and nonindustrial buildings proliferate, building efficiency becomes more important to the country's efforts to reduce the growth in its carbon emissions. Concerns over rising energy …
Manufacturing
How to radically transform industrial energy use
A new IEA-IIP report offers step-by-step guide to implementing energy management programmes for industry.
Managing energy has multiple benefits - cutting costs, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, supporting sustainability commitments, and more - but it is not as simple as it seems. Management systems can …
Australia must substantially and relatively quickly change the nature of its electricity supply. The Commonwealth's goal is to reduce Australia's greenhouse gas emissions to 80 per cent below 2000 levels …
In 2011, the first plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) went into production to add greater electric-only drive range to the steadily growing popularity of the hybrid assist vehicle. Large lithium-ion …
By 2018 the world pure Smart Grid business will need to be running at $155 billion, some 50 per cent larger than the current annual expenditure for all electrical transmission …
This report follows up on the 2007 report by examining the most recent data and trends related to primary energy supply, final energy demand, electricity generation and demand, greenhouse gas …
