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Energy efficiency: EP100 hails one billion tonnes of corporate carbon savings

Business Green

Initiative that invites businesses to double their energy productivity reveals huge scale of emissions and energy cost savings already being realised. However, despite the encouraging progress Helen Clarkson, CEO at the Climate Group, warned the cohort of companies committed to delivering energy efficiency savings needed to expand.

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Laptop maker Lenovo gets 'aggressive' with emissions targets

Business Green

As part of the plans, Lenovo will commit to halving emissions arising from its operations against current levels, including energy purchased for electricity, heat, steam and cooling, by 2030. It has also pledged to reduce the emissions intensity throughout its value chain - known as Scope 3 emissions - by a quarter by the same date.

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A decidedly impartial review of Mark Jacobson’s 100% Clean, Renewable Energy and Storage for Everything

Renewable Energy World

When you’ve followed the evolving research of a leading clean energy expert and become a supporter of his vision for a global clean energy transition, it should come as no surprise that I was eager to crack open Mark Jacobson’s 2021 book release, 100% Clean, Renewable Energy and Storage for Everything. Happy Earth Day 2021!

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Sunlight-Reflecting ‘Cool Walls’ Can Save Building Owners Big Money, Study Says

GreenTechMedia

sunlight-reflecting “cool walls” could save as much or more energy than reflective cool roofs. There's no formal universal definition of what constitutes a “cool wall," said Ronnen Levinson, study co-author and staff scientist at Berkeley Lab. percent for single-family homes, and 4.6

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The top 25 most sustainable fleets

GreenBiz

Bloomberg New Energy Finance earlier this year declared delivery trucks to be the "next segment to cross the tipping point" and an electric "killer app." . It's already powering its scooters and operations with clean energy as well as buying carbon offsets to neutralize emissions. VTA closely tracks its energy use for its fleet.

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A New Era for Germany’s Gas Industry Fuels Climate Fears

DeSmogBlog

What’s more, Germany could sidestep the need to build the planned onshore LNG terminals altogether if it took more aggressive steps to curb energy demand by ramping up plans to install more heat pumps in homes, and renovate buildings, according to a new report. Germany is due to receive its first directly imported LNG at the end of this year.

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How Much Energy Do Data Centers Really Use?

Energy Innovation

Energy Innovation partners with the independent nonprofit Aspen Global Change Institute (AGCI) to provide climate and energy research updates. The electricity used by these IT devices is ultimately converted into heat, which must be removed from the data center by cooling equipment that also runs on electricity. households (U.S.