Monthly Archives: February 2009

Financing Energy Efficiency is EPC the answer?

Posted on 25 February 2009 by John Herbert, BEAM Faculty, BEAM Professional

While everyone seems to be pointing to the financial crisis I can see more opportunities to use creative financing techniques, like the Energy Performance Contract model to finance energy efficiency improvement projects. An Energy Performance Contract (EPC) is a tried … Continue reading →

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Saving Energy in Steam Systems

Posted on 22 February 2009 by John Herbert, BEAM Faculty, BEAM Professional

Opportunities to lower operating costs for Steam systems using energy efficiency improvements – there are plenty opportunities to improve industrial energy efficiency for steam systems in China, and elsewhere in Asia. And some projects may also qualify to earn extra … Continue reading →

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Current CO2 level in the Earth’s atmosphere

Posted on 17 February 2009 by John Herbert, BEAM Faculty, BEAM Professional

Energy Efficiency is by far the fastest, most benign to the environment, and cost effective weapon we have to tackle climate change – and time is running out for voluntary action. Governments across the planet are finally realising that it … Continue reading →

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the misguided role of energy benchmarking?

Posted on 13 February 2009 by John Herbert, BEAM Faculty, BEAM Professional

The IPMVP blog has an interesting post from John Cowan, Chairman EVO regarding the misguided role of benchmarking. The argument is based on the notion that benchmarking is at the end of the day a pretty pointless exercise. It is … Continue reading →

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A lower carbon economy preaching or practice

Posted on 11 February 2009 by John Herbert, BEAM Faculty, BEAM Professional

Nowadays greenwashing is a commonly recognised term, it evolved from unscrupulous advertisers and marketers using fake, or at the very least uncertain green and environmentally friendly claims to support products that were clearly not friendly to the environment, few if … Continue reading →

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US – China Cooperation on Energy and Climate Change

Posted on 7 February 2009 by John Herbert, BEAM Faculty, BEAM Professional

A Source For EE Quotes I know it is hard to find good quote for your EE presentations, so the report report by the The Asia Society  A Roadmap for U.S.-China Cooperation on Energy and Climate Change is welcome. However, … Continue reading →

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energy efficiency Japanese style….part II

Posted on 7 February 2009 by John Herbert, BEAM Faculty, BEAM Professional

In the places I visited, namely Tokyo, and in the countryside in Hakone Prefecture, a few solar panels were spotted handling self contained signage duties. In Hakone, where you would think that the wide open countryside would encourage spacious living … Continue reading →

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energy efficiency Japanese style

Posted on 7 February 2009 by John Herbert, BEAM Faculty, BEAM Professional

I was excited to have the opportunity travel to Japan over the lunar new holiday, it was to be my first visit, and besides the tourist must dos and sightseeing, and the like I was looking forward to a first … Continue reading →

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