L'accès à des services énergétiques de base est fondamental pour un développement économique et social durable. Le lien entre le développement énergétique et humain est bien connu et souligné dans les Objectifs du millénaire pour le développement des Nations Unies1. Les services énergétiques sont essentiels pour la santé, les installations sanitaires, l'éducation, la mobilité, les...

清洁能源是环境可持续发展的关键。 可靠的便宜能源是经济发展的基石。 尽管作为 21 世纪主要人口中心的密集型大城市不断涌现,但世界人口仍有二十多亿没有使用基础能源服务。 经济实惠的能源基础设施和技术，结合低污染的清洁能源系统发展，对长期可持续发展工作至关重要。

Ein Energieleistungsvertrag ist eine innovative Finanzierungsmethode, bei der die Kosten für Energieeffizienzprojekte durch die Kosteneinsparungen amortisiert werden, die sie einbringen.1...

Die US-amerikanische Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) definiert Lastmanagement oder „Demand Response“ als: 

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) estimates that approximately nine percent of electricity generated in the U.S. currently comes from renewable resources.1 EIA projects that power generation from renewable resources will grow at about 3.3 percent per year through 2035 – roughly the same rate at which EIA estimates overall demand for electricity in the U.S. will grow over the same...

The most commonly cited barrier to implementing energy efficiency and distributed renewable energy improvements in buildings is a lack of capital available to fund clean energy capital, meaning property owners don't have the capital budgets and can't find the financing to proceed with investments. New financing structures are emerging, however, that could break down capital barriers to...

Building efficiency is key to cutting energy consumption. In 2007, 878 million metric tonnes of greenhouse gases were attributed to commercial buildings worldwide.1  Buildings account for 16 percent of world energy consumption2, with a higher share in developed economies (nearly 40 percent of total energy use in the United States)3. While roughly two percent of commercial floorspace is newly...

In 2010 during the lead up to the Copenhagen Conference of the Parties under the UNFCCC, major developing country economies advanced energy policy initiatives designed to meet national commitments to reduce their energy intensity. In essence the largest emerging economies agreed to slow the rate of growth of carbon emissions per unit of economic activity. A summary of these pledges can be found at...

Access to basic energy services is a fundamental requirement for sustainable economic and social development. The link between energy and human development is well known and emphasized by the UN Millennium Development Goals1. Energy services are critical for healthcare, sanitation, education, mobility, enterprise, and all of the elements that developing nations need to raise the standard of living...