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June 13, 2016
Energy productivity gets boost with new index for companies
ClimateWorks Australia has just published the Energy Productivity Index for Companies, and it illustrates the importance of energy productivity performance to both profitability and the reduction of industrial greenhouse gas emissions.
The new guide analyses the energy productivity of industrial companies across six...
June 8, 2016
Latest news on India’s Knowledge Exchange Platform
Having just completed a successful first year, we have lots of great news to report on the Knowledge Exchange Platform (KEP) of IIP-India. KEP is a joint initiative between IIP-India and India’s Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), and its key focus is to accelerate the uptake of industrial energy efficiency in India’s most energy-intensive...
May 12, 2016, Washington DC
IIP US office to close doors in June
After five years of activity, and many impactful programs and projects, the Institute for Industrial Productivity wishes to inform you that it will close its Washington, DC head office on June 30, 2016. It has become increasingly difficult in this current financial climate to find core funding to support IIP’s general operations and the network to undertake projects and programs targeted at...
April 20, 2016, WASHINGTON
Updated Report Highlights Economic Opportunity to Advance Combined Heat and Power through New Environmental Rules
Updated Report Highlights Economic Opportunity to Advance Combined Heat and Power through New Environmental Rules
CONTACT:
Jennifer Kefer; Vice President, DGA, Jennifer@dgardiner.com
Bruce Hedman; Technical Director, IIP, bruce.hedman@iipnetwork.org...
February 17, 2016
Case studies on industrial energy efficiency for policy makers published
C2E2’s new publication shares international experiences that will help policymakers overcome the information, financial and regulatory barriers that are preventing enterprises from fully realizing the benefits of energy efficiency.
The publication, which features best practice examples and case studies, explains the preconditions for the successful implementation of policies and...
January 26, 2016
How to boost heavy industry's energy efficiency
By Jigar V. Shah. Article first published in Greenbiz on January 26, 2016.
Manufacturing is a critical and influential part of the US economy; it supports one in six private sector jobs and accounts for 65 percent of exports. And it is rapidly undergoing a renaissance due to...
November 19, 2015, Rochester, Minnesota
Minnesota manufacturing leaders explore how to unlock potential of energy efficiency
Minnesota’s industry leaders were offered a chance to learn about how energy efficiency can benefit them in a one-off workshop hosted by IIP, the Midwest Food Processors Association and the Agri-Growth Council.
The industrial sector in Minnesota consumes more energy than any other sector in the state. While the state’s utilities have good energy efficiency programs and there is a good...
November 12, 2015, Copenhagen, Denmark
Copenhagen hosts workshop on energy efficiency
Global energy efficiency leaders have come together once again to establish new strategies to accelerate energy efficiency. This time they met in Copenhagen on November 9-12, 2015 as part of a workshop organized by the Copenhagen Centre on Energy Efficiency (C2E2) and Sustainable Energy for All (SE4All).
The purpose of the...
October 5, 2015
Will China's factories go green?
For many years, China has been the world’s fastest-growing economy. Its dizzying growth founded super-cities and necessitated mammoth factories to deliver cheaper goods to a public clamoring for more.
But now, with a slumping economy and internal pressure to improve the environment and make cities less polluted, ...
October 5, 2015, New Delhi, India
Knowledge Exchange Platform website launched
We are thrilled to launch a new website for one of our most promising initiatives in India, the Knowledge Exchange Platform (KEP).
KEP is designed to promote and share energy efficiency best practices and technologies amongst India’s most energy-intensive industries. The new website pulls together the most important resources to help these industries improve their energy efficiency....
October 1, 2015, Yerevan, Armenia
Powering up efforts to engage industry on energy efficiency
No man is an island. It’s an adage that also befits today’s industrial companies, which are collectively responsible for a third of the world’s annual greenhouse gas emissions.
The sentiment also underpinned the latest workshop for the SE4All Industrial Energy Efficiency Accelerator, an initiative designed to double the global rate of improvement in industrial...
September 17, 2015
The state of the nation: new resources on energy use in the US
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has just published a slew of valuable resources on energy use, new technologies and energy efficiency.
These vital resources include their Energy Bandwidth Studies, which analyze energy use and the potential for energy savings in various processes for selected manufacturing sectors....
September 11, 2015, Washington
States urged to drive up industrial energy efficiency
IIP has joined 14 other energy efficiency, environmental, labor and business organizations to urge US Governors to use industrial energy efficiency (IEE) and combined heat and power (CHP) to meet greenhouse gas reduction targets under the Clean Power Plan (CPP).
The push came in the form of a letter and briefing packet with recommendations. Click...
September 2, 2015
Recipe for change: Recycling coal plant residue to make bricks
Up until a few decades ago, being a brick-maker in India unequivocally meant moulding clay bricks by hand and manufacturing them in coal-fired kilns. This backbreaking work predestined brick-makers to wretched conditions, long hours and exposure to high levels of soot, a scourge on the lungs.
While this scenario is still an everyday reality for many, those that are modernizing their...
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